Forget everything and go....

June 19

Seattle Embarkation

My ‘real’ manager is back on the ship today. I am a little nervous about meeting him. I have been told that he is very strict, but if you do your job well, he is very fair. I got to talk to him a little this morning before we setup for embarkation. We went over a few things that I had concerns about. I also explained to him that photography is what I went to school for and what I want to do as a career. I think working with him on this ship will definitely help me in all the skills I need to be a good photographer. I got to see how they shoot embarkation and helped out with the traffic directing of the guests coming through the terminal. The guests go through us photogs before they even enter the gangway. A few reasons why this is good... we keep the flow of people smooth so that there is little backup on the gangway and at security where they scan your card. At one point or another I thought some of these people were going to run me over. Worked in the gallery and also went out to the decks to shoot sailaway with another photog (training).

June 20

Sea Day – Formal

With me being new, my manager set me up in the gallery to shoot on a background with him and also work in the gallery. I got to see how he talks to the guests and how his flow is when photographing people. Formal nights are always long. Afterwards a small group of us photogs went to the nightclub on board “Northern Lights” for a drink or two and then up to the OB to hang out. I got to meet more people and ‘bond’ with the photogs. Lol

June 21

Glacier Bay

Another day here for me, it was actually a really nice day too. It is a really neat place to be and see all of the scenic views. For this day we are out shooting on the decks for a few hours. Unfortunately this cruise there were not many people outside. Instead they stayed inside drinking tea and looking through the windows, really? We setup our white studio for white nights. I was the first to shoot, but I couldn’t leave until I reached 100 shots. The first 45 minutes of my hour and half consisted of me talking to myself. Everyone that walked by didn’t want any photos. It wasn’t until about an hour into my time that I started to get big families and group to get some photos and they kept me quite busy for a bit. I got my 100 or more shots and then handed it over to the next photog. I was a little worried that I would be there all night long.