#7

I got to assist a photographer in the studio at school on Wednesday.

It was one of those things where I Just Knew that this was something that I was completely capable of doing. And it came so naturally to me. I seem to have the innate ability to know where to be, and what I'll need to do, and what I'll need to use to do it. If a light panel needed adjusting, I was there before the photographer asked me to move it. When one of the lights needed a filter on it, I had them ready before the photographer asked for one. And I was able to make suggestions to her, in a way that neither of us felt like I was infringing on her shoot. The methodicalness (that is TOO a word!) of it all really appeals to me: knowing that That Light is kept Over There and fits on That Stand, and when you're done, That Light goes back Over There and That Stand belongs in That Corner. And the shooting aspect of it is really orderly too: certain equipment goes with a certain camera, and so many steps have to be taken before you can even press the shutter release. It's all so precise. Especially taking shots in studio (the more commercial aspect of professional photography, versus portrait or wedding) where everything can be controled, it makes for a very organized and exact environment, and it's almost soothing. Though, I do like getting out in the real world, and letting things come to me, stumbling across and image that just. grabs. me.

I'm SO looking forward to having my own photography studio someday. And my own assistant, too, maybe.