Las Vegas Trip

This year i have been very lucky and had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas for 10 days this has given me a great chance to get out there and see the world a little bit more.
When in Vegas it seemed silly not to go and see some of the amazing places that are close by so on my trip i also had the chance to go and visit the grand canyon, hoover dam and many other places.
I have just picked out a couple of images that i took that i feel show just how amazing and different these place really are.

 It was a great experience to be able to walk over the Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge  at the hoover dam this bridge is right in front of the hoover dam and the views that you get from it are incredible it really gives you the chance to take in just how large the dam is and it really dose make you think just how hard it must have been to build.
I do have more photos of the hoover dam i will add them at a later stage.

At its deepest point the north rim of the grand canyon is 6,000 feet deep, needless to say when you are standing on the side looking down and you can not see the bottom you do feel a little bit mad.

The Grand Canyon is one of the most amazing places i have ever seen i have been lucky enough to have now seen the west and north rim, i was surprised to see the difference between them. Even though i feel the images show how wonderful the grand canyon is you can not really take in how massive the canyon is unless you have been there, it really is one of the most breath taking and stunning place i have ever seen.
We was at the widest point of the canyon and this is an amazing 18 miles wide it was an odd feeling as when you was standing the looking to the other side you would not think it was that far.

Top of the world, this is the view from the top of the stratosphere tower, this stands at 1,149 feet the views from the top are worth a look....amazing.

You can not go to Las Vegas and not see one of these, this is what Vegas is know for every hotel lobby is full of bight colours and little noise and the odd cheer hear and there where someone has just won.

This is a couple of the new hotels that have gone up in Las Vegas over the past few years the buildings are very modern and and a little mad, its interesting to see how the strip is starting to change when you compere the older hotels to the new ones.

My Photography

This is some of my most up to date work that i have been doing for my client brief project, i have tried to show the different iteams that Sam Cox has to offer and i have tried to make them a little bit different by doing close up's of some dress and then full view. This is the first time i have really done anything like this so i am quite happy with the result so far.

Why Photography

I have always been told that its important to go and catch your dreams in life and i have been very lucky to have people round me that have helped me in the right directions, I have from a young age wanted to work in the fire service it has been one of them things that i have never had to thing twice about.
I have also always been a creative person so when give the chance to do photography when i was younger i jumped at the chance, it is something that i have since then loved to do. The next few years will be a lot of hard work to get my degree but i am more then willing to put in the hard work.

I still want to join the fire service and this is something that i am working towards. people often say to me so why you doing photography? well its as simple as its something i love to do. I think its great that i can capture a moment in time and keep that image and show people that may have not been there. Also from a practical side if i am unable to join the fire service then this is a good thing to have as a back up as i  still enjoy it and would not mind to do it as a job, but what ever happens i will always keep on with my photography even if i am doing it out of work on the side of another job.
There are also many jobs that i have started to look into that are photography jobs that relate to the kind of job that i want to do and i have become aware of different roads that i could now take.

Questions and Answers

Last week i did an question and answers form with member of the fire service i asked questions about the job role and how they got there there questions were quite similar to the interview questions i did at the hospital, this was a really successful thing to do as it gave me an insight to there job role. I am unable to use this on the blog but it was a good task for me to do as it meant i was able to talk to someone that works in the area that i have a interest in.

Sam Cox Wedding Shop

Sam Cox is where i have been doing my client brief project on, i have all ready done a photo shoot at the shop were i took photos of the dress they sold and other items, recently been back there to take more photos but this time i took a model with me and got photos of her in the dress. This was really successful and i got some of my main final images from this photo shoot. I will soon be uploading a few of the photos that i feel have worked best.

This has been a great experience for me and i have learned a lot from doing it, this has also opened my mind up about the different things that i could do with in photography. 

The Interview

Work Based Learning Investigation and preparation, The Interviews.

My first interview was with the medical photography team at the Queen Victoria Hospital in West Sussex, i really wanted to interview a photographer that done something quite different  this is a job that interests me and i thought this would be a good way to find out more about it.
I interviewed two members of there team so i could see there views on the job.


The Interview

Name: Sarah Darvill
Job Role: Team Lead Medical Photographer

and


Name: Stacey Bone
Job Role: Medical Photographer



How long have you done this job for and is it something that you always wanted to do? 

Sarah: I have done the job for 5 years now, I become aware of medical photography while studying for my masters and a trainee position come up at the end.

Stacey: I have done this job for 8 years now. when i finished my degree, i wasn't sure exactly what i wanted to do so i assisted some high street photographers with various commercial jobs and weddings. having been a patient who had medical photography, i started looking into the profession and thought it was something i would find interesting.

Have you always had an interest in photography and have you ever worked within photography business other then this job now?


Sarah: Photography was always a hobby, i studied for a science degree then combined with my hobby for my masters. this is the first photography job i have held, also some wedding/event photography in spear time.

Stacey: I have always had an interest in photography since i was a young child. i haven't worked in any other photography business other then assisting with photography jobs mentioned.



How did you come across this job and what was it that attracted you to it?


Sarah: The job was advertised at the end of my degree, the job combines my interest in photography and medicine.

Stacey: Having been a patient at the Queen Victoria Hospital in east Grinstead, i asked the photography department how to get into the job. the advised me of the websites etc to look at. I come across a job vacancy on the imi website for a trainee medical photographer in Huddersfield.
I thought i would enjoy the job as you get to see interesting things, and it's nice to see patients on various visits though their treatment. also you meet lots of people.

What is the best thing about your job?


Sarah: Being able to use photography to help patient care.

Stacey: Getting to meet lots of people and being part of monitoring patients treatment. It is nice to see patients at the end of their treatment.


What is the worst thing about your job?


Sarah: upsetting sights and having to deal with difficult situations.

Stacey: It can be distressing at times particularly with burns and paediatric cases.


Where did you study photography? 


Sarah: I studied at the University of Nottingham MSC bidoglical photography and imaging.

Stacey: I did my degree in photo media at kent institute of art and design in maidstone.


What would you say to anyone that is looking at working within this kind of job?


Sarah: You need a strong stomach you need to be very empathic and naturally caring personality. Try to get as many placements as you can before you apply to make sure this is the right job for you.

Stacey: I would say one of the most important aspects is to get some work experience in medical photography departments. It might also be beneficial to get experience in different hospitals as departments vary in member of staff and size.

End of the Interview.

I have found this interview very helpful it has been good to get an insight into other jobs within photography, Thank you to the team at Queen Victoria Hospital for taking the time to talk to me.

The Client Brief

The Client Brief (Audience in the community)

The client brief is a project that we had to work on in small groups and within a sleeted part of plymouth, I our group one person had to pick a bit of paper out of the hat and then that was the area you had to find work in, we got the barbican. This is a lovely part of plymouth and with some lovely business, at the start i was a little worried that i had been given the barbican as i did not feel there was going to be much verity of business but once i had gone down there and had a good look around and made notes of business that interested me i started to see how i could use this project to get out there and try something different.

I do not have very long to do this project so within the first few days of it being set i had been down to many of the business. I was going to work with someone from my course but after doing our research we found that our first idea was not going to work. we split and went our own ways in finding a business.
I had two main company's to choose from, i found it hard to pick one but after our group chat i felt much more confutable with the business i was going to go for.

I went for Sam Cox Bridal wear in the end as i felt that this would give me the chance to do something very different from what i am used too. I went into the bridal shop and talked with sam her self and i found her very welcoming and happy for me to do my project on them, i then went onto arranging a date to do my first photo shoot by email.  My first photo shoot was very successful i was able to work around the shop with out any problems and i found the staff very helpful and easy to get on with, i found it quite interesting to have the chance to photograph such a rang of dress and other bridal items. It really got me thinking about how to photograph the dress and what parts of the dress i should focus on if i did not get the hole dress in the photo, i was working with different views and trying to make the images look interesting and different, while keeping in mind that they need to still look elegant and smart.

So far this has been very successful, i will be going back to take some more photo's and work on any images that did not work out as well in the last photo shoot.

My First Blog

Hello this is my first ever blog so you will have to bear with me as i am not to sure what i am doing.
My name is Katherine True i am currently studying photography at plymouth collage of art, i am enjoying  my course and life in plymouth. I have had an interest in photography for quite some time now it was also something my great granddad enjoyed and the stories of his were also something that really inspired me. I was given the chance to try out photography when at school and i loved it, i was then lucky enough to study it as an A level and it is from then that has lead me to where i am today.