internship two, day three

a new semester, a new internship. 

for the next two months i will be working with eric boneske and so far i am already loving this gig. from the moment i walked in the door, eric was so welcoming and ready to help me learn. i am beyond excited about the following eight weeks!

eric is also a wedding photographer here in town, but my first shoot with him was for a new regional magazine: 

edge of the carolinas (click here to check them out on facebook!) 

we spent the morning at cameron art museum to get shots for the magazine and i had a chance to get to know quinn cook, the magazine's publisher. as always, i am thrilled to meet people who are so passionate about and dedicated to what they do, and quinn is no exception. i can't wait for the first issue of her magazine to come out!

both quinn and eric were kind enough to let me take some shots of my own, as well as some behind the scene photos to document the morning. multiple locations within the museum were used for this shoot, but all of these images are from the cafe in the museum.

whole foods

i recently had the opportunity to work with whole foods grocery to promote local vendors here in wilmington for their new store's grand opening. photos and short stories about the owners and their businesses will be printed for in-store displays to let customers know who's making their products. this was definitely an amazing experience and i really enjoyed getting to know each of the owners. there were so many great qualities about these people and what they're selling, but my favorite part about them is that they are all doing what they love.

here are two of the assignments i shot for the store...

sara webster, creator & founder

finny's greens

topsail beach, nc

rich roehl & kris bell, owners

cape fear rum cake

kure beach, nc

internship solo shoot number two

trinity

treebird photography

wilmington, nc

internship solo shoot number one

courtney

kickstand events

wilmington, nc

matthew brady

matthew brady is a comedic writer and actor who lives in LA. i met him through a mutual friend who was looking to help both of us out: i am always looking for more shooting practice, matt was in need of some new headshots. i had a blast running around town with him for this and, as someone who used to live in LA attempting to get into the film industry, it was interesting to get his take on it since he just moved out only a few months ago.

 good luck with everything, matt!

solomon family

rich, my old co-worker, has been such a huge supporter of my work since day one that i first decided to pursue photography as more than just a hobby. we've been trying to set up a shoot for what feels like forever and during my most recent visit to LA, we finally got one together! rich and his wife, faye, just had their second child a few months ago, so family portraits were more than fitting for this photo session. i can't believe their daughter has gotten so big - the last time i saw her was about a month after she was born. now she's almost three and they have another tiny human in their house. so strange, but very exciting for the family :)  

i really enjoyed getting to spend time we these guys, but photographing children is hard work...

why don't they just do what you tell them to?! :-p

derek viveiros

derek viveiros is an actor in los angeles. he is also the first friend i made when i moved to LA six years ago. aside from being so darn pretty to look at, derek is such a blast to hang out with. i had a great time just playing around while getting some promotional images for him to use.

internship, day fifty-one

my last engagement session with susie. very bittersweet - i love working with her and have gotten so much out of this internship... at the same time i'm very much looking forward to my next internship to see what else i can learn about the business, how i can become a better shooter, and just see difference experiences.

for this shoot we drove down to ft. fisher to meet jenn and paul. susie and i got there early to scout for some new locations in an effort to avoid the same old same old... as i've worked with her and gotten to know wilmington, i see why it's so important to always be on the look out for new shooting spots, not only so your clients don't all have the same setting, but to keep things interesting as the photographer.

we found a great location for the save the date portion of the session, but unfortunately the killer mosquitoes only allowed us a short bit of time to shoot before running us out of there!

i love shooting at the beach.

 there's something about it that makes even the most awkward or nervous of couples/models become relaxed. (and NO, this couple was not nervous or awkward, they were amazing in front of the camera!)

i think i also just love being at the beach in general. and i love that i now get to call the beach my home.

internship, day forty-seven

wedding day! 

a year before i left california i was hired to shoot my first wedding. until today, i thought it would have been my last wedding... ever. but it was also that wedding that convinced me to go back to school and actually study photography, not just walk around town like i knew what i was doing (knowing what i know now, i am so sure i had NO clue what i was doing back then!!)

susie, as always, was such a great support throughout the day when i showed up unprepared (who knew there were so many more things you need to bring with you to a wedding compared to an engagement shoot) as well as when i got flustered, having flashbacks to that first wedding i shot four years ago. 

overall the experience was intense and intimidating, but i'm so glad i got to see how a wedding *should be* shot. i'm also grateful i got to tag along for this wedding before leaving susie and my internship with her before starting my second one - i feel like i have a much better understanding of what i'm getting myself into...even if i'm not quite where i want to be just yet. and i'm still excited and looking forward to whatever may happen over the next two months of my next intern experience.

as a side note, it was really nice shooting a wedding on the beach... no shoes!

internship, day forty-five

jess & bobby's engagement session:

like i said in the teaser post, this was a really fun and exciting shoot - and i was even more excited as i started editing when i realized just how many images i wanted to share...this was definitely a first for me! 

i feel like i've finally gotten into a groove with susie as my mentor, so i'm sad to only have one more week with her. but i'm positive it won't be the end of our working together, and i've already got my second internship lined up with another awesome photographer! more than anything, i'm most looking forward to getting more experience and education before having to do this stuff on my own. i don't know how to explain how much i love doing this, even when i feel like i don't know what i'm doing :-p