Seeing beauty in the most depressive of weathers...

Took a trip down to Devon with my family this week and though it was rainy and cloudy I still saw the beauty in the countryside and my surroundings there. I love the coastal areas. The fresh sea air that captivates and revitalizes the lungs, the wind wrapping itself round your hair. It smells like freedom.

With the pictures I took the weather offered me the perfect opportunity to capture dramatic monotone shades. I love black and white. There is something very classical and vintage about them that excites me. I remember I used to hate black and white film because I was always so curious to know what colours the subjects were wearing, the colour of their hair, eyes and skin, but now I love how black complements white and all the many shades of grey in between. I definitely see art there. However, there is always a time and place for black and white, and getting it wrong can destroy the aesthetics of a photograph. So in a way I was lucky that the skies were dramatic and could capture what old Torquay and Teignmouth may have been like. I am not a fan of historic matters but the history of a place and a photography interest me so much.

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Dreams really do come true...as cliche as it sounds...

26th January was a while ago...

It was one of the most influential and life changing days of my life but I felt too tired to write it record all here in my blog. The excuses keep rolling in: the same old "I have been so busy". Well it is true but great news has to be shared and not kept just in fabricated journal with lines in it. With the blog I can just focus one subject such a Photography and keep my person life, well personal.

Overcast as a typical British day is was the Wednesday I had my interview. My parents drove down to London, with me in back seat intently listening to my iPod and building up my confidence. My new blue handbag that concealed my portfolio that I had been working so aggressively trying to get it picture perfect (literally) - it didn't help that my mouse on my computer stopped working, preventing me to finish editing so I could watch Dancing on Ice that Sunday night, ready by the Monday for printing and prep on Tuesday for Wednesday.

I didn't feel too nervous on the day, and having some lunch at Starbucks helped calm me down even more. Mum and Dad dropped me off so they could do some shopping and have another cup of coffee but I was thrown into the foyer at Ealing ready for checking in and having the eyes of my competitors curiously looking at me. People looked friendly, they were just sitting around and coming in with my classic yellow coat and white chunky knitted scarf was sure to turn a few heads. The boring bit begun with a presentation about the Arts at The University of West London that only focused on films that had been made from Graphic Design graduates... Err where was the Photography work? Two whole rows of the theatre filled up of aspiring Photographers sat at the back of the room, feel confused, playing on Blackberries and reading books. (Ok that was only the girl next to me but you get the point)

Separated into our subjects the Photography group were taken to the main studio, where I had been once before and got told more about the course. We then waited in the Apple Mac suite and seriously every girl and every guy signed on to Facebook as soon as we were told we could check our "emails".. like yeah thats what teenagers do.HELLO?? We are checking updates on one of the most tedious websites in the world to see if someone has commented/liked our latest statuses or whos friend of a friend has been tagged in a really embarrassing picture. I have to admit I did this as well but I don't think the rest of the room was as observant as I was.

My interview finally got on the way and as I had my pre-interview with the same man, I was able just to chat my way through my portfolio but resulted to basically saying everything is an experimentation - well it is. Nick wanted to see more structure and planning to my work - why did you take this image - what is the message it is trying to covey. That didn' t sound hard but it is having inspiration forced on you that is the problem.

He then said that I was "obviously very enthusiastic and passionate so I am going to give you conditional place.."

I AM IN FOR THE WIN!

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