| Reina Nishida, Junior at Ithaca College, B.S Cinema and Photography, Concentration in Still Photography, Summer 2003 | ||
| “After two years of artistic photography training at my college, I was looking for someone to teach me the ways of applying my knowledge in a real photography business. John was the perfect mentor I could ask for in my situation." |
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| "I most enjoyed the portfolio making process (believe it or not), because I liked the fact that I was involved in the project from the very beginning to the end and saw the process come together as a whole. I found this to be one of the most valuable learning experiences here at John’s office. Although I disliked the endless excel work I had to do, in the end I look back on it and was glad that I did it. It was a very rewarding feeling when I was finally finished." | - | "I would have to say the slow office days when John was out of the office for about a week on an assignment to Alaska. I was often lost and found myself being bored and stuck at the office all day." |
| What I learned: "I learned from this internship, the amount of work it takes in order to build a successful photography business. John’s knowledge and his ability to work with all different types of clients blew me away. The most important lesson I learned was that talent is not enough to succeed in this business. Coming from a college that teaches me only the artistic aspects of photography, I feel that I was able to learn a lot of what’s not taught in a classroom."
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 (Above)
- Reina and the Office Manager, Teri, secure a softbox atop an office
building in Washington, for an out door portrait. (Below) the results
of the portrait, with the National Press Club, and the Willard Hotel,
in the background, photographed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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| (Below)
Reina stands on for a lighting test, before the subject arrives.
As a result of the test, we learned that the softbox was visible
in the background as a reflection in the windows, as well as a
hotspot from our background fill light, so we made changes before
the subject stepped in to be photographed.
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