Great day

Today was a great day! I went to my park which is Animal Kingdom and meet my trainers, Eric and Peggy.  they are awesome! they are both hilarious and have been with the company for some years.  to start we walked around the park and talked about the locations of photopass and what kind of shots I will need to do at each location.  we also went to all of the break rooms so that I knew where they all are.  then I got to go and get my camera all hooked up and went back out and got to take pictures at all of those locations. I didn't get to take pictures of guests but instead took pictures of my trainers.  it was fun, a little weird but then we went back to base and looked at the pictures, critiqued them and looked at what I need to do to improve and then we went back out to take more pictures.  while out this second time we went to one of the locations which has Mt. Everest in the background and when we got there one of the guests asked if I could take a picture and instead of Eric saying no she is still in training as I thought he said sure and turned to me and said I'll help you but you can do it. so he made sure I got them all in the right position and I took the pics and by the time I was done with that family there were others waiting for me to take their picture so this time I took more of the lead and set them up and took the shots and soon we moved to another location but from then on I was taking pictures of the guests and not my trainers.  It was a little intimidating at first but so much fun.  I had a lot of fun talking with the guests and getting to know them just a little. my favorite part tho is talking to the little kids and taking their pictures.  sometimes when the family comes up to take the pictures the kids are shy or upset because of this or that. but when you talk to them for just a minute the start to become more involved in the image and soon you are getting great smiles from them and can get a fun picture for the family.  I had one little girl who was so excited that she kept spinning and doing cartwheels and she was just so adorable I loved taking pictures of her and her parents.  so by the end of the day my trainers were quite aways off and I was running the show it was great and I loved the interactions I had with the guests.  tomorrow I will be even more on my own, my trainers will be there but not very close and I will just get to have fun working and taking pictures of all the wonderful people.
have a magical night!