Interning

I'm interning at The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. My department, among other things, designs and brands everything for two parts of Sydney: The Rocks and Darling Harbour. The Rocks is one of Sydney's most historic parts. It's very rustic and quaint with the cutest little shops, cafes, restaurants, and markets. It's filled with cobblestone walkways and beautiful old brick. Darling Harbour is known for its nightlife. It has the coolest restaurants and pubs. It also has the aquarium, the maritime museum, monorail, a mall, and the imax theater!

This is The Rocks. Great view of the bridge and the Opera House. I actually work down here. My building is behind those ones to the left! I go out by the harbour and eat my lunch everyday I'm at work.

Advertisement for Markets by Moonlight. They also do all of their own photography. I have learned a lot so far about how they set their shoots up and what type of lighting they use and stuff like that. They actually set one up in the office the other day and I got to stand in front of the camera and test the shots out before the lady came in that they had to photograph.

Right now, they are in the LONG process of re-branding The Rocks. Friday, i looked through their whole presentation and vision for what they want that to look like. The rest of the day he had me researching and working out type that may go with that new look. 

Aroma Festival. One of the events in the rocks. It's all about coffee and Tea. These banners are one of the many things my department would design for something like this. 

CLICK THIS to see one of the things my company did to promote the aroma festival.

-This is actually the design team that I work with. One of the men at work was telling me how they set this up and made it happen. They also have a Marilyn Monroe version.

The Rocks Markets. Best food and cutest vendors! 

Christmas Tree of Chairs. The design department makes one out of something different every Christmas! This was last year's. 

Darling Harbour! So cool at night! 

Two advertisements for Darling Harbour. These arent the banners, theyre just screen shots from the website, but this is somewhat what they look like. The first day of work they had me coming up with concepts for a male character for these advertisements.

Poster for the Darling Harbour Fiesta. We actually went to this last week! We danced to some sweet remixed latin music!

Fiesta, fiesta. 

Hillsong's been blowin' my mind...

Hillsong has been the biggest blessing while living here in Sydney. Through Hillsong, God's given us great friends, a community of believers, and an amazing place to worship and learn some really awesome stuff from pretty incredible people. I love it! I feel really lucky to be able to spend 3 months of my life learning and growing there.
Robert Ferguson has taught twice so far while we have been here. Once on Sunday night and once at Powerhouse, which is the college night on Wednesdays. He is one of the best teachers/one of the smartest men I've ever heard speak from the pulpit. The first night we were here he spoke about how if we believe in the sovereignty of God, that there are no coincidences in life...only "God-incidences." It was a cool thing to hear right when we got here. It was reassuring to know that we are definitely here (in Australia) for a reason  and not just by chance. Robert had some of the CRAZIEST stories, which a lot of people would call "coincidences" but were really just ridiculously mapped out my Jesus!! It made me crave such incidences in my own life.
On Wednesday night he compared the Israelites journey to the promised land to our spiritual lives.  He made the comparisons by saying the blood has to be applied, the sea has to be crossed, faith has to be tested, and then you have to enter the land and enforce your victory. Of course, they all were followed by explanations, but it was one of the coolest comparisons I've ever heard. He left us with a few questions: Is your land settled? Is it spacious? Is it secure? Successful? Sustainable?

CLICK THIS> One of my MANY favs we have been singing at church