The continuing quest for internships.

So, I have not heard back from Teen Vogue yet, but I am calling them today and emailing to see if they received my information that I sent in last week. I met with my mentor, Ms. Sheehy, yesterday and she suggested we would look on Craigslist for internships, and surprisingly there were a couple of very promising options! When she initially mentioned Craigslist, I was a little hesistant because of all the negative connotation I've heard about it. But as we sat down and started looking, many great possibilites popped up. I will send my resume and cover letters tonight to all the studios in the city and hope for the best that I'll get one of them! One of the possibilites for internships was studio looking for an intern a photo studio in Union Square, NYC. It looked very promising because it mentioned how the intern will be assisting with lighting and equipment, organization and preproduction of photo shoots, and they want the itnern to work two days a week, for 6 hours each time which is perfect! I really hope I can get this one and I will send my information to them pronto.

Update on interships

So I haven't heard anything from Teen Vogue yet, so dad suggested I should call them tomorrow or email them to see if they received my cover letter and my resume. Mrs. Sheehy also mentioned that she knows someone who might take me under their wing, so I will meet with her tomorrow and contact him with her. I really hope I can get an internship soon so I get working and start learning! Also, I feel like school is so monotonous and unnecessary, so an internship would definitely add some spice to the old routine. I will definitely write another journal entry when I have a definite answer about an internship! 

The beginning of WISE

Having known about WISE ever since Sophomore year and being the junior coordinator last year, I was excited to start my own WISE project after watching and rating many presentations! I had difficulty choosing between either doing a photography related project or an internship, so I tried to weight the pros and cons. With a project, I could devote much time and effort and have enough time to complete it. With an internship, I would gain actual working experience and what it's like to be a photographer. Then I realized that I do independent projects on my free time anyway, and an internship would be super beneficial for the working experience, but also making connections in the photography and making my name known. Thus, my final decision was to go with the internship. 
So, I asked Mrs. Sheehy if she knew any photographers that would possibly let in an intern, but initially she got all noes. Then last Friday I received an email from her saying that Teen Vogue Magazine was looking for a photo intern! How perfect! It made me really excited that there was even a possible place to intern. They required a resume and a cover letter, which I both wrote yesterday, edited this morning and emailed it to Teen Vogue! I'm not even sure how I would react if I actually got the internship, but I know both photography and New York are ridicuously competitive, so I'm not getting my hopes up. But, if I somehow landed it, I would absolutely ecstatic. They want an intern for Mondays and Wednesdays, though they didn't really specify how old you have to be or if you had to be there the full day on Mondays and Wednesdays.
If I don't get  my dream internship, I'll just keep looking for other photographers and studios who could potentially take me under their wing, although I feel like they really are not interested in that. But, you never know!
-Lisa.