First Day on Work Placement

Sunday 24th March 2013

12pm-5pm

For my first day on work placement, I was due to assist on a photography shoot but when I arrived I was informed that the shoot had been cancelled about a half hour before. This gave me the chance to get a bit more of an understanding of the studio itself and how things get done there. 

We did agree that I would be given an overview of the editing process they go through at a later date but due to the cancellation, we used the free time today to cover this. Now, I'm no expert on Photoshop, far from it, so this was a perfect opportunity for me to get an overview of how things work. Turns out it's not as scary to use as I thought and had a good day seeing an expert at work! 

After getting to grips with the editing process that goes into the finishing of the images and a bit of lunch, it was time to meet the first customer who had come to collect their final images. It was good for me to see this side of things as I work in different field of photography where customers aren't really a part of things, unless I'm shooting a wedding or such event. It was a great experience seeing the pleased customers and their thoughts on the images they've purchased, aswell as the insight into the business aspect of it all. 

From my first day, I've came away with some basic knowledge of Photoshop, which is only going to get better over the next few weeks while on placement, a good insight into the daily running of a studio and the customer side of things, and a quite inspired feeling about working in the fashion side of things, something which I've been looking forward to getting in to very much, now it's just a case of building my knowledge of these things. 

Next session will be working on ghost mannequin editing for some product shots! Fun times ahead!