On Assignment

Guess where I am right now? Just guess. Ok, I'll tell you. I'm sitting in a coffee shop. Blogging. What whaaaat? I swear the whole artsy, slightly hipster, espresso drinks and writing sad poems culture here is beginning to rub off on me. Oh well.

Malaprops is kind of becoming my second home. By why shouldn't it be? Coffee, books, sometimes music, all rolled into one? What's not to love? And as I said before, they don't even kick you out when you read their books without paying for them first. For a broke starving college student, this is a check plus.

(Says the girl who will most likely spend her summer's earning on espresso drinks. Again, oh well.)

I had my first real assignment for WNC today. My fellow photo intern, Jarret, and I embarked on an hour-long road trip to the Crimson Laurel Gallery in Bakersville, NC to take photos for the "Spaces" section of next month's issue. It was so fun! The town has a population of 400 and 1 in 5 residents identify themselves as artists. How cool is that? And to top it off, I convinced Jarret to let me second shoot with him on a wedding next Saturday. So excited!!!

I actually felt like I was doing something that, not only I might be doing for the rest of my life to some extent, but that I could actually endure as my "9-5". We took some personality portraits of the two owners and got detail shots of the gallery itself. Here's one of my favorites....

Can I just say it is absolutely incredible to finally be doing something that will actually make a difference for my future? This isn't math class, I'm not learning how to write a well-rounded conclusion or pick apart a poem that doesn't mean what the professor thinks it means. I'm out in the world, on my own, taking pictures of things.

And I could be doing this for the rest of my life.





Yes. Yes please.