Hand made books: presentation idea.

"I've had a few people ask me how to make these little notebooks. Similar to the Moleskine mini-notebooks (which are sold in a pack of three for around $10), these hand-bound notebooks can be made using inexpensive card stock and plain old printer paper. Since I can't give individual lessons to everyone, here's a simple how-to."

I looked into cheap and easy ways to make home made books, although I kept my research close to blogs. This is because people are more likely to put creative new ideas that aren't popular on blogs, home made tasks at home. With doing so I found this site, which showed how to do sewn hand crafted note books. The link is in he tab. I have added photos below to show to some existent what they do to create these books.

Portfolio print box research

Over the last couple of days I've been visiting my collaborator in London, and we went into a art shop called Pullingers. They sell cheaper art products to customers, in there I found print boxes for £35 starting price. The quality of the boxes were good although I wouldn't know unless buying the product. I looked online for the box that I found in the shop, which is below. I haven't fully decided whether I wanted to have my work in a box because my worked is based on fairy tales. Although the print boxes would work well with keeping all my work together instead of separated into categories.

Work Placement Research: Summer 2013 - Vogue!

I found out that Vogue had contact details for work experience, so I sent them an application and a covering letter. Although now opening the email now, the layout has taken away half of my images that I sent over; probably effecting my chances of being contacted. In regards to now finding this out I will be sending another email, with attached a better file.

This is what I had together so far...

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My name is Lauren Parker and I am 20 years old and studying at University Campus Suffolk, studying Photography. I am looking for work experience for over 2013, hopefully to work alongside or help a Vogue Photographer. My aim is to be a fashion photographer; I have been interested in Vogue Photography for years; mainly because of the dream effect that they give, but purified.
If I was able to get a placement with yourselves I would gain so much from working alongside your photographers, by getting to grips with how to be a great fashion photographer. The experience would push me further to better myself over my last remaining year at University before leaving to try for full apprenticeship.

My interests in photography are fashion based, Tim Walker and his work has been very inspiring to me because of the Way he works as well as they way he creates such different worlds. My work is very much involved around creating new environments; dreams along with myths and legends are my main influence currently. Due to the constant feed of fiction classic stories that our fed to us for years.

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Hopefully with an edit this will be a better statement and I will have a better chance. Looking into Vogue I have thought about how I will get to the placement as the closest establishment is in London. I thought about staying with family who live on the outskirts of London, which will then only cost me to travel into London centre; the work experience can be done quite cheaply.

I've also found that they do work placements after graduation, along with work experience. With the work experience they can offer 2/3 weeks work experience. Although you have to apply at least 6 months in advance; causing a small problem for me, unless I am lucky enough to get work experience in August.

I also looked at a website that interviewed a woman named Leisa Barnett about how she got into working for Vogue; as well as how to be prepared for luck, how to recognise an opportunity. The website is tagged within the label of this post. The interview presented useful because she described how she didn't start off straight for Vogue but got the lucky break by knowing when was her best opportunity. To me I found this useful.

Website Research - Wolfgang

The image below is a snap shot from Tillman's website, the first image you see is of his recent exhibit this year at the end of January. The website is plain once again like Walker's so all the focus is on the photograph and not the background. The writing on the page is small and insignificant to the page unless the viewer requires more information about the exhibit or the year produced. The site is easy to use in regards to each subtitle as all the viewer needs to do is scold down the page once they have selected the subtitle that they require to look at. All the images are centre to the page so the image is the clear focus and the first initial thing that the eye is drawn to when opening the page.
In regards to ease and access I would think about creating my website in such a way, due to the ease that the viewer has by only scrolling down the page to view more. There is no numbers along the bottom of the photos in regards to page numbers, allowing the viewer to freely look through without the control of the website.

Researching into other Photographer's websites.

I have started looking at websites where I'm interested, the first website that I have looked at is Tim Walker's website. His website is easy to use as well as easy to navigate, to where you need to be or go. There is a list tab at the side on every page allowing the viewer to gain access to all parts of the site easily. The colour scheme of the site is neutral so that the photographs stand out against the writing and the background, also letting the viewer only focus on the image at that time.
The pictures at the bottom of the page allows the viewer to look through all the photographs quickly and effectively without getting lost; they still have the side bar with all the different tabs so they can look through at easy access but still have the other photos I front of them before moving on.
The photo that I have uploaded is of two screen shots, the top left one is of the home page which you click into and the second on the right is one of his recent work images of Kate Moss. With the tab on the far left hand side and with the bottom tab in view as well; to show both aspects of the website in one.
I like this website because it is simple and easy to use, the plain canvas also means that his I ages are more inviting to the eye. This is because it stands out more to the viewer than the rest of the website; I believe this is the way a website should be because you don't want the website over powering the images.

Task 2 - Blogg

Creating a blogg.

Keeping up to date with everything that I am going to be doing from now onwards to do with Professional Practice. I will be posting all of my research onto this blogg about other Photographer's websites along with also smaller tasks that are handed out by my lecturers in the next few months.

My current to do list for this blogg:

- email my teacher with my blogg
- start researching Photographer's websites, that I like the look of; and will inspire too.
- think about what photographs I want to be on my website.
- the main content that I want my website to contain, as well as what I want my work to show and what it is for; in regards to what I want to gain.

Art School Graduate - Life After Graduation

UCS - University Campus Suffolk
Photography - Year 2

Task: Split into groups and given six subjects to research in regards to what we will all do after University. All based around not getting a photography job, what else we can do instead of being a photographer, what use our graduation will be to us without photography. 
I looked into what advice is out there for art students after graduation, due to our subject to be to do with the arts.

http://www.artschool.com/art-school-graduate-life-after-graduation-38716.aspx

Art School Graduate – Life After Graduation

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So you’re an art school graduate. How will life after college be different for you, and what should you expect personally and professionally? ArtSchool looks at life after graduation and some of the things you may not be expecting.

Social Media for Art School Graduates – Social media was a great way for you to stay connected with friends and family while you were in art school, but as you begin to seriously look for a career, some of your posts and pictures may give a future employer the wrong idea. But don’t worry, the answer isn’t to “go dark”; just clean up your act a little. Set privacy settings a little higher, and get rid of the really racy stuff.

Being an Art School Graduate Doesn’t = Job – Ok, so you have the degree and the training that look good on a resume, but that doesn’t mean employers are going to be beating down your door to give you money. You need to do some legwork, and you need to be prepared to wait for the right job to come around. It would be great if there was a great job waiting for everyone right after college, but to get the position you want, you may need to put in some time, play the field, and sometimes wish for a little luck.

Life After Graduation and Getting Insurance – You have probably never had to give much thought to health insurance, but once you are done with art school you will have to. In most situations you will have to find insurance on your own, which is expensive when you are paying out of pocket. Make getting insurance a priority, and ask about it when you are applying for jobs. You may feel young and invincible, but your health is not something to take a chance on.

Life After College Friends – You made friends for life while you were at art school; well at least you thought you did. There will be a small group (maybe only one person) that you keep in touch with, but you will find that as you move into the professional ranks, you have less and less in common with some of the friends you hung out with in art school. It’s a new stage in your life, so don’t be afraid to meet some new people.

Being an Art School Graduate and Other Goals – For a long time your primary goal has been to graduate from art school. Ok, you did it, now its time to set some new goals to re-motivate yourself for the next stage of you life. Many graduates run into a one-year funk a year after graduating because they have not set new goals and begun to pursue them.

Get Some Sleep Art School Graduates – One of the biggest adjustments for art school graduates is becoming accustomed to the hours kept in the real world. The days of getting up at noon are over, so get used to early mornings, starting the day productively, and maybe acquiring a taste forStarbucks.

Busy Life After Graduations – One of the biggest surprises for recent graduates is how much there is to being a grownup with a job. Between work, bills, eating, sleeping, and cleaning there is not a ton of time for just hanging out. New graduates need to make sure that they make time for themselves, and realize that a lot can be done in a weekend – so get to it.