I am also going interrailing across Europe which will be an amazing experience. I am hoping to get the chance to visit a number of galleries and museums on my travels which is always great for inspiration and stimulating my creative mind.
Work experience with Carolyn Barber. Carolyn is my second cousin on my dad's side. She is a freelance professional photographer who works across editorial, fashion, interior, product and food photography. A few years ago, I did a week's work experience with her, accompanying her on live photography shoots and witnessed her creative process first hand. It was a great experience and I got to meet a range of people involved on the shoot. She even let me set up some of the compositions and shoot the camera myself which was a lot of fun. I am planning on getting in contact with her to see if it would be at all possible to accompany her again on some exciting shoots to gain further experience and network with some professionals. I think this would be a great opportunity and good use of time during the summer break. Below are a few examples of her vibrant photographic work:
Research more studios - I plan to be continually researching and engaging with studios over the summer break. I am going to be travelling a lot, so I will do some research into interesting studios in Poland, Hungary and Italy and see if it would be at all possible to visit some studios whilst I am travelling through Europe. I am going to make the concious effort to contact more people, start conversations build up a great base of contacts in the creative industries. I realise that getting my name out there and getting as many names on my list will be vital to my success for when I graduate. I have always know that it is who you know, not what you know that will help me succeed in the future, and this couldn't be any more important in today's creative culture.
Enter loads of competition to keep busy! Last summer, I made the effort to enter a number of creative competitions to keep my creative juices flowing. The summer break is such a long period of time, and I feel that this year in particular, I may become lazy and stagnant in my practice. I have really loved the responsive module this year. Entering the live, professional briefs was a real challenge for me. The projects pushed me out of my comfort zone, and I have produced some really exciting work that I am proud to put in my portfolio. Responsive has made me more confident and I need to maintain and build on this confidence. I will look on websites such as BlankPoster, TalentHouse and 99Designs constantly to look for exciting opportunities and creative openings for me over the summer break.
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