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Overstock, Big!

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:40:17 +0000

Before Thanksgiving, I was sent to the Overstock warehouse to take photos of 400 new employees, in addition to it’s 1100 employees, that have been hired for this holiday season. It was not difficult to shoot photos of new employees, but it was hard to show that they were recently hired. Anyway, I ended up taking photos of a woman who was hired two weeks ago and an overview photo of the warehouse as I was on a scissor lift (first time I got to ride on one of the those lifts, exciting and scary).

What impressed me the most was the size of the warehouse. It’s huge! I’ve never imagined a warehouse so big. I talked to one of the long-time workers there and he told me that the warehouse is almost 4,000 square feet and Overstock has another warehouse close by, and it is bigger than the one I was at. Overstock only have warehouses in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Christine Vigil, foreground, one of the 400 additional people who were hired for the holidays, cleans the shipping labels off the packing boxes at the Overstock's warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.

Overstock has hired 400 additional employees to work for the holidays making a total of 1,500 employees at its warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.

A Good Day for the BYU Cougars and for Me

Chen — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:31:39 +0000

Last Saturday was a good day for the BYU Cougars and for me. The BYU Cougars crushed the WY Cowboys in a NCAA college football game with the winning score of 52 – 0. Last Saturday was also good for me because it was a sunny day. I’ve heard that the weather in Laramie (University of Wyoming) can get really brutal sometimes. Thankfully, the weather had mercy on me. I didn’t have to use the big jacket and snow boots that my editor loaned me.

College Football Game: Utah Utes vs. Air Force Falcons

Chen — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:58:54 +0000

Today was a stressful day, but it was fun. I got the chance to take pictures of the college football game between the Utah Utes vs. Air Force Falcons. My day started out very differently than I planned. I was planning to get the 400mm lens from the office because the 400mm lens is a great lens for the game (almost every pro uses it). However, we only have one 400mm and one 600mm left in the gear pool, and I am not the only photographer for the game. The paper sent two photographers to the game. I ended up using the 600mm monster.

In the beginning, I really didn’t get used to the lens. I was like, just let me go to the roof of the stadium to take the photos because the focal length is so close. Eventually I got used to the lens and got some decent shots.

One more thing, during the first half of the game, the weather was not pretty at all, and I wasn’t prepared for the rain. I had to take off my jacket to cover the lens and the camera and I, myself, got soaked. But again, it was a great experience and FUN! Lol!