So September the 10th (2012) came and I was so nervous! As a class we all got on very quickly, we were told ''You've got to spend the next two years together - so to make life easier, get on.'' Our tutor Ian Bowles is so funny, you can have real laugh with him; but at the same time he has a serious side. We had a few weeks of getting to know Ian... and each other of course, we learned different camera techniques and got more of an understanding of what the course was about.. then we started our first assignment.
''Finding Form''
I was asked to produce a series of 9 photographs on the subject of 'Finding Form'. By this I mean images that show photographic elements such as, Line, Texture, Pattern, Shape, Shadows and Highlights and Composition, but they had to be in natural light. For every assignment we do, we are asked to follow the ''Creative Process.'' This consists of:- 1. Initial Ideas - 2. Research - 3. Ideas Development - 4. Shoots - 5. Selection - 6. Presentation -7. Final Evaluation - 8. Bibliography.
I decided I wanted to do fire and burnt bark, I argued the fact that fire is a natural light and was able to do the subject I had chosen. I really enjoyed the assignment, and it pushed me as a photographer to think more about the images I was taking, after only a few days I found myself thinking ''This photograph shows great... Pattern, Line and Texture'' - not that my images before this didn't, I was just able to see it more because I was constantly thinking it... Now it just comes naturally.
I got two distinctions in this assignment, and was very happy with my final images! (They're now hung on my bedroom wall!)
Wednesday 1 May 2013
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Where it all started...
Well, as you have probably guessed my name is Rebekah Smith. I spend my childhood in Hereford, England where I attended primary and secondary school, and then moved on to college to study Childcare. After a year studying at Hereford College of Technology I realised although I enjoyed working with children, it wasn't something I wanted to spend my future doing - I wanted to do something to express my passionate, creative nature.
After a few days had passed from my big move, my grandad had let me play around with one of his old cameras - Canon EOS 300D; I had never picked up a DSLR before then! I quickly developed my own passion for photography, and began photographing anything I could lay my eyes on. One of the first friends I made in NI was Joy's work colleague +Mandy McNeil - who also is very big on photography. I spent a few hours a week with her getting to know the different camera settings etc, and she always used to say 'You've got an eye for photography, Bec' - saying that, everyone said it; it just took me a lot longer to realise.
In April 2012, Myself, Joy and grandad went on safari in South Africa. We spent a few days going on game drives, and then spend another few days in a Luxury Villa; it was the best 10 days of my life. South Africa is where I captured some of my favourite photographs.
King Cheetah.
Drying His Wings.
Lion Roar.
Zebra Scratching It's Back.
Lilac Breasted Roller
7 1/2 Legged Spider.
Joy came to me one day and said, ''You can do photography in the college, you know?'' I was so happy! Photography courses weren't on offer at my college in Hereford. So I applied for a Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media Production which included Graphic Design, Film Making and Photography. I was already building my own portfolio and I got an offer of a place on the course. I also applied for and got an interview for a HND in Photography.... I never thought I'd be accepted but went anyway. I was asked to look at three photographs and use photographic language to explain the one I liked the most. I had also taken my portfolio to show my work to the co-ordinator.
I was accepted on the FT HND Photography in Lurgan Campus of Southern Regional College and started in September 2012.
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