degrasse-media: November 2010

So, my Lifetouch stint has come and gone, which is a sad thing, but not as sad as it could have been, had i not found the job I'm in now.

By some beloved miracle I stumbled across a job where I am now working as a Media Technician in the MultiMedia Services Department at Royal Jubilee.

(My ID card makes me feel important, haha)

So far my job entails things like OR (Operating Room) and Morgue Photography. I know what your thinking. Sunshine and rainbows.
I was showed how to scrub in and prepare for shooting in the operating rooms, which was pretty sweet and made me feel like I was on Grey's Anatomy.

I also have to film the nurses, maintenance crew and other such people in training for when the new facility opens in January. So far that part has actually been pretty fun. I got to learn about all the fancy-dancy high-tech equipment the staff will be using (although, to be honest, I'm not sure how they will manage considering people keep seeing me with my video camera and microphone and asking me what I'm taking pictures of).

But today was actually the first time I shot on the construction site. So I have to sport a reflective vest and a hardhat, along with steel toed boots, and then follow the maintenance guys around while they are being trained on all the electrical and plumbing equipment, etc etc.

It's strange actually, because the job is in my field, but has actually exposed me to things I never thought I'd ever see or be in the middle of. I get a behind-the-scenes look at the hospital and how it runs, as well as the complicity of the construction of such a huge site.

So far, things here are awesome. I'm getting paid more than I ever have before, to do things that I love and that I'm good at. That's pretty much the life.

Oh, also, I feel the need to show you this picture of what we call The Robot. It's actually called a duplicator, but it burns and copies dvds, then labels them, and it has this little robot arm that moves the discs around to their corresponding locations. SO INTENSE.

ALSO, I FINALLY spent some time putting together a new FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY SITE!!

The system of my old site was just WAAAYYY too inconvenient for updating my photography portfolio. I'm doing so many shoots these days, that I need to be able to update my site easily and efficiently, and my old site just wasn't cut it. So I'm still using my old site, (www.maelinadegrasse.com) but my photography page now links to an outside webpage. It's pretty, efficient, and easily updated. And I'm super excited because now I can hand out business cards without feeling guilty about having to tell them that my most recent work is only available on facebook. lol lameness.