The West Wing entrance at the Whig
I know what you are going to say and let me be the first to tell you that I know. I know that the internship was back in April, I know that I’ve had plenty of time to update my blog with stories of my adventures, and I know that I am a procrastinator by heart. No matter how hard you try, certain traits you just can’t shake. But I’m sure that you can find it in yourselves to forgive me if not now then in the future?
Ok. So here is the story. For the majority of the month of April I had the pleasure of working with the fine people at Kingston’s longest running newspaper The Kingston Whig Standard. I worked directly under the supervision of Ian MacAlpine. There is not enough time to tell you about all of the positive things I have to say about him. But I can say that he is an all around great guy. Rare in this day and age.
Inside the front doors
The days were split in two shifts, the day shift, which fellow photographer Micheal Lea worked and the night shift, which I worked. I was initially hoping for the day shift, but being at the very bottom of the totem pole (the unpaid portion of the pole which is the part that is buried in the ground) I had no choice.
I was not in the office more than 30 minutes when I was asked to shoot my first portrait of a local restaurant owner. Having to shoot mostly portraits was not a surprise as I had been selected to intern because my portfolio consisted of mainly portraits. The shoot was of Joe Huang, owner of the Green Tray, an asian fusion restaurant on Princess St.
Here is the shot that I liked, unfortunately it was not the one that ran in the paper.
Joe Huang, owner of The Green Tray, Kingston, Ont.
One down, and an undetermined amount left to go. On to assignment number 2. Shockingly, this was another portrait. This time of Bruce Kauffman, a local poet, who was hosting a poetry reading at the Artel in honour of poetry month. If there is one thing that I really enjoyed about the job it was meeting unique people.
Here are a few from the shoot.
Poet Bruce Kauffman
Bruce Kauffman listens intently during a poetry reading
That is it for day 1. I will be adding the rest over the next few days.
