'Where Art Meets Science' ~ Exhibition Event

I can't believe how quickly today has gone!

Today I attended my first exhibition event for the 'Where Art Meets Science' competition I entered last month. I went along with my dad we were both given finalist & guest badges and directed to a room upstairs for photographs of finalists with their work. After that we went into a conference room which was a sea of which round tables, coffee cups and ornamental glass center piece. Just being there made me excited for the event ahead. Me and my dad got a coffee before we sat at a table with the only other finalist from my uni - she was lovely and just genuinely happy to be there and share her work with other like minded people, which is why I was all the more happier to see her go onto be one of the top 3 winners!

I didn't win anything myself but I was just so pleased to have made it to the finals I was just as happy as the winners themselves when we were walking around viewing all the entries, chatting and eating canapés - I could get used to this! haha ;)

I really enjoyed the whole event and everyone came away with a specially designed certificate which had and image of your work as well as a congratulatory message about being a finalist, which will definitely be going on my CV!! And being the only first year finalist amongst all the 3rd years made me all the more determined to keep challenging myself with these competitions!

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Location and Character Shoot

Not too far from my halls there is a peculiar stone archway tucked down one of the side streets. I say peculiar because it just seems to have been plucked from a medieval castle and placed in the midst of a busy university campus! But it's still very nice all the same, and I think it makes a nice contrast to all the modern lecture buildings nearby.

Our second part of the project was to return to our chosen location and add character's to our scene's.

After the two shoots had been taken we had to create an A4 glossy final print with a selection of 3-4 final images,, then give a presentation on the project to the class. The final layouts took me aaaaaaaages to do but I narrowed it down to the following 3 which I'll have to narrow down and edit again once I get formative feedback on this project. As form my presentation my photography tutor said that I had a real knack for creative a narrative between my photo's, which is a comment I couldn't be happier with! Telling stories with images alone is a concept I love to challenge myself with.

 

Gonna head off to bed now, I'll need to be up early for my morning lectures and the exhibition event tomorroooooooooooooooow! (excited much!!)

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