Day three was spent with 2 companies, Time and Getty.
At Time we were introduced to Olivier Laurent (Editor of LightBox) and Myles Little (Senior Photo Editor) both who were very inspiring. Olivier spent most of his time talking about LightBox and where it has come from when it was started. The infinite scroll with in chronological order is something that he is looking to change and make it more user friendly. The idea behind LightBox came from a variation of what Lens Blog. LightBox is for the more general public being able to put up stories that relate to general news. We concluded our talk, and Myles came in and talked to us for a short amount of time. He's currently working on a book and a handful of projects so his time was limited. Myles talked about a few different shoots that he has helped produce and be apart of. A large part of what he does is builds the concept and create a general idea of what the image is going to look like for the cover and other pages inside the magazine. Myles also brought us through the creative process of how to make these images for the magazine, a lot of research goes into making the image. After meeting with the two of them, we had the opportunity to step into Heather Casey's office where she talked about the Year in Space project she is working on. Sh ran us through the day-to-day of what the job requires, but also gave us the big picture of what is happening and where they're trying to take this project.
Our second destination was meeting with Getty. We were introduced to RIT Alumni Pierce Wright (Managing Editor). Pierce opened with what Getty is, and how you're able to work for them. He talked about locations where there is potential work for younger photographers. Going to places like Phoenix, Austin, Seattle and Miami. He didn't guarantee that we'd get the work, but it was a suggestion that he thought would be good for potential work. After a few questions had been answered by Pierce we had the opportunity to sit and listen to Al Bello a staff photographer for Getty. Al is a sports photographer that has been around for sometime now and has been able to stay a very relevant photographer within the industry. He brought us through a large amount of work, and a lot of what he talked about was practice and how important it is. The idea of practice is what was stressed more than anything through out his talk. It was something that you could see in his work. He talked about going to smaller events to try out new ideas, and fine tuning them before he tried it at a bigger event. It truly showed that hard work and practice are a very important part of being a photographer. His excitement to make new images was something that showed in his images. We then had the opportunity to ask questions, all were answered very well throughout the presentation.