Wow! It's been awhile!

Sorry it's been awhile! Well lets see, what have I been up to lately? I think the highlight of the past week or so was getting to shadow a tour. The Light Factory is free to the public, but people often call about tours. They pay a small fee and get a guided tour of the galleries and demonstration of the darkroom. I was given the task of making a scavenger hunt for younger kids who participate to keep them engaged. Though the group who's tour I shadowed were teachers from Fort Mill, SC. They were given leave to experience the educational tour of the galleries. I followed along, listening to the explanations of the different pieces. It was fascinating hearing the artist's point of view and reasons behind their creations. Then came the darkroom! The only experience I have with the darkroom is watching movies of old photography techniques. The process is really quite interesting; how the chemicals invert the color and the effect of light to an image. I really learned a lot! Tours are really great for the organizations PR. It is hard for people to truely understand The Light Factory's mission until they have seen the work first hand. It also increases promotion through word of mouth, which is one of the most effective forms of PR to the organization.

I was given a list today of on-going projects to work on. Some of the big ones involve creating a brochure, pledge cards, and certificates. I started working on the pledge cards and was able to whip out a couple designs. It's pretty easy for me, so I think i will work on various designs for them to choose. I like to work through lunch, since I'm only there for a short amount of time, so hopefully I will get time to experiment with the different programs they have on the computers. I've already learned publisher and gotten a lot better in photoshop, but I would love to learn indesign and just see what else is out there.

I also was able to sit in on part of a camp today! This was my first time with The Light Factory's camps, so my boss wanted me to observe for a bit just to get the hang of it. It's really neat! It was small, only four kids, and they were grades 3-5. Granted I will be working primarily with older kids, but it was still fun! They each had very unique personalities and a huge passion for the arts and photography. It is amazing seeing such passion in kids so young! They were learning photoshop today and they were SO excited about it! They even took notes! It was so cute! If I had just gotten out of school, I would not have been too happy about going to a class, but they were great! I'm kind of interested to see how the ones I will help with go!