"The first few weeks of my internship have been pretty cool so far. I was blown away by our offices when I got here. Skiing shares a building with Ski Magazine and Warren Miller Films and we have everything from a game room with foosball and video games to beer on tap in one of the three kitchens to a gym and locker room. We even have a gondola hanging from the ceiling of the lobby. Crazy."In case you couldn't tell already, the working environment here is super laid back as well. On the first Friday I was there we had a product meeting where they served mojitos and on the second Friday we the first company barbecue of the summer. Not what I expected from my internship during a summer where the journalism and media industries are suffering and being forced to make cutbacks.
"The work has been mostly fun so far, too. On my second day there I was set free in our studio to shoot equipment for Skiing's annual Gear Guide. I had to figure out studio lighting and how to style products and apparel. Definitely different from the photo stories and more documentary shooting that I have been doing in school. It has been really fun to get to figure out how to shoot skis, helmets, gloves, boots and even beer on my own (although the photo editor is always around and happy to help me with problems I come across) and to know that a lot of the images of gear that come out in the September issue will be my photographs. I have been doing a lot of less-exciting managing and organizing of photos as well, things like getting images from photographers, creating work orders and putting in hours upon hours of Photoshop time. My InDesign experience from this last semester also comes in handy daily. I even got to show my photo editor how to do something on it the other day (thank you, Keith).
"So far, so good at Skiing and in Boulder. I'm looking forward to hearing about everyone's experiences on the blog!"
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