Photography Intern Wanted for 2012 Wedding Season!

So, we’ve been kicking around this idea of asking an intern to join the team for a few months now, and after sitting on the email for the last 6 weeks that was supposed to go out, I decided to publish this blog post. First…

Who We Are

Name: Zachary Long
Age: 30
Profession: Wedding Photographer, Creative Director
Favorite Lens: 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II
Favorite Movie: God of Cookery
Favorite TV Show: Lost or The IT Crowd
Favorite Music Genre: House
Random Interesting Fact: Finished two full Ironman (Ironman Florida 2007 & 2009) races, then promptly fell out of shape once the baby was born.

Name: Betty Feng
Age: 3_ =)
Profession: Assistant Photographer, Small Business Wrangler, Student
Favorite Lens: 50mm f/1.2L
Favorite Movie: Crash
Favorite TV Show: Lost
Favorite Music Genre: Flamenco
Random Interesting Fact: PhD student in Marketing & International Business at Georgia State University

If you’ve read our website biography, you know we initially met online on Match.com while living in Orlando, FL, got married on Clearwater Beach in 2009, moved to Atlanta in 2010, and our son was born one year ago in February, 2011. Upon moving to Atlanta we photographed 6 weddings in 2010, 31 weddings in 2011, and have 20 confirmed weddings so far for 2012 as of February (and one for 2013!). By no means do we have everything figured out, but we can certainly speak from our own experience and what we have done right (and wrong) along the way to build our brand and to attract the amazing brides and grooms that we love, and who entrust us with their wedding day.

Why Sign Up?

To gain first hand experience shooting at real weddings as a second or third shooter, build your experience in various lighting techniques, learn advanced Lightroom and Photohsop, and even get exposed to wedding videography both in capture and editing. While we would never send you out to photograph a wedding for us, nor use your photos in our own portfolio (because hey, YOU shot them, not us), you would be able to build your own business in a market where their is plenty of room for amazing photographers with their own styles that may not be the best for for every bride, but for your ideal customer.

Requirements

First of all, a passion for wedding photography.
A desire to learn and a willingness to try and fail, while ultimately becoming a stronger photographer in the process.
Own a DSLR with at least one lens, Canon or Nikon preferred.
Be okay with children, we have a one year old and he goes with us everywhere.
Saturday availability from end of March through November, when wedding season kicks into high gear. Some weekend travel would be available to join us on out of town weddings based on your availability.

This is an unpaid internship, but will provide a wealth of knowledge and experience, plus meals and coffee during shoots, with other compensation here and there.

To apply just send an email to us at our gmail address at FengLongPhoto@gmail.com letting us know who you are, why you would like to join the team, and what your one year plan is for yourself. We are not necessarily looking for one quality to differentiate one candidate over the other, just that special something that makes a connection and would be a good fit for us. Include a link to your photography portfolio if you have one, or attach a picture from a recent shoot.

Thank you for reading! -Zac