tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91567786354155816252011-10-08T17:59:41.584+01:00I am a photography graduate, starting my career as a professional photographer. This blog is about my work and experiences and a showcase of the photographs I'm producing along the way.Kristinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-28048777656463143022010-08-12T21:02:00.002+01:002010-08-12T21:06:14.310+01:00

Kerry and Stew's wedding, originally uploaded by Kristin Mitchell photography.The photograph featured here is from Kerry's wedding - the wedding I did at the end of May. Kerry was marrying Stewart in Lancashire, and had asked me to be their photographer when they got engaged last autumn, to which of course I was more than happy to oblige. Kerry had a strong idea of exactly what she wanted from

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-11476777781420666262010-04-29T01:16:00.000+01:002010-04-29T01:16:20.611+01:00

I'm currently working flat out at the moment with college work. It's very good, in many respects, although thoroughly stressful. I've got about eleven projects in total. I did have twelve, but I decided I was being a bit over-ambitious about that. So here's the run down (if I haven't written this already): Location - editorial piece (I'm doing this on sport) - complete Location - editorial

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The past few months have been increasingly busy, and finding a few minutes to update this blog has become increasingly difficult. This past week, I've been working hard on my college projects. However, I'm currently at a point where I feel that I'm not as far forward as I'd like to be, and still have a lot of work to do. Sometimes I feel as if I'm not advancing as much as I think I am for the

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-48217114963932748452010-03-28T02:32:00.000+01:002010-03-28T02:32:06.200+01:00

What an incredible week! I think when I look back on my time at college, this week will be among the most memorable for all the things that happened, and how fantastic it has been. The week started with a selection of photographs by my class being shown on a giant electronic billboard above Central Station in Glasgow. This included one of my photographs from last year, of a friend, inspired by

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-85387105811679939962010-03-18T19:42:00.000Z2010-03-18T19:42:16.801Z

The last week has been more hectic than I had anticipated. No sooner had I started to relax on Monday evening than I was heading off to hospital to see my brother and pick up his car, and not getting home until almost 4am. There was a time when 4am was actually quite a reasonable hour to head to bed, but in those days I wasn't getting up at 6am the morning before. My shoot last week went well. I

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-66718791394493466282010-03-10T10:50:00.000Z2010-03-10T10:50:28.447Z

I've had a bit of a busy seven days, and this is the first day I've really had to get on with catching up on things. I went to Windsor last weekend to visit my boyfriend. However, while he was working, I decided to have a trip to London for a day. It's been five years since I last wandered round London on my own and in the interim time I've simply followed friends from place to place, letting

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At the end of last week, I was back in college for a group presentation. We all had to give a mini presentation to show where we were with our work. It was good to see what others were doing, and how far they are with their projects. I really want to step the pace up a gear though. I've done a lot of research and had a couple of shoots, but I think it's time to have more shoots going on. My

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-47348101065063444542010-02-24T16:40:00.006Z2010-02-24T21:27:02.389Z

I thought this week, I'd write about a book of photographs rather than one of techniques.In a way, I suppose you could argue that this is also a book of technique, it's just up to the reader to analyse the images and work out the techniques, or consider how the photograph is made and what makes it work.The thing about books of photographs, of collections of images, is that there are a lot out

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Well, sadly my photoshoot scheduled last week didn't go ahead due to poor weather conditions. It's a shame, but it's only been postponed rather than cancelled completely. Hopefully I'll get another chance later on.Meanwhile, I decided to go and visit my grandmother, since I had some time free and no other plans. Rather glad I did, as I also got to see her neighbour's animal menagerie. The

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-47718497444700124592010-02-18T21:23:00.005Z2010-02-18T22:25:07.414Z

I thought one of the things I might do, is write a bit about photography related books. Partly because if I'm not spending my money on kit, I'm spending it on books.While the internet is a great place to find information, its harder for me to snuggle down with, plus I usually have a better idea where a technique is in a book as opposed to the world wide web.I thought therefore, I might write a

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Although I had a photoshoot planned for this weekend, it has unfortunately, been postponed due to weather conditions. I was a little disappointed, but this morning I took the opportunity to work on my techniques. I also managed to rejig the brolly, so that I can shoot the flashgun through it, rather than into it and bounce back. This made me quite happy, and I think I've found the technique I

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-17106789213187216412010-02-17T21:09:00.003Z2010-02-17T22:20:34.963Z

So it's been nearly a year since I updated, partly because I'm a bit too busy, the other part because I've clearly been a bit too lazy. I guess most of it is down to deciding what to write into this blog, and I thought I'd dust it down and put something in. I want to treat it more like a scrap book of thoughts than making it too heavy.So first up, I've had a busy few days doing some shooting.

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-1058598331290609442009-05-29T22:37:00.006+01:002009-05-29T23:28:28.425+01:00

I've been working rather manically for the past six or seven weeks, mostly on college work, but also helping out by providing people with my photo skills.My main project of late has been what is known as the Graded Unit, a project we are assigned at the end of each year at college and are given an actual mark on. Usually with each unit, we fulfill the assignments and we are either marked as a

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-63191464485742949552009-04-10T00:40:00.003+01:002009-04-10T01:19:55.826+01:00

Decided it's been a while since I wrote, and there's been movements afoot, so at least I've got a decent reason to write something.A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me if I was interested in photographing a fashion show. My response was of course, yes. It was the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show, which is billed as Europe's most successful student-run fashion show. Which is pretty good.The

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-63186962321586499792009-03-11T20:28:00.003Z2009-03-11T20:55:43.223Z

So it's the start of my third and final term at college.... it's all gone so quickly!Last term, we had documentary and fashion, as well as creative industries which was more practical advice about job hunting, and support for photographers in the real world.As usual, it's all been a bit interesting in terms of what I like/ what I'm good at.For my documentary projects, I decided to shoot two of

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-39847197888701001412008-11-11T19:32:00.004Z2008-11-11T20:13:32.610Z

So it's nearing the end of my first term in my second year of college. So it's time to tidy up some loose ends of work, and get it all done and dusted.Last week, I headed down to London for Vision, a photographic event hosted every year by the British Journal of Photography, which is something of a must in the calendar of aspiring photographers.I had also been in contact with a photographer, who

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-66179842901599992172008-10-27T09:15:00.003Z2008-11-11T20:14:52.158Z

Life has been fairly busy in October, surprisingly so actually.The realisation of graduating in seven and a half months time has kicked in, and I've started thinking more seriously about what life will hold after the "well done" cards have completed their exhibition on the shelf in my lounge and pats on the back have subsided.I learned some valuable lessons about what to do and what not to do,

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So its back to college time for me!The summer has been a wonderful time to allow me the opportunity to reflect on where I've come from, and where I want to go.It was surprising how quickly last year passed, so I've made some resolutions about what I want to try and achieve at college in the year to come.I know what I've got lined up, work wise for college, namely the following classes:

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I've finally reached the end of my college project. I handed in my work yesterday, on time.While I feel partly relaxed, I think my brain is still whirring from the past two months. It may take a day or two for it to start to slow down a bit. In the meantime, I have some finishing touches to other college assignments to complete, but certainly nothing of the scale of my project.I'm feeling quite

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Last Thursday, I had my final photographic shoot for my current college project.I had intended, originally, to shoot on location, in either a museum or restaurant, to depict my "couple" having a nice time together. However, I decided that my series looked slightly unbalanced in terms of emotions. Three were happy scenes, with one (the car scene) showing the couple in a tense, angry moment. I

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-82461784027096656202008-05-06T11:56:00.006+01:002008-05-06T13:19:15.014+01:00

I've been quite busy these last few weeks, working on my current graded project.My tutor gave me back my workbook, and I was pleased to learn I'd gotten full marks for my planning, due to the amount of detail I'd included. What can I say?In the meantime, I've been thinking about what has gone well, and what has gone wrong. I had already shot three scenes: in the car; on the street; and in the

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-29901074883485419332008-04-19T03:38:00.003+01:002008-04-19T04:01:19.457+01:00

I've now started shooting my college project. But getting to this stage wasn't an easy task.As a class, we faced a series of obstacles. Firstly, our tutor was taking part in a strike. Which was fair enough. Unfortunately, the strike fell on the days when we had our Graded Unit class, meaning we didn't have the same assistance with planning as we otherwise may have done. To add, our college

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-59638774590217874002008-03-24T15:30:00.002Z2008-03-24T16:22:10.970Z

Hi thereIf you're reading this, it's probably because I gave you a link to this page.A little about me, if you're not aware...I'm currently in my first year at college, studying a photography HND at Glasgow Metropolitan College.I've been set a project for college, which is perhaps my most important project of my entire first year. I have to come up with a project of my choice, and produce lots of

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-12822375976401176972007-11-29T14:00:00.000Z2007-11-29T14:30:42.985Z

The past few months of college have been interesting.I've been pretty busy mostly. Certainly, the demands on my time and the amount of work I have to do is far greater than anything I did during my honours degree. But this is a good thing.I've been learning quite a lot too. I've learnt about the basics of file management and digital manipulation in Photoshop; I've learned about lighting

Kristinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156778635415581625.post-17829234341713386462007-09-10T22:59:00.000+01:002007-09-10T23:42:26.536+01:00

I'm now starting my third week in college, of my photography course.In those short few weeks, I think I've learned a lot already, and not just in terms of the curriculum.My year group is fairly large - certainly more than I'm used to being around. So we've been broken into four classes. Already, one person has left my course after two days, a couple have swapped for another group (to get more

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