Days 6-8

Now that the busy shoot was over with, the days were a lot calmer. I cleaned out the truck, and just worked on the PDF files until they were completed on Wed. After they were completed, I was able to sit in with Kate and watch her edit out images from the shoot. I was upset at the fact that I saw zero Photoshop. I did want to intern with Kate because she is amazing in Photoshop. I tried to ask her what she used in it, but all she would answer with was It depends on the picture. I asked if I could see just one image from beginning to end, she told me they were all on her external hard drives and too annoying to get to.  I also was able to interview her, asking questions that had either come from something I'd seen her do, or more business type questions.
I learned that Kate went to school at Art Center College of Design and was the first woman to go for photography. Because her style is so unique, the United States actually took a long time to accept her. She first had to move to Italy and Japan to finally be accepted. She said that looking at paintings, going to museums, reading fantasy fiction are all her inspirations for her style.

To view my final PDFs go to Kate Turning's Web page HERE and view her down-loadable PDF files

Hours : 10-4

total : roughly 70 hours

Day 4 & 5

Shooting Days!!

I was so excited for this. Because of the form that I signed, I am not allowed to talk about the shoot. I will talk about things that I got to do. I was on the call sheet as a PA, so not only was I Kate's assistant, I was every single person involved in the shoots assistant. Once I arrived, I helped unload the truck with the other crew members and set them up neatly to the side so they were all at easy access. I then helped with craft services and helped get breakfast ready for everyone. Afterward I got my playlist up and running on Pandora throughout the studio. I did a lot of busy work like that for everyone, wardrobe, prop, etc. Helping bringing items in, setting up, taking down. If there was a question, I answered it, if I didn't know it, I found out what the answer was. I made two Starbucks runs, and also printed out some images for her. The pictures were really green and looked awful and no one could fix the printer. So I said here let me, and I whipped out my color correction skills and added some magenta :). While Kate's crew were setting up the lights, she would sometimes use me as a stand in model so I got to see what lights they were moving to where and for what reason. I got to see what equipment she used and how she used it. I tried to take a picture of the lights from an above view, but I was not allowed to keep it. So I can not go into detail about what she used.

Challenge for the weekend: Being on top of everything! I had to make sure I was right there all the time, with all the energy needed. If there was a problem, like the printer, I had to find a way to fix it. I also had to learn my place in the mix of things. I had said Good Luck to the talent on one of the shoots thinking it was just casual talk. Apparently not, it is not the correct thing to say to the talent. Steve told me I pretty much screwed up the shoot with saying that. So learning what to say was a challenge. It was a lot of hard work and a lot of running around, but I enjoyed every minute

Hours : Sat 7am-10pm
            Sun 7:30am-11:30pm

Day 3

This was a busier day. Steve showed me things that I had to paint for the set. They had to be painted white. I also had to run to a few stores with the other intern, Kim, to pick up some last minute items. (Costco, Home Depot, Grocery Store). I had to organize the truck more and add in the new items. We also fixed up my playlists so they would be perfect for the shoot the following two days.

Challenge: I had to study the area and know where the closest Starbucks, KFC, and Chick Fil A were so I could get to them quickly on the days of the shoot. Thank you google maps :)
Another challenge: I had discovered that Adobe Illustrator was really good with web PDFs. So I created a PDF for her with Illustrator and was so much easier. I showed her, and she responded back with Tomorrow if someone tells you to do something one way you do it, even if you think it's wrong. I said ok, because I knew what she meant. And back to Indesign I went :)


Hours : 10am-7pm

Day 2

Nothing new from the day before. I worked a lot on the PDFs and Steve also took me out to the truck to clean it out from a previous shoot. I had to take inventory on what was needed for the weekend. We then went to Costco to gather the needed items.
Nothing challenging for the day. Still learning Indesign.

Hours : 10am-6:30pm

Day 1

After the phone interview Steve told me to make multiple playlists on Pandora.

Challenge: Pandora. I have never used it before in my life. I had to learn how to use it, create an account, and make the multiple playlists that he had asked.

My first day of the actual Internship:
I got to meet Kate! She showed me what the big shoot was for the weekend and even showed me her mood board for it. I thought that was awesome, because we were told about them and how helpful they are. She creates one for every photoshoot. After a bunch of busy work, I was told I was going to be making PDF files for her website. She wanted me to use Adobe Indesign.

Challenge: Indesign. I have never touched it before in my life but I had to learn it so I could create what she wanted. I watched tutorials and read a lot about it.


Hours worked on Wed : 10am-5pm