To prepare for the Young Sound Seekers Camp, I think I should make a list of goals I want to accomplish. First, I want to be as informed as possible about how Reaper works so that when I show up at the camp and the campers need help I know what to do. To learn Reaper I will be practicing mixing music for a couple of weeks to understand how the DAW works and try out different plugins. I will also be going outside and doing a few field recordings and using Reaper to edit them since that is the camp’s focus. Hopefully, by the time June 19 comes, I will have an excellent understanding of the software and it will allow me to help out the campers at an efficient rate. My job for this internship isn’t just to help out the campers but to also make some kind of promotional material for the camp. I hope on making something that can be used for years to help have more people want to join the camp. To make sure I create something that is high quality I will be spending some time looking at the camp schedule and making a list of ideas of things to record. A problem that I need to come up with a solution for is the sound of the recordings. Right now my camera does not have a port where I can plug a mic in. Even though there is a mic in the camera the quality of the sound is not that good. So, I want to try different things to fix this issue. An idea I have right now is to find a way to put my iPhone on top of the camera with some kind of mount and use the voice memo function on it. Depending on how that goes I may have to find a way to record video while using a zoom recorder from the Stetson library. If I do have to go with the latter I may need to ask for some help so I can record a stable video that is not too shaky. Overall I know that if I put in the work before the camp starts I know that I can help out the campers and make something worth sharing.
Monthly Archives: May 2022
Week 2
During my 2nd week of work, the workload I was given had slowed down considerably. I’m now regularly relied upon to use my relative experience with websites and social media to innovate upon our current systems, which are relatively outdated. Among my improvements will be a new tagging system to organize photos and videos, new ways to take photos for our clients, the list will keep growing as long as I can keep finding improvements to make. I’ve again been called to fill some social media requirements, as my boss has asked me to create short 30-second videos to intersperse and fill our social media distribution for a few months. As i’m proficient with Premier Pro, that shouldn’t be hard at all. Simple fades from picture to picture with a backing track will be more than sufficient. I’m somewhat frequently asked to use the company’s money to buy things they deem necessary, like new cameras or printing services. Much of the time, they come to me not to actually buy anything, but to help them decipher and decide the best option for their purposes and needs. Not everyone knows what picture resolution is, apparently. We have a ”picture day” scheduled on next week’s Friday. It will apparently not be a short ordeal, and should take no less than 4 hours. As a photographer, I understand that the photographic process takes time, but it will still be 4 hours that I won’t be able to use for work. I might be able to sneak my IPad on site and get some work done on the side while they’re busy filming.
Week 1- Abbie Joan Fine Living
My first week at Abbie Joan was extremely productive, to say the least. I’ll be working with a few coworkers on brainstorming design ideas, as well as ways to improve our customer experience. My daily duties as of this week included scrubbing through multiple social media sites to find any and all mistakes- grammar, dead links, organization issues, double-posting, etc. I have a couple of tasks that regularly reoccur for me, such as delivering packages or having packages driven to and shipped by USPS. This may be a low-stress job, but the work is fulfilling to me, and it keeps me busy and tired enough to sleep at night. My current projections for the next few weeks include multiple phone calls about quotes for printing the company cookbook, as well as actually taking action on each and every issue I found during my first week. First in line was to photoshop new linking images for the company’s socials, which is going to be one of the rare few times I get to use photoshop for something. After that, I’ll be tackling the dead links littered around the outdated social media. Even though they do lead to the company website, they usually bring you to a dead version of the page, or a 404 error. I have very flexible hours when it comes to in-house work, so for at least 2 days a week, I am work from home. It works for me because I don’t have to get up as early, and if anyone from the office does need anything from me, I’m less than a 10 minute drive away. It’s largely at my discretion, and I only need to clear it before I leave for the day prior.
Hours Worked- 28 Hrs, 29 Mins