My time at Burton and South Derbyshire College has given me a good grounding in my chosen subjects; Photography, English Language and Literature and also helped me develop skills that will be useful for further studies. For example I’ve been a course representative, a member of the student council and have also assisted the college on charity days and events in my free time.
Studying at college has been very different to the education I received at Secondary School. The college environment has allowed me to become more independent as a learner, doing more research as well as knowing how to balance different workloads and sticking to deadlines.
The Extended Diploma in Digital Imaging has been a brilliant way for me to study Photography as well as having separate assignments where we’ve been looking at different types of media, such as; film, music videos, blogs, website design, magazines and having Photoshop workshops. These different areas are where my interest lie and I enjoy combining the separate areas, this comes across in my assignments.
The variety this course has offered me means that I have experienced using a wide range of equipment, software and going work in studios as well as dark rooms. I’ve also learnt how to present my assignments in sketchbooks and on blogs; this has allowed me to record my work in different ways. These range of skills are something I hope to use at University, on a course that offers as much variety as possible, so I can expand my knowledge in different areas of Photography and Media.
My English Language and Literature A Level is something I’ve done along side my Extended Diploma. This has helped me learn how to balance work and different subjects which has improved my time management greatly. Studying this subject has meant that I’ve been able to study different types and styles of writing and improve my writing techniques. Writing is something I enjoy, I feel that this comes across in my other work as it’s always highly annotated and my research is quite in-depth as are my evaluations.
Although being at college has helped me develop a style with my Photography, there is not just one area or type of Photography that I enjoy overall. I like my work to have a lot of variety. I do like producing series, however; things that are all related to the same thing and follow the same theme, even if all the images are very different.
Studying at college has been very different to the education I received at Secondary School. The college environment has allowed me to become more independent as a learner, doing more research as well as knowing how to balance different workloads and sticking to deadlines.
The Extended Diploma in Digital Imaging has been a brilliant way for me to study Photography as well as having separate assignments where we’ve been looking at different types of media, such as; film, music videos, blogs, website design, magazines and having Photoshop workshops. These different areas are where my interest lie and I enjoy combining the separate areas, this comes across in my assignments.
The variety this course has offered me means that I have experienced using a wide range of equipment, software and going work in studios as well as dark rooms. I’ve also learnt how to present my assignments in sketchbooks and on blogs; this has allowed me to record my work in different ways. These range of skills are something I hope to use at University, on a course that offers as much variety as possible, so I can expand my knowledge in different areas of Photography and Media.
My English Language and Literature A Level is something I’ve done along side my Extended Diploma. This has helped me learn how to balance work and different subjects which has improved my time management greatly. Studying this subject has meant that I’ve been able to study different types and styles of writing and improve my writing techniques. Writing is something I enjoy, I feel that this comes across in my other work as it’s always highly annotated and my research is quite in-depth as are my evaluations.
Although being at college has helped me develop a style with my Photography, there is not just one area or type of Photography that I enjoy overall. I like my work to have a lot of variety. I do like producing series, however; things that are all related to the same thing and follow the same theme, even if all the images are very different.
Attending college has given me more confidence and made me more out going as a person; being a part of the council, having public speaking training as well as being an ambassador has contributed towards building my confidence. I’ve also volunteered my time to help with college open days and other events. I’m now much better as working as part of a team because of all these things and working in groups due to doing tasks with members of my Photography class, however, I still feel able to work by myself and am confident enough to do my work alone.
My main aim is to go to University to study photography and different areas of media, to gain knowledge and experience as well as have different opportunities. I think University is the best place to get all of these things and it would be something new, exciting and challenging to do that I hope would help me have a career in this area in the future.
There’s a lot I like to do in my spare time, as well as photography I have a passion for music and am lucky enough to go to see bands preform live on a regular basis. I also take the opportunity to incorporate those two things by taking photos whilst I’m there; and have been asked by several local bands to come and photograph them. I also enjoy going to galleries and was able to go and see one of Steve McCurry’s exhibitions. I love the style of his work and that he’s a photojournalist, this is something I really admire about him as I have a strong interest in writing as well as photography. I love to travel and see different places too, last year I saved up and travelled to America for two weeks and was able to see lots of different areas.
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