APPLICATION FOR SOMETHING
I have been applying for freelance photography jobs with different management companies. I have a list of artists I feel my photography style fits and finding contact details for their management and sending over my portfolio. The email template I have been using is:
I received a response from a management company with an impressive roster, they said they currently don't have anything but have added me to their list of creatives and will contact me in the future when something suitable comes up.
The application process involved me _____.
For this unit, we will be thinking about who we are and where we want to take our career once we finish college. We will be developing our professional persona and presenting ourselves to the creative industries with our CVs, portfolios, networking skills, etc.
UCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT
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CV
As I want to work in the music industry when I leave college, I tailored my CV to only include experience relevant to that industry. I took out all the information about my part-time hospitality work and instead listed all the music experience I have.
Once I was happy with the draft, I had a friend in the industry (who works at a label) read over it and check it was alright. I had listed my experience by relevance, but she said it would be better to change the order to by date, starting with the most recent at the top. I adjusted this and she checked it again and said it was perfect.
CASE STUDIES
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APPLICATION FOR SOMETHING
I have been applying for freelance photography jobs with different management companies. I have a list of artists I feel my photography style fits and finding contact details for their management and sending over my portfolio. The email template I have been using is:
I received a response from a management company with an impressive roster, they said they currently don't have anything but have added me to their list of creatives and will contact me in the future when something suitable comes up.
The application process involved me _____.
For this unit, we will be thinking about who we are and where we want to take our career once we finish college. We will be developing our professional persona and presenting ourselves to the creative industries with our CVs, portfolios, networking skills, etc.
UCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT
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CV
As I want to work in the music industry when I leave college, I tailored my CV to only include experience relevant to that industry. I took out all the information about my part-time hospitality work and instead listed all the music experience I have.
Once I was happy with the draft, I had a friend in the industry (who works at a label) read over it and check it was alright. I had listed my experience by relevance, but she said it would be better to change the order to by date, starting with the most recent at the top. I adjusted this and she checked it again and said it was perfect.
CASE STUDIES
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RESEARCH
ALICIA DUTTON - 29.04.2021
Having already done a couple of studio photoshoots before (including one in Northbrook’s photography studio), I didn’t need to do much research. However, I did ask Grace and Alicia what their ideas were to ensure these photos meet their requirements, and created a moodboard to use as a reference on the day.
Grace said she didn’t have any requirements for the shoot and was happy to leave me in charge of planning. Alicia, however, did say her music is based on the sun and moon, so would like black & white images to reflect the moon and bright ones for the sun.
Here are the moodboards I created -
Source links:
Tom Pallant - https://www.instagram.com/p/CODygsBls1G/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Henry Gill - https://www.instagram.com/p/CONRn8qhPce/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Harry Toohey - https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVYPFygWFF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Lauren Leekley - https://www.instagram.com/p/COGIzF_nd8-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Gigi Vives - https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDRZJ_AtRR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Lewis Vorn - https://www.instagram.com/p/CNXW8PKAsQu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
FLOWVERS @ OLD CHAPEL STUDIOS - 02.05.2021
I haven’t done a studio photoshoot since August 2019 and my style has changed a lot since then (as well as my equipment), so I decided to put together a few moodboards to get an idea of what my photos would look like. I asked the band to send me a few photos of the style they were after and included these on the boards.
(Click on the boards to see the photographers' names)
I decided to shoot some images in film to match our style ideas, and had recently purchased a 35mm film camera. I did a test shoot with the roll of film that came with it to see if it worked, and having recently got those photos back and finding out it does indeed work, I needed to learn how to use it before taking it out on shoots.
When I was shooting the test film roll, I used the ‘Automatic’ programme as I wasn’t sure how to adjust the settings on it. However, this wasn’t that great and the shutter speed was quite fast, producing blurry photos when flash was used as a result (as seen below). I wanted to shoot in manual for this so I have control over it and get clear shots with flash.
I found this manual online for the camera - http://foto.aaweb.cz/pdf/camera/canon/canon_eos_300.pdf. Reading through the manual, I learnt how to adjust the manual settings on the camera, as well as other modes such as ‘Portrait’ and ‘Aperture Priority’ which was very useful. I have the same modes on my digital camera, although I have never used them as I always shoot in manual.
I didn’t need to do any research into what settings to use as I know it would be the same as my digital in terms of shutter speed and ISO. However, I did need to research when to use the flash with the 200 ISO film. In the film store, the guy said you need to use flash far away from the subject to fill in any spaces with no light, not up close, so this is what I will do. - https://epfilms.tv/photography-101-use-use-flash/ this article confirms it.
I also wanted to shoot with my digital camera and didn’t need to do any research on settings for this. However, as studios don’t always have a lot of light, I knew I’d need to use my flashgun. Also, I like how flash looks sometimes as it gives a soft effect to photos when you use a diffuser. Due to the pandemic and gigs not happening for over a year, I’ve not used my flashgun properly since March 2020 and needed reminding of how it works. I only had this camera and flashgun for a month before covid, and only had them both working 2 weeks before (I had to send the camera back to replace it as the hot shoe was faulty which meant I couldn’t use the flashgun properly) so didn’t have a real chance to learn.
I found this article on the Canon website - https://www.canon.co.uk/pro/infobank/camera-flash-basics/. After reading through it, I decided to use the automatic E-TTL mode. With this, the flash system uses the camera’s light sensors in the viewfinder to decide what brightness to shoot at. I have used this mode before and it has worked, so I knew it would be safe to trust.