There was an exhibition meeting today which the whole class were supposed to attend, yet again there were a select few who either came in late or not at all. No surprise there! It wouldn’t bother me as much if they actually cared and contributed to the course, but they don’t. Most of them don’t actually care about the course at all and it frustrates me. I just feel like some people could benefit from this course so much more than some there. I also think that certain people aren’t putting enough effort into the group work such as fundraising events.
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We had a peer group session today which I couldn’t attend unfortunately, because I was photographing my project. However, I feel like the peer sessions are rather helpful when creating ideas and in the midst of progression stages within the project. It allows room for others to question your work and understand where you’re coming from. As well as looking at others work and seeing how there are doing, I feel like it inspires me to do other things because others opinions may open up doors for me and make me wonder how I look at my work and in what route it could go down.
As part of our fundraising scheme for the exhibition, we decided to create a Bake Sale which will take place in the university itself. This is a great way to make money and make the customers aware of the exhibition and make them happy. It was a great success and we raised around £200 on the Bake Sale; which is a great and easy way to make quick cash. I would definitely recommend having a bake sale or something similar if you’re wanting to raise money, regardless of the cause. Although the bake sale went really well, there were a select few individuals that were constantly slacking on either the baking aspect or coming in for their allocated time slot. I understand that its stressful having something like this so close to deadlines, but others were able to make it and take an hour out of their time to come and help. Some just didn’t even bother to turn up or explain why either which really annoyed me, it also has a negative impact on the rest of the group because it becomes a tense atmosphere, making it harder to work together. Tutorials are a great way to discuss your ideas in a formal/informal manner, sticking to the topic and discussing area that need extra work on, without feeling the pressure of others getting bored or losing interest in your work. I feel like they benefit me in my work, allowing me to grow as a person as well as a photographer when creating work. I personally prefer to get many tutorials with different tutors to see what their opinions are, what they feel work and what doesn’t. It also gives me an insight into how other people view my work which is very helpful, giving me advice or how to structure the work and go about editing. By gaining lots of opinions and advice, it gives you time to evaluate your work and see what you personally feel is best about your work and question it, asking why they think that or how it could be improved.
For the exhibition, along with our images to be printed large or however we want to present, we will also be showing our portfolios which will have a selection of images that we choose to present in the portfolio boxes on a table for the viewers to look at. The selection is entirely up to me but I will be going to my lecturer Rob for help on which images show me as a photographer and which will benefit me in the long run for potential networking. Most images will be re-printed to create a consistency within the box. Around 3 projects will be chosen to showcase my talent and passion, which will be tough as I have more than 3 projects which I feel make me succeed in the industry, the best advice is to ask for help!
We recently received a seminar about leaflet making and how to go about them, which designs would best for our exhibition considering the number of students participating in the exhibition. We also learnt about how to make them visually appealing to the viewers, by creating unusual and memorable folds within. It was a fun lecture because we got to play around with paper, however, I personally feel like the time could have been better spent on doing something that would matter such as the research summary or preparation for the exhibition such as spacing and dimensions, portfolio work which we did afterwards. I just feel like it was put on at such a hectic time that it didn’t work for me personally as I was so stressed, then felt like I had to attend a pointless lecture.
It’s getting close to the end of third year, which means that preparation for my portfolio starts to take place such as statements for each projects made, as well as printing images to the correct size, making sure that clarity and focus is clear and in the correct spots, editing images and making sure that the message I want to say is getting across. It’s a difficult task because when you’re editing, you notice everything like little dust marks, hair in the wrong place, blinking subjects, the smallest of things you notice which could make the entire image fall apart. Along with this, I was looking through my images and decided to change the images for my client brief project, from portraits of my friend Megan, to an actual brief I did for my client Architect Plus. The images were for a website which I’m going to attempt to re-create and make a small architectural magazine also. The layout is also a huge thing to be considered when constructing your portfolio, the layout of the images on the page, how you present your statements, what order your images go in for the advisor to see and read the projects. Something to think about when making your portfolio professional and clean.
Crits from peers and staff are super helpful and always opens your mind to other things that could be added or deducted from your project. However, even though people can have their input and suggest things, it doesn’t always mean you have to follow them; at the end of the day, it is still your project and needs to reflect you and your abilities and interests as a photographer.
Architect Plus is a client I am currently working with to produce images for their website, such as headshots of all their staff, office shots, and any others shots needed such as group shots and images of the staff working to make the future clients aware of the area they will be going into. A lot of emails were exchanged between the company and myself, even little things like telling them that I had picked the images ready for editing, that the images were edited, that I had made an invoice ready for them. Little things like these, they want to know, they want to be kept in the loop. The decisions for the images came down by opening them in Bridge, a place to see all the images in a film strip way, go through them individually and take a minute to really look at them, is anyone blinking, coughing, sneezing, talking, not smiling, not looking at the camera, little things like this matter, they can make a big impact on the clients approach towards the company.
After doing the Interview for one of my modules, I got an email about the Career Ahead Gold Award which I received for completing an interview process, along with an application for a job, research on the job, a CV and Cover Letter, as well as a supporting statement. The award itself is actually really helpful, especially for those leaving school and getting ready to apply for a job! It sets you up for success when it comes to the real world, and building your confidence. I despise interviews because they always make me super nervous, but when I was doing this interview, I was of course nervous but relaxed at the same time. They go through a generic interview with you, ask you questions that would more than likely come up in an interview and all that jazz. Then afterwards they thank you and it’s a very formal process, but; before the whole process they actually talk to you in an informal way such as asking you what your role is, how you should dress, what not to do and what you should do. It sounds nerve racking, but it’s a helpful process and I recommend it greatly.
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April 2018
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