Team Photographer - Internship (Summer 2023)
The Orange County Riptide, a collegiate wood bat summer baseball team playing games at the Great Park in Irvine, California, seeks interns with strong knowledge and understanding of photography and photojournalism.
Please Note: This un-paid internship position will require your attendance at home games in Irvine, Calif. Qualified candidates will need to ensure they have housing available from June through early August 2023.
Summer interns attending college outside of the Orange County, Calif. area must make their own living arrangements for the summer. The OC Riptide cannot provide housing for out-of-the-area interns.
Interns chosen for this position will need strong critical thinking skills, ability to work in a fast paced environment, take direction easily and quickly, willingness to work nights and weekends and have a passion for the sport of college baseball.
Learning Objectives:
- Team photographers will learn to capture images in a wide variety of locations, both home games and on the road.
- Interns will learn to capture images in different lighting situations based on day or night games and shooting locations at different venues.
- Interns will learn and perfect shooting images of players in fast motion and also when still in dugout or on base paths. Will also learn how to shoot for distance but also close up, portrait for media usage, etc.
- By the end of the internship, students should have gained exceptional knowledge in capturing images in a sports entertainment environment. Should student photographers like to pursue career advancement in sports, additional networking within the Southern California sports entertainment industry is available.
In lieu of compensation, academic credit is available for this internship. Academic credit is not guaranteed and accepted interns need to verify/check with their respective academic departments to guarantee this specific internship opportunity meets academic credit requirements.
Because this position requires attendance at home games, (approximately 18-20 games spanning from June through early August) applicants are expected to work approximately five (5) hours per game. This includes pre-game, in-game and post-game capturing of photos and approximately an hour to photo editing, archiving images, uploading of images, etc.
The Orange County Riptide is looking for qualified photographers to capture images of games, players and coaches and edit images for publication. All images will be the property of the Orange County Riptide. Interns may use images captured during this internship for their professional portfolio.
Ideal candidates will have their own photography equipment and experience in sports photography.
Duties for the Team Photographer will consist of, but are not limited to:
Responsibilities
• Reports directly to the General Manager
• Work in conjunction with Sports Information and Social Media interns to distribute photos
• Capture photos of players, coaches, staff, fans at home games
• Find appropriate locations that are safe yet provide unique perspective during games
• Edit images post-game to be used in post-game reports and social media releases
• Understand the basics of baseball in order to capture timely and moving images
• Have above average knowledge of sports photography and fast motion photography
• Provide your own camera, memory cards and editing software
• Attend all home games and a mix of road games. (Travel expenses for road games provided by team.)
Preferred Skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, PaintShop Pro or other image editing software
• Photojournalism or Photography major
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to “make” photos, not just “take” photos
• Sports photography experience a plus