tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91567786354155816252009-10-21T23:05:05.834+01:00The title is not an accurate reflection of me in the slightest. I have a terrible memory. However, I do have a camera, which has had quite an impact on how I see my life...Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05415389357282281848noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag: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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Hi.This is my new blog.For the sake of google stalking, I shall not tell you my name, other than it begins with a K, and that is how I shall refer to myself throughout this blog.I'm in my late twenties. Late enough to be nearing my thirties within the next 15 months.I live in Scotland, in a new town outside Edinburgh, where I have lived on and off over the last 18 years. I've never felt any

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