Ready to succeed: My first paid job in Buenos Aires! + [Visual diary].

My last post was about the struggle of fitting into new spaces, finding a job and loving new people. Well, this one is about my “first paid job” in Argentina. If you have read my bio, you’ll realize I’m a dentist; SO this is where the interesting part and the plot twist comes.. I was hired as a freelance photographer to cover a coffee event. I KNOW! My bio also says that I’m a “photographer wannabe”, so I felt awesome by covering this even (and getting paid for that). Yes, another step closer to the coffee world, but if you read my last post, you’ll see I’ve been around coffee since I got here, almost all my new friends have something to do with it.

The event was actually the opening of a “lamps shop” (I don't know exactly how to call it, it’s like a workshop where they make things, mostly custom things and lamps). The owner is Maxi, he is Sol’s husband, and she’s the one that gave me the chance. She owns a little coffee shop, this time managed to do a little coffee station in the middle of the workshop to offer coffee and other hot beverages to the people at the opening (winter is almost here, so the temp goes from 16°c to 10°c in a snap).

My job was to photograph the baristas, while they were prepping some filtered coffee. (But sneaked to take photos of the workshop, just to show you how amazing it was). Filtering coffee it’s supposed to be a whole process that of course, I completely ignored. In my country, call it “café colado”, which is the spanish translation for filtered coffee. To prep coffee with this technique, they use special filters made of paper, then they heat the water at a precise temperature (90 ºC or 195 ºF) and even measure or weight the water to use the precise ounces for the exact number of cups! I mean.. really? Doing coffee is an art, my friends.

So, i'm gonna show you some of the photos I came up with and even presented to Sol, who's special request was that the photos were presented in black and white. I don't know why this was so important, the workshop was full of light and colors; but if you know me just a bit, you'd know I prefer black and white photos. I tried to recreate the sequence of the coffee preparation in this post, but I missed a lot of details (i'm sorry about that), still you can appreciate the process.

I've learned a lot about coffee in this past moth, also have done a lot of unexpected things too. I guess that's what is called living. Day by day, one day at time is what I tell myself to deal with the anxiety that inevitably hunts me. This opportunity was a HUGE energy boost for the soul, gave some joy to my heart and peace for my mind.

I want to know your opinion of the photos and take suggestions (a lot of them because I'm looking foward to improve), I know isn't the work of a professional, but Sol was happy, at the end is what was important to me.

I have to admit and even give some credit to Steemit for being my “income source” in the past month (So.. Yes friends, every upvote right now counts for me). Why am I saying this? I’ve been asked a couple of times through Discord channels if I “travelled” with Steemit’s profits, the answer is no. Also been asked If I’m living here using the profits I get per post, the answer is sort of doing it right now after a lot of saving; as you can see, I’m not posting a lot (and don’t get a lot of “rewards” either), or maybe as often as I used to.. BUT I enjoy this; It's a personal space to write down feelings and sharing experiences. Also, I’d like to recall that I’m not taking this as my job, still looking for one.. For those who still wonder.