Back in early May we took a trip to The Lake District. We camped for the first two nights and treated ourselves to a B&B for the last night, all in all we were there for 3 nights and four days. Our first day/night was spent towards the north of the Lakes, near Keswick. The… Read More Landscapes from The Lakes
So I have been a Coventry University BA Hons Photography Graduate since November, exactly 3 months ago to date! Graduating with a 2:1 🙂 Graduation was such an incredible experience, flew by too quickly but I enjoyed every second. The stress of the cap and gown not fitting, remembering NOT to trip on my walk… Read More Graduation!
To write my final reflection, I decided to take a look back to the letter I was asked to write to myself before starting my Photography course at Coventry University. Immediately I noticed how much I had grown up and how much knowledge and passion I have gained. ‘I always make it a point to… Read More Reflective Report/Evaluation
The build up to the Opening Night had felt like forever, yet came around so fast. It was a great success and was so lovely being all together as IMG19, I felt proud of us all as a group and as individuals for the hard work and cooperation we had all put into this exhibition.… Read More Opening Night
Peter, the bird watcher who I first spoke to and who allowed me into his life as a bird watcher and photograph him and his team for my project, knew about my exhibition after I sent him an email a few days before inviting him to opening night but also letting him know I would… Read More Peters Visit
Once at the gallery and able to see the amount of room I was allocated first hand, I was ale to decide the lauout to my pieces porperly. After much thought I decided to place three in a row, I felt the three I chose in the order I put them in worked as an… Read More The Preparation Of My Exhibition Piece
I have been part of the Marketing Team and the Opening Night Team. As part of the Marketing Team, I helped with the Teaser Videos, where we would make them a week in advance using student’s background/behind the scenes photos. We would post a video or two a week, and then each would share them… Read More Degree Show
For promoting our degree show a website was built – http://www.img19.org which holds each individual within IMG19, a small description about their project and an accompanying photograph of the final display and we also made sure to keep updating Instagram, our Twitter Feed and sharing on Facebook. I never wanted to give too much away… Read More Video and Promotional Clips
I used Blurb to create my Photo Book. The reason I wanted to produce a book was because when with the bird watchers they would relate a lot to notepads, reserve reports, so they would always be looking into something or through something like binoculars or telescopes. It was all about seeing, and because I… Read More Creating My Photo Book
Sitting with the bird watchers hours on end in their hides made me think, realistically, how much of their lives they spend patiently awaiting these animals. It was fascinating to say the least. Originally I went into my project with an open mind, hoping after spending some time with the watchers I’d find an idea… Read More Final Idea
So after much thought, my original idea, which was to create a contrast of the shooting and bird watching came to an end. As much as I would have loved to produce a project which held meaning towards the difference of these outdoor societies I realised it wasn’t possible. I managed to attend clay shooting… Read More Changing of Ideas
Brandon Marsh is where I have been spending my time producing my final project on the Bird Watchers. ‘Brandon Marsh Nature Centre is the headquarters of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. Set in 220 acres, the Reserve, consists of large pools created by gravel extraction.’ The website for Brandon Marsh is http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/brandon-marsh-sssi-nature-reserve-and-visitor-centre which holds information about… Read More Brandon Marsh
For my third interview I chose to ask Daniel questions about his career. He is the Managing Director of MyPremier which is an IT Hardware Dealer. The reason for me wanting to interview him was because I thought I’d be able to benefit from speaking to someone owning their own business, however in a completely… Read More Interview with Daniel Bomberg
After our opening night team meeting, today me and Alice took the opportunity to go to Booker Wholesale in Coventry to find out how much the alcohol and any other supplies would be to buy in bulks, as it may turn out much cheaper than going to a supermarket or other local shops. Luckily Kate… Read More Booker Wholesale.
Today myself and the rest of the opening night team met again to discuss new arrangements and plans. Since last week some things have changed, such as: The Bar – Now we will not be having a rota for who looks after the bar, instead first and second year students will be helping us by… Read More Opening Night Team Meeting – 13/05/14
For organisation we have all planned our layout for how our exhibition piece will look. Below is my layout. I will be having four landscape prints hanging in frames on the wall, between them will be a set of binoculars. Then I will have a small stand which will include a plinth for my photo… Read More My Exhibition Layout
Jacob James is someone I attended St Joseph’s College Sixth form with, back in 2009-2011. We only had some classes together so I never got to know Jake too well. Since being at University we’d had no contact but were still friends on certain social networking sites. About a year ago I begun to notice… Read More Interview with Jacob James
I knew for one of my interviews I’d want to speak to a wildlife photographer of some sort, as this is where I feel my career within in photography is heading towards. My passion is wildlife and documentary photography, I want to travel and create stories through my images. So I was over the moon… Read More Interview with Will Nicholls
As part of the Opening Night team, our job is to sort out everything that will be needed and organised for Friday 30th May when the Degree Show first opens. Myself, Chris, Alice, Lauren, Tania and Rachel are all part of this team and we met yesterday to begin discussing our plans. I decided to… Read More Opening Night Team Meeting 07/05/14
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