Me, Myself and I

This post is a short overview of my background of photography and my inspirations that lead me to become a photographer and why I have picked this course to expand onto my career choice.

Why Photography?

Me with my first Camera

My passion for photography all started when I found photographs in the loft of Tutankhamun. After questioning my mum about them I find out that Harry Burton (my mum’s great uncle) was the lead photographer for Howard Carter’s team to discover Tutankhamun, this all started my passion for art.
My mum used to sit and draw when I was a little kid, and my grandad wrote and published a book on air brushing and photo editing. Having an artistic family I soon fell in love with art and couldn’t stop drawing. Art class in school became my forte, I used to love drawing my little toy cars.
 After realising how important the Tutankhamun pictures meant and how impressed I was I soon asked for my first camera. This all kick started my love for photography. After finishing my GCSE’s I went and studied art and design at Exeter College. Whilst enjoying my time there I fully grasped the idea of composition and understood how to frame my image.
Completing that course I moved onto a Nation Diploma in photography at Exeter College. This course gave me the ability to fully understand a camera, experiment with film and was able to use the studios where I feel in love with flash. My time at Exeter College was my initial understanding of photography. I experimented with lighting techniques and composition and this is where I started to be creative with my work. I started to think outside the box and play with different types of lenses and composition. I grew a love for 50mm prime lenses and the way I could get a good quality image and the use of depth of field. Also while studying here I learnt how to develop and process 35mm film. Whilst doing this, i soon realised that having the correct exposure on film is a lot more important than it is on digital, where it’s just a matter of turning up/down the exposure on photoshop. 

Me at Exeter College

After completing my National Diploma at Exeter I applied for an Honours degree at Plymouth College of Art and Design. I felt that this was a big but needed step from Exeter College to be able to carry on my quest to use photography as my profession.  It is obvious that the equipment able to me here will help me to broaden my knowledge and understanding of photography further. I also feel that whilst studying here my list of contacts will grow and will hopefully be able to find work and career prospects in my medium through advisors, lectures and other students. I’m here to for fill my lifelong dream to be an artist and bring my hobby of automotive cars into my career aspects. I feel that by being here and learning all the different types of medium in the photography field, I will be able to prove my abilities in photography and show that off to my clients.