Last day of our internship :(

[my vases! i love them and i loved making them. The one on the right actually is my favorite in person but it doesn't look as nice as the left in the photograph. Something to know for the next time is to try placing them at different angles. This image has been edited.]

Two weeks ago (9.26)was our photography lesson at our internship and Sherri finished her clocks. The Girardinis have their own photography room set up in the office of the studio. They've made a lot of it themselves and it works just as good as the professional stuff. We first set up our wall clocks and took pictures of them. Ken told us all about lighting, shutter speed, etc. It was all pretty new to me but it was a good general lesson of photography, i think anything more detailed would have gone way over my head. Ken took a bunch while we learned how to set up, place the lights, and angle white poster board. Then Sherri and I got the chance to use Ken's camera and figure out all the buttons. I brought my Nikon D40 but it didn't have a plug for the lights but Ken said it would work just fine for outdoor pictures. I think that's what i'm going to have to do without having all the gadgets. We also got to take pictures of Sherri's table clocks, my vases, and some of Julie's new sculptures. Those ended up looking really nice. I even got to get my blood diamonds necklace, and my steel sculptures photographed!
[my 6 leaf clock that i started to edit but haven't finished yet]

10.10: Today was our last day! Last week would have been it but Sherri hurt her foot and I really wanted our last day to be together. I was so sad for today!! While Sherri finished some last touches on her clocks, I finished some dragon clocks. I was actually sad to grind them because i knew i was going to miss it. I only got few done before it was time to learn how to edit our photographs. Ken is a superstar to me when it comes to technical stuff like photography and computers. He taught us how to use photoshop and edit things like dirt or nail holes in the wall, make the image sharper, etc. I had to write everything down in detail but i know i'll still forget some of it. Ken showed us how to do everything then we each got edit an image. We got a few done then Ken gave us all the files he took so we could edit them on our own. The only way to really learn something is to do it yourself!

[2nd pendulum clock that i redesigned after the 1st. This image has been edited.]