mapping

for our journals we we're given the task to do 'mapping.'
This was like a mind map about me, all the areas which affect my life and work, inspirations, places i've visited, what i like& dislike.
I found it very helpful in the way in which it shows so much about me and reminds me what i can achieve.
At the moment though i feel like i've lost most of my inspiration, i haven't done much work in a while. most of my time has been taking and editing pictures for tilllate which i do really enjoy. Any way, i know i need to chance this and 'get inspired' so i started a new sketchbook, just so i draw everyday, it has nothing to do with anywork i will do, its just so i keep working. even if its a page a-day i have a feeling it will help.
on saturday i have arranged with my dad to go to wales at a ridiculously early hour.. he goes diving in a quarry somewhere and said theres lots to photograph. like old wells&the quarry itself... so im hopping this will lead to a project to d with the environment and distruction....

eugh....valentines day

these are some of the photos i took!!
i really enjoyed doing this, at the begining i was really nervous but in the end had fun and took over a hundred pictures. these are a few of my favourite.
but in tilllate.com pictures of the people within the clubs are needed mostly, i just managed to caputre a few decent ones of the djs!

last week all of the interactive arts group had to do individual presentaions on the work done so far throughout the term.
i hate sepaking out infront of people, but luckly there was only a small group of us and i just managed to complete the ten minutes.
i felt it was useful to go through my work, pulled my ideas and thoughts together and it was helpful having group opinons on the direction to take next.
i was happy to see that some people had done little work and some had done loads.
and its helped me feel a bit more inspired to do some more work. i just need to get out there and take more photos but also include other areas im good at such as painting.
ive written done my next ideas and hopefully will continue with previous ones throughout. i just need to take lotsmore photos!

Tonight is the first night of doing 'tilllate' by myself!
im scared. my trainer said i should be fine, i know what im doing&its what i usually do!
last wednesday i met the manager of the enitre company, carl, in the circle club. we went on his laptop& we talked about 'good' photos & how to edit them.
He made the job seem so much more important than my trainer, chris; he scared me a bit! saying, 'if the photos are shit, we won't have you&the photos reflect you as a person& if people know you took a shit photo they wont want you.'
As you do more photo reports the higher in the company you can get, resulting in extra training, more hands-on experience and you can be asked to take pictures at more important events. But must take at least 4photo reports in a month!
Carl also told me that tilllate has its own magazine where you can publish the best photos& they have ongoing competitions for the best photographs!
so tonight is the first time on my own!

i finally got my fisheye pictures developed...
but because i took most of them at night using a negative red-scale film they didnt turn out as id expected
im not dreading the diana results as that camera doesnt even have a flash!