Internship Journal #1

Today Khalil and I went to watch the band Secrets at Soma, but only got to hear one full song and half of the other song they were playing when we got to the stage. There was a change of schedule that changed the time that Secrets would be playing and instead of being the second band to play, they were the first. This would've worked out great, but when we went to get the photo pass, we found out that we weren't on the list that allowed us to get a pass. Khalil called Secrets tour manager and about 20 minutes later he came outside to hand us the pass. I was really surprised that he was the tour manager of the band because at first I thought he was just another fan who was trying to sell me a ticket, but it was definitely him.
Once we were inside, I quickly got to work and I immediately realized that there was no way that I would be getting any great pictures. I needed to be in the front center of the stage to get great pictures, but there was a large crowd already there. So instead I settled for a corner where I somewhat got clear shots of the guitarist and the rest of the members. It wasn't until moments later, when I was informed that the guitarist I was taking pictures of, wasn't actually a member of the band. I then thought that if I was actually a professional photographer, I'd probably push my way through the crowd that had gathered in the center. But everything happened really fast and thats the first thing I learned; I need to be more assertive and a fast thinker. I wonder what other things I'll learn tomorrow with Alan Hess the Professional Photographer.

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