I was provided a wonderful opportunity to complete a faculty externship this summer. Basically I receive some compensation for job shadowing a working professional in photography. The idea is I get to brush up on my skills while comparing our curriculum to the industry's needs and make sure they are in line with each other. I had the pleasure of working with Jerry Garns today. We worked on several product shots for Ross Discount stores.
I was trained as a fine artist, and not much attention was paid to the technical skill demonstrated in my art work as a student. I started teaching and continue to teach as my main source of income, so working in a commercial environment with clients is something I have never done.
My favorite part of today was watching Jerry light the products. He is great at it because he has done it for a long time and he has an eye for it. He pointed out things I just didn't see at first. In the end the shot looks so simple, so clean - but if you back up... craziness. I wish I could just download everything in his head into my own.
This is really interesting , i'd like to see more during the coarse of your time with him.tj
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have an opportunity like that! Let me know if he might need an assistant some time :)
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