INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - WEEK 6

I have decided not to write every single day because I have done pretty much the same thing every day this week and there’s no fun in reading the same thing over and over again is there? So instead I’ll be writing recaps for the week and posting it every Friday or in the weekend.

This week I have mainly been focusing on more masking/clipping out in Photoshop. My job is to clip out the jewelry and paste it on a picture of a model. Then I have to add shadows and make other adjustments so it won’t look off. The trickiest part is guessing how small/large the jewelry looks on the model. We do know the size of the jewelry but since the picture of the model is not 100%/actual size this part is a big challenge.

I did get other assignments, which suited me well because it can get a bit {very!} boring doing the same thing for a whole day straight. First I was asked to crop some images and insert the logo on them. Here we were debating on the size of the logo so I made three examples for each picture. The first example is how I think the logo looked the best. In the second example I made the logo larger so it was clearer that it said “THE JEWELLERY REPUBLIC”. And in the third example I deleted the tagline. This has been used to promote their Facebook page and hopefully it will gain more likes on the page and customers.

Lastly I was asked to once again take a picture that will be used to announce a winner of a competition. I particularly enjoy this kind of assignments since I have always been quite fond of taking pictures. It’s so nice to see that they actually use the work we have done on their social media platforms and website. My ring size guide is on their website and the pictures I have taken to announce the winners are on their Facebook page and Instagram. It’s a pretty cool internship place! Goodnight and sleep tight!

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 10

It’s Friday and Fridays are almost impossible to ruin! I'm having another good day. I have been working on my pal named Photoshop and in the middle of masking I was asked to take a picture to be used in hvisk's Facebook page. The picture announces the winner of a competition. The company has a Canon 700D and we have a 550D at home so there was a bit of technical obstacles in the beginning. But I worked it out and I took several pictures. It was nice to be behind the camera again and standing on a chair. That’s usually the position I go for when taking pictures - a bird’s eye view. Since the company is located in the heart of Copenhagen we are surrounded with loads of shops and cafés. Since it’s Friday, and we just got money, we interns ate lunch out at Chilimili. Quite cosy! After lunch more Photoshop, double-checking ring sizes and more Photoshop. Have a great weekend! 

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INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 9

Like yesterday, and probably also tomorrow, I have been masking/clipping out in Photoshop. It goes a lot faster now and I only need the manual to see some specific hex values and curve numbers. Some jewelry such as an ear cuff is still though quite difficult to work with. It needs more patience and a lot of trial. So that’s what I've been doing today. Till tomorrow, Photoshop.   

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 8

Good morning. I haven’t got much sleep but I feel fresh and rested. Yesterday consisted of masking/clipping out and helping others. There are quite a lot of jewelry {surprise surprise - it’s a jewelry firm} so I'll be doing the same today. Not much to say, it was a good day yesterday. Now back to work. Back to Photoshop!  

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 7

Monday’s blues are over and out. After I finished the ring size chart I spent the whole day learning how to mask out/clip a jewelry to a model in Photoshop. I find this quite tricky but this is exactly what I want to get better at. I got one perfect but it’s still a slow process. You really have to have patience with this kind of work. I wish I could sit at home with it with a big cup of creamy hot cocoa. That would be ideal but it’s nice to have some experts and fresh eyes around to help when needed. Today I also got another task where I had to come up with a suggestion on where to crop a specific picture so it would fit a Facebook cover. It was an easy task and I quickly made two suggestions. I told which one I liked the best and they went for that one too. I think tomorrow will be pretty much like today. I’m ready to conquer you, Photoshop. But first I'd like a hot cocoa to go please!

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 6

This is going to be a short post since I haven’t really done much today. The Monday blues is all over me. My body and mind still thinks it’s the weekend. I tried creating backgrounds and covers but I lacked creativity so instead I tried to gather some inspiration from Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram. What else did I do today? I applied to be a stylist at hvisk, my ring size chart got approved but I need to add the correct text and then I’m done with it and I got a crash course on how to mask and apply a jewelry on a picture of a model. I’ll be focusing on the latest this week. Since there is a lot of jewelry we are three interns who got this task. It’s been ages really working on Photoshop. I was quite good in my first semester but unfortunately my Photoshop-mojo didn’t stick. I hope it will return so we can get us some quality results. So yup, this will be my main task for this week.

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 5

For every day I’m feeling more comfortable being at my internship. I’m not going to lie - I seriously had several break downs when I came home the first couple of days. Gosh, I felt horrible. Just all wrong. I don’t like changes much but I feel so much better now. Friday was a great day. We met at nine as usual and I started making a Facebook cover. At eleven we interns got feedback from our previous tasks so from then on I spent most of the day redesigning the ring size chart. When we got the day free at five we interns went down to a bar. We chatted about our first week at the internship and I finally got my Irish Coffee.