fourth block first half : Taste Magazine.

Taste magazine
My first three days will be days I will never forget at this block. So it is Christmas season and the magazine is gearing up for  their Christmas theme issue.

When I arrived it wasnt at the headquarters but we were on location at a house my first job after being screened by the doctor was to unpack Props (this will be a recurring job for me ).  Run to and from the house to the truck that we were prepping to get : 
Ingredients 
Make brown butter 
Get pack shot ingredients 
Find or clean a problem 
Reheat food 

At the end of the day we pack up and clean the house we were using and move to the next location and we did this 3 days in  row.
It was different compared to my other experience but I was slowly getting the hang of it .
After those days we got into more light work it was basically the same thing but at a different magnitude and scale. We had all types of shoots like: 
Cover shoots
Wine shoots 
Biscuit shoots 
More Christmas shoots (alot more )
Pack shots 
Product development shots 
E.t.c 

I learnt alot from being there. Like how important networking is, being organized and being decisive on what you want/expect. How to talk to and handle all types of people in different environments.
 It also proved the age old saying that team work makes the dream work   It wasnt the easiest but it really opened my eyes to a different aspect of food.


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