Reed at Children's Hospial
Notes from Reed: I’ve been doing layout for my school’s literary magazine (The Register) for the past two years, and I’ve always wanted a chance to do more in the area of graphic design. I’m also a photography geek, so I was incredibly excited to have a chance to work with the graphic design department of Children’s Hospital this summer, as the graphic designers here do photo-shoots and photo-editing in addition to graphic design. I’ve had a chance to design a bookmark, .html emails, a t-shirt, and more, and I also got to take a photograph and have it published in Children’s News, a Children’s Hospital publication. I’ve learned my way around (or in some cases, have improved in) several design programs, such as InDesign, DreamWeaver, Photoshop, and Lightroom. Lightroom is a relatively new program that is incredibly useful in organizing, exporting, and editing photographs quickly and effectively. I’ve been using Lightroom a great deal, as Children’s is in the process of transferring all of their photo archives and organization into Lightroom. I’ve become the sort of go-to person if someone needs a photo, and it’s really cool! I’ve also been archiving photos from this past year onto discs. Everyone I’ve worked with has been awesome, and I can’t believe that I only have a week left! I’ll definitely miss this place.