Lumination’s Erin Turner shares CMA Fest experience

Lumination’s Erin Turner shares CMA Fest experience

I am not a huge modern country music fan, but when I heard about the opportunity to be a photographer on the CMA Award of Merit Photo team, I knew had to apply. I began shooting for Lumination during the second semester of my freshman year, and around the same time I started a semester-long internship at The Tennessean as a news photographer. During my freshman year, I tried to seek out all the opportunities I possibly could. I saw shooting the CMA Fest as a great opportunity to meet new people, build my portfolio and just have a little fun this summer. In short, I sent CMA my portfolio and soon heard back that I was accepted on to the team. There were five student photographers on the team, along with several other veteran photographers in the area to cover the rest. The team had a meeting about a month before the fest to see how things would go, and then June 5 quickly rolled around the corner. When everything is said and done, CMA will pick the top student photographer who had the best overall images. That student will receive an award and have the opportunity to attend the CMA Awards in November. The first day of the fest started out horribly for me. I had never been before, and I was completely clueless on all the locations. I arrived late for my first assignment and spent about an hour just trying to figure out where the CMA offices were in the Music City Center. I would go up to worker after worker, each of them sending...

Lumination Newscast, Nov. 8, 2012

In this week’s installment of Lumination News, Brynn Watkins and Nick Glende are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Madeline Smith brings you the latest information in political news, Nicci Carney delivers your weather forecast, and Ariel Jones offers a look at sports. Videos feature Bison Week, social club suspensions, The Pajama Game, on-campus food options, Caitlin Selle’s CMA Award of Merit, a unique class debate, Native American Day, Veterans Day, post-election coverage, and Nashville Spotlight on East Nasvhille....