Second Day Experience on the Job
So, my first day of working at the Texarkana Gazette was June, 28, 2017. It went pretty smoothly and everything. My boss had come up to me and he was like, "How do you deal with heights?" and I was like, "Uhhh, it depends." Well, long story short, the next day I was going to be lifted up in a crane to take pictures of the Kress Building being demolished downtown.
I had to wear boots, pants, glasses, a vest, a hardhat, and a harness to go up in the crane. The workers were giggling like little school girls when they saw me in the get-up. They even insisted I get a picture.
I had to wear boots, pants, glasses, a vest, a hardhat, and a harness to go up in the crane. The workers were giggling like little school girls when they saw me in the get-up. They even insisted I get a picture.
Beautiful right????
Well, anyways so I get all strapped in and I get up in this crane thing and I look down and it wasn't actually as bad as I thought it was going to be. I wasn't scared at all. I posted one of the final pics that was published a couple days ago.
ISO: 400
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1/5000
Kenny Townsend operates the crane from the ground level at the Kress Building Demolition Site on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Various workers, such as the site supervisor, go up in the lift to oversee the progress of their demolition work.
So, originally I had this idea that the whole time I was in this crane I would just use my 24mm.... well, it turned out that it still wasn't wide enough to get everything that I wanted but the problem was that I left my camera bag on the ground. So, I felt bad because once I realized that, we had to go back on the ground so I could change lenses.
Lesson learned: Keep your camera bag around no matter what. I also realized that I needed to speak up and let him know I needed to change lens and go back up in the crane again. Almost like accepting that I messed up. See, I thought that I had everything under control but it didn't turn out the way I had thought. I almost decided against it and was like, "Eh, no it's fine I think these will be okay, I don't need to change lenses," NO. I've realized I can't just 'think' that the pictures I take will be okay, I have to KNOW they're okay. I hold myself to a certain standard and I think in the long run it pays off.
For example, yesterday I took some wild art of a garage sale, and I knew it wasn't very good. So, I went and found some different pics because I knew I didn't like the garage sale pictures. Instead, I found something much more interesting. Holding yourself to personal standards is kind of annoying because like, yeah I could've just went with bad, boring garage sale pictures, but the fact that I went on my own to get something better is what sets me apart.