I started my first official shoot as an intern for an video entertainment company based in San Diego. We were filming the opening of a restaurant in San Diego called the Souplantation. It had actually been around for thirty five years but had had a complete refurbishment and new menu added. All the food was fresh and made in front of your eyes and it consisted of a huge salad bar, unlimited amount of soups, made exotic types of breads and an ice cream factory.

It was amazing. The feeling of the restaurant was so homely and it was packed with families and children, and the food looked delicious. All of the managers were so nice and friendly. I had to repeat my name quite a few times, as my accent and my name meant they didn't get it the first time.

My instructions were to follow people around with the camera and to try and get as many shots of children having a good time as possible. I was given the GoPro to start. Now the GoPro is so tiny, it doesn't actually scream PROFESSIONAL COMPANY. More like, when your following small children around with a tiny camera, sometimes shiftily putting the camera at knee height so you can follow the children around at their height...well it screams PERVERT. I got extremely red faced and would stand stock still the moment an adult started to come near. Which, to be honest, probably made me look even more shifty.

I was allowed to work a Canon 6D after a while with a shoulder rig attached. Now, people couldn't help but notice me. It was huge. But for some reason, seeing as I could hide my head behind a massive black camera, I felt a lot safer about following people around. Although, if a parent caught my eye I still would pretend to be checking my settings. However, I got over this when filming the children at the ice cream section. They would lean over and start using sprinkles on their ice cream, and one Dad picked his little girl up so she could reach and decorate her ice cream. It was so cuuuuuteeee. I think the camera gave me more confidence as well as it looked professional, rather than some weird woman with a teeny camera following children around, seeming to appear to try and hide the camera from adults view by holding it at knee level. Instead I was holding professional equipment with a massive rig on my shoulder, and appearing to be part of a film crew.

It was really fun and such good experience. I am really looking forward to more shoots I will be able to do with my internship. Apparently there is wedding coming up in May! That will be so much fun!! But on another note, I really want to try out the Souplantations food. It looked like such a lovely place and so homely. The bits I tried were very nice :D.

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