Prop Up Shop Internship

Originally I was going to intern for someone else, but I expressed an interest in product photography and they introduced me to the Prop Up Shop–a product photography studio. Then, I was interviewed and I’ve been working there for the last four months.  

The Prop Shop is run by a prop stylist and her husband who is a graphic designer. The studio contains a gallery of props that clients are allowed to rent out. My direct supervisor was the studio manager and his role was to help manage the cleanliness of the studio, helping clients rent props, as well as documenting studio prop inventory to show up on the Prop Shop Website. I was also tasked with helping my supervisor and the past studio manager style props for a creative shoot. The Prop Shop is run by my supervisor who is a Prop stylist and her husband who is a graphic designer. The studio contains a gallery of props that clients are allowed to rent out. I was also able to shoot their fabric collections and was tasked with helping the current studio manager style them. 

I’m most proud of getting the opportunity to style props for their website. The most important thing that I’ve learned is learning how to collaborate with other photographers. This internship has helped with my career goals of learning what goes into product photography and working with other photographers and how important styling is to photography. These skills will very much benefit me not only in product work but my portraiture work as well.