Work in Progress*

With my sisters wedding being only weeks away I have been busy very with my camera.

At the moment I have a FujiFilm FinePix S9500. The great thing about my existing camera is the Macro feature and the fact that it picks up so much vibrancy. The negative is the lens; it is not detachable. The camera itself is amazing and I have learned a great deal but now I am ready to progress to a whole new level. The next stage for me is learning how having a certain lens can effect a subject be it landscape or portrait etc. With that in mind, to google I go, for some camera research!

Although in the past months photography has been my main subject, I have been creating some graphic work which I hope to share soon.

With the knowledge I have gained from my colleagues at nicepond, I have revisited images taken some months ago and done a bit of retouching! The world of photography is like design - it is immense!

You can hold a camera and press a button, but does that make you a photographer? From my experience I would have to say no, not unless you have studied your subject and made some technical & creative choices. It is a skill much like graphic design.

Russell & Corey

Living in Grasmere you can imagine there are many sights to be seen. On Thursday evening, with the fragrant scents of summer, I headed out with my camera and a packet of crisps to Langdale Road…

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What’s it all about? Very sorry you’ll have to wait and see…

I have been doing some graphic design work today, but for some reason I was distracted by my mam making some delicious cakes. I am still not sure which bit is the best - the actual cake mixture before baking or the end result - either way I’ve over indulged slightly today!

More news to come soon…if you have an interesting article or have a piece of work in progress you are eager for people to see why not email me. I would love to get others involved in my blog and reveal their working progress as designers/photographers or any other creatives.

Melanie from Onlinefire has emailed me to share the news of this years competition in assocation with Panasonic:

The format is the same but we’re doing things bigger and better. We’ve completed a tour around the UK with 10 partner Universities to get more student involved, created a little ad (below) and released a bit of research on student career aspirations concerning the creative industries.

To elaborate a bit, we’ve looked into young people’s post-Uni plans and found that many are looking to advertising, marketing and other creative industries over banking and finance due to the recession. Some other top-line stats:

· 70% British students are worried about finding a job after Uni

· 83% of 18-24-year-old Brits believe that the creative industry offers a better variety of work and more mentally stimulating work

· Nearly half (42%) of 18-24 year-olds think that more students are now choosing the creative industry over banking

· Twenty-one percent of those surveyed under 35 believe that students choose the creative industry as it can lead to long-term economic security

The research was conducted by YouGov.

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