5/11/2016 0 Comments THE END....This will be my last post as a photography student before I hand in all that I have done over the last year... and what a crazy year it has been. But where do I start... Well to begin with I'm not a huge fan of blogging, so when I found out I had to blog... man did I avoid it for the first few months, but I do now understand how it is used to promote yourself and the work you do.
South Africa! This was an amazing time in my life – shooting wildlife. Upon my return I thought this is what I wanted to do with my FMP. Little did I know how hard it would be to get involved in the wildlife conservations around Yorkshire. So I had to think about what else I love about photography; what else I could do to help me get into the career I want. When looking back on my second year work, I remembered how much I enjoyed photographing food, how much I loved styling it; making it look perfect. It has been a very interesting time learning all the tricks of the trade when it comes to food. I didn't realise how hard some of it could be. I'm also not one to put myself out there so this caused a few difficulties within my degree. However for the last few months I have been in contact with several studios in the hope that after completing my degree I can get real working world experience. I have started looking into perhaps doing a food styling course or even a culinary course so that I can understand food better. However, these courses are a lot of money so perhaps I should take some time out from education, work for a little to earn money and then get back into that at a later date. My friend Chloe Woodhouse went down to London to visit Metro Print, which is the company almost everyone on the course used to professionally print their work. Rather than use Metro Print's services via their website, she opted to visit their headquarters in person as her images were a little more complicated. From what she said about them, I was comfortable enough to also use their services through their website. I recently applied for a job in Bury, Manchester at a company called Sambro in their studio as an assistant. I was told that I was a very strong contender and I would be contacted further for more info and perhaps even an interview. This job included assisting the photographer with daily duties, including Photoshop to create clipping paths/cutting out photos, making up samples of products to check function/ready to be photographed with model photo shots, and also to organise and collect samples. My professional practice... Well I believe I am better at promoting myself through doing jobs for people. I have had a few messages from family friends about coming to do wedding photography and other events as a result of seeing my website. I did a few of these on my placement year, however it was my first wedding shoot and I surprisingly enjoyed doing it. Over the course of the year I made sure that I didn't accept too much work as I wanted to devote my time to my degree. From my university planning interim shows, I have gained a lot of experience in hanging and curating small exhibitions. These skills will hopefully come in use later in my career. The other day my fellow students and I got the opportunity to submit our work to Source Magazine. Thankfully we were still able to as the deadline had already passed. A minimum of eight images, artist statements and the submission fee were needed. I feel that it was well organised on getting it completed in a short space of time. I am looking at continuing my blogging but as I won't have anything to do after this post you may not hear from me until something comes up! Until then..... HERE'S TO PASSING MY DEGREE!
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