HWTMA Work Experience July 2011 Day Three

My third day at work, again I caught the bus in and arrived at the office at 8:45am. Firstly I wrote my blog post for Tuesday then I continued with my task of finding photos of artefacts. It might sound easy but I've got 54 images to find and so far I've found 40. Also I've got to find interesting artefacts and try not to repeat myself too often! My internet browsing skills have definitely improved over the last three days.

Gareth arrived at the office between half nine and ten. He made sure I knew what I was doing then left me to it. At first my progress went ok but towards mid-day I slowed down as I was finding it hard to think of images to look for, I was having particular trouble with the medieval period, but luckily Gareth suggested I gave finding photos a break until tomorrow and that this afternoon I photographed the artefacts HWTMA owned. It was a good idea to have as many images as possible that we owned that way we wouldn't need to ask for permission from so many people.

So after lunch in the park (where it was very windy) I returned to the office and Gareth showed me how to use the tripod and fancy camera. I've had no experience with 'proper' photography so Gareth had to go through the basics with me. For the rest of the afternoon I took photos of a plate from 1944, a bullet shell firing case from the Second World War, a Tudor brick, a piece of medieval pottery and a Palaeolithic stone tool. It was very fun and I took lots of pictures.

When I loaded them onto the computer however I thought I could have got the focus better but it was only my first try and on the Jenga blocks the image would be so small that I don't think it would matter. By then it was 4:30 so I left, it's my best friend's birthday today so I'm going round her house (Happy Birthday!) I can't wait for tomorrow and I'm really keen to finish finding those last few photos!