Royal National lifeboat Institution....

On the 14th March I was lucky enough to go out with the RNLI on one of there training sessions. I did this for my audience in the community brief and I thoroughly enjoyed going out on the boat and meeting the crew. They were all very welcoming and requested that I take them a disc with the images on so I intend to do that in the next week. I took many images and have narrowed it down to 12 Final images I am very pleased with them all: 

So many questions so little time...

I have known for a while that I would need to do an interview with a practioner so I began to email around I contacted many people but only got a responce from Martin parr who unfortunatly said "HI Rose, Sorry I cannot answer these, I am overwhelmed with student interviews.Try FAQ on my site, Martin Parr". I was very disappointed with his responce and began looking for photographers in the plymouth area. 

This is when I came across the work of Tracey Wood www.traceywoodphotography.co.uk after emailing her once I had no reply so I tried again and she has agreed to think about the questions I sent and respond to me by the end of the week. I look forward to reading her answers.

I chose to ask Tracey Wood questions as I really like her style of work as she tends to capture 'of the moment' portraiture shots this is the style I like as these are the shots people like to hang on the wall of there family and of there wedding days these are the images that capture the memories. I believe that the experience of taking these images is not just fun for the family but also fun for the photographer. 

My Photography on Facebook...

I have a seperate facebook page purely for my photography. I set this page up last year as I wanted to keep my private life to myself and those I choose to share it with seperate from my proffesional life. You can find this page by searching for Rosemarie McEwing on facebook or by clicking this link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002636620231

Tony Cobley Lecture

On the 23rd April we had Tony Cobley come in to talk about himself as a proffesional photographer and how he had got to where he is today. I found this interesting because it gave me some insight into what I could do. He works in many different aspects of photography those being propery and location, food and drink, education, events and PR, wellbeing and leisure, Industrial, technical and product and also portraiture. He also works on personal projects his current one being a study of the dartmoore ponies. 

As for what kit he uses he seems to favour elincrom flash heads, this is something we have used at college and also sound like a good thing to invest in at some point. Here is Tony Cobley's website: http://www.tonycobley.com .

After our lecture with Tony we were asked to go and take a portrait shot on location, whilst trying to show people in their context. So we booked out a Quadrea Ranger Kit, softbox, lightmetre, Nikon D200 and a reflector and headed to the library to take some photographs. Here is my image of Charlotte Nicholls taken in Plymouth College of Art's Library. We made sure that it was okay to take images before we started so that the librarians knew what we where doing. 

 

Weddings...

I have recently had the opportunity to photograph my cousins wedding. Although she was paying for a photographer I thought it would be a good opportunity to have a go at wedding photography without havng the pressure of getting every momment, I wanted to enjoy the day as well as taking some images. The ceremony was lovely as was the reception. Below are some images of Mr and Mrs Blackmoore on there big day:

I am very pleased with my images and would love to have the opportunity to photograph a wedding, although I believe it would be alot of pressure and that scares me slightly...

In five years time...

Honestly, I am not sure where I want to be in 5 years time. However I know that I want to complete my BA Honours Degree and then I think I would like to assist another photographer to gain experience and knowledge. I would eventually like to teach photography as I think that would be a great experience and I like to help others and I think it would be great to pass on the knowledge that I will gain. 

I think the next step for me would be to do a PGCE (postgraduate certificate in education). When I was younger teaching is something that I envisioned myself doing. A PGCE takes a year full time or two years part time. My cousin Sarah Blackmoore completed her PGCE about a year ago now so I asked her about it. I asked her where she did the course, how much it cost and what it was like her response was ‘I did my PGCE at Plymouth University based in the rolle building, It was a year course and cost the standard fees which was £3,295 when I did it. You do get a bursary to support you which always helps, though it’s not massive. It was a great course, professionally and personally but it was really hard work. You have no social life as you have three school based placements on top of assignments, lectures, extra reading, and weekly tasks but it is such a learning curve.’ She then said that she will bring me the Uni handbook from when she did it so that I can read more about the course itself so I look forward to doing so.

Why Photography?

I chose to begin studying photography at sixteen. I completed a National Diploma in Photograph between September 2009 and June 2011. But my passion for Photography started at a young age.

When I was about four/five my Dad gave me a brightly coloured fisher price film camera I was attached to it, it came everywhere with me and I took photo’s all the time. I enjoyed art all through school and it was the only time I felt relaxed and myself. I left secondary school with a GCSE grade A in Art and Design. Whilst looking at colleges I believed I wanted to be a forensic photographer, however when I saw the facilities at Kings Lynn college I decided that I wanted to look into all aspects of photography rather than going straight into forensic science. My National Diploma gave me a taste of photography and made me realise that I wanted to continue my education and make my hobbie my career. So I decided I to do my degree. As I was born in Plymouth I decided that I would like to move back and in doing so I would be able to get to know some of my family better. So the College of Art was the next step for me.

After starting the course in September 2011 I really enjoyed photography, but then at the end of October my Nan became critically ill and unfortunately passed away early November. Since then I have managed to complete my photography briefs, however I haven’t enjoyed them as much as I think I should. I need to get my love of photography back and begin to shoot more often, I am determined to enjoy photography again.