Since I started learning how to use the camera, Brittney took me to an event to take pictures. We went to the shooting range to where the School Resource Officer (SRO) unit was training. This was such a cool experience! Some of the officers came up to me and told me they did not want their photo taken. This was hard since I had not met some of them, so I accidentally took a few photos I had to go back and delete later. Learning to photograph groups is very new to me. You always have those who do not want photos or want specific photos. Getting used to knowing who to not take photos of was hard.

Brittney told me to take photos when they were shooting and to practice with the two cameras we brought. The first one was her favorite camera, a Sony, which she uses for almost everything. This was good for action photos, like deputies running and going through training drills. The other camera, my favorite, was the Canon. It could zoom in so much that I could see the details of the gun when I took the picture. The downside to this camera was it was hard to stay precise when zoomed in. The Sony was much better with this, but I still used the Canon more. It allowed me to keep my distance from the deputies’ shooting while also getting cool pictures.

After getting back to the office, Brittney showed me how she goes through all photos, decides what to keep, and how she edits them. Lightroom is the Adobe program she uses to view all photos taken initially. I went through the photos I had taken, picked my favorites, then started the editing process. During the photoshoot, it was very bright outside. Lightroom easily fixed the colors to make the colors of the grass and uniforms vibrant. Next week, I will continue to work on editing the photos I took, and hopefully be able to share my favorite one!