Week 18

So having emailed various other photographers asking for work I have had a reply.

Stephen Gill one of my favourite photographers has emailed me back asking for help on a project. This is a great opportunity and one I welcome with open arms, this will start on the 18^th May and will consist of me helping out in his studio and putting together 125 small books. This is a fantastic opportunity, it will help me understand the way a true professional in the field of photography works and will be priceless information to me and help me. Stephen has been extremely professional and  succesful and will be a great photographer to work with for the week and as a bonus he has said he will pay for my services.

The portfolio is done and ready to hand in, I have printed the images at a photographic lab called palm based in Birmingham, I am extreemly happy with these and feel this was the best for me If I am to go to any future employers. I feel a hard copy with prints is better for me as images never look as good on a website and by either taking prints by hand or by post I can have complete control over how the image is seen as monitors all over the world vary so images may appear to dark or to light in some places.

Week 17

Currently ordering my images into the way that best suits the images and how others read them. I also went to Phil Draycott on the Thursday of this week, Phil analysed my CV and motivational speech and showed me areas where I can improve, this has been extremely helpful, I now intend to change these a little and make the suggested improvements. This will make me more prepared for leaving university and provide me with a better CV than the one I would have had if I hadn’t seen him.