CV

Evening Post

--> During the summer of 2011, I managed to gain a week long work placement at the 'Evening Post' in Swansea.  The Evening Post is a daily tabloid newspaper that is distributed in South West Wales, primarily in the areas of Swansea, Camarthenshire, Neath and Port Talbot.  

While at the Evening Post, I shadowed professional photojournalists and observed the way in which they worked and managed their workload in the limited time frames that they were given.  I accompanied professional photojournalists across South West Wales on varied assignments including promotional photography at events, news stories and teacher retirements.   

Towards the end of my placement, Steve Phillips (Picture Editor) told me to go and find a story in Swansea City Centre which I managed to do successfully.  As a result, my image was printed in the paper the following Monday (pictured below).

This work experience helped me develop press photography skills that I knew little about before this placement.  I learnt the importance of photographing your subject closely so that it fills and dominates the frame.  It is important to fill the space provided so that the viewers eye is drawn only to what it is suppose to be looking at and does not wander off on to irrelevant elements of the image. This was one aspect of my image that was weak as I did not fill the frame with the main subject and there is a lot of distraction in the background.

I also learnt the importance of punctuality at a press publishing industry as if your images are not on time, they will not be used and effectively could ruin a good story.  This would be unacceptable in a professional working environment.

Exist Skatepark

I also managed to gain some valuable work experience at Exist Skatepark in Swansea during the summer of 2011.  During my time working at the skatepark, there were two key aspects that I helped me gain further media experience.   

One of the jobs I had was to photograph skateboarders around the skatepark, show off the parks facilities but also successfully capture the skateboarder in the park.  Examples of this work can be seen at the bottom of the 'Sports Photography' page.

Another one of the jobs, which I was assigned with was filming skateboarders around the park.  I had to apply skills I already had in filming skateboarders (as I have been filming skateboarding since I was around thirteen) as well as getting useful tips from Richard Cartwright on how to film with the professional equipment that he has got.  I learnt a lot about filming on top of the skills I had already acquired after skateboarding and filming for ten years.  It was a very enjoyable aspect of the work experience that I got as I was able to film skateboarders on a high standard.

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However, another aspect of my job was to edit the footage that was collected.  I have recently been editing footage that was collected in the skatepark, some of which can be viewed on the 'Videos' page, with the rest being available on my 'YouTube Channel'.  The edits have been edited to the taste of the owner of the skatepark besides 10 in which I was given ‘creative control’.  I learnt a lot while editing these videos but a few of the editing skills I applied to the edits I searched for further guidance from other sources but assured that my editing was to the standard that he expected.