Continuing to photograph for Glasshouse College

Due to the success of module ADPH33, the glasshouse college really loved the photographs I had taken and wish for me to continue to take photographs. This has been a fantastic opportunity to showcase my skills and get noticed as a photographer.

Work opportunities within Glasshouse College - Stourbridge

From the connections I have already made through getting a job here as a support worker and the work done for ADPH33. I am now working towards becoming a photography tutor at the college. This entails teaching students aged between 16 - 25 with learning difficulties and behavioural needs. I have already demonstrated that I am fully capable for this position as I have been observed teaching photography a couple of times over the last 6 months in unofficial 1:1 based sessions. In order for me to take this position officially I need the correct qualifications. Once I have my photography degree, I will then need some form of teaching qualification. I considered doing a PGCE, however I found an alternative but cheaper option.A sequence of qualifications that would allow me to teach in post-compulsory education (students over 16). These are; PTLLS is short for Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector, CTLLS Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector and DTLLS Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. 

I'm currently studying these qualifications through the Glasshouse College, whilst working as a support worker.

Joining Linkedin (Networking)

I've finally got around to networking on linkedin. I was originally apprehensive about doing any self promotion because I didn't feel ready or skilled enough to actually carry out paid photography assignments. However, due to working at the Glasshouse College over the last few months, I feel ready to take that step. 

Linkedin is a website dedicated to Building and engaging with your professional network. Allowing the users to access knowledge, insights and opportunities.By joining this website people can locate me, read about my experience and skills (like a CV) and offer me work or other exciting opportunities. 

Putting myself on facebook!

I've now made a professional page for my photography on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/ZoeyRobertsPhotography

This will really help me get noticed, because I can share it amongst my friends list & this is a really simple way to get it pasted around the internet. I also don't feel my website is very good at this point, so until I get a new website, this is a good way to share my work.

Application for a job curating at the IKON gallery

Today I applied for a curating job at the IKON gallery in Birmingham. I don't feel I have the right experience for the job, however I have helped curate a couple of exhibitions at Plymouth College of Art & I do understand the procedure. I feel this is good experience though!

Meeting with my Uncle and his Fiancé

Today I've met with my uncle and his fiancé at their home in Kidderminster to discuss their wedding plans. Despite them telling me 'to do whatever and they will pay my expenses'. I have told them this is vitally important to the job, I want to be as professional as I would be with any potential client and it makes no difference that they are family.  They were extremely impressed with my knowledge of La Brasserie and the registry office in terms of where we could take photographs and that I had spoken to the venue holders. I had also brought along my laptop so we could discuss what types of images they wanted.  I thought this would be good idea as I do not have a wedding portfolio of my own and I wanted to know what kind of style they were looking for.

We've also discussed potentially going to a different location to do a one on one shoot with the bride and groom. My uncle mark wasn't particularly interested, but his fiancé was! So I have put it in my preliminary plan (in my WBL folder) and left it for them to discuss. In the mean time I will be typing up my plan and looking at costs for Wedding books & prints. We have discussed payment for the day and I said I didn't want to be payed for something that I have no experience for and although I do not doubt my ability, it might not be exactly what they want. Instead I asked for my expenses to be paid, for example cost for insurance and ordering their Wedding book, maybe parking. They have also insisted on paying my travel expenses from Plymouth and back again, which I thought was really nice of them and this would really help me out.

I'm now going to write up some form of  'contract' and send it to them to sign

More insurance...

Freelance insure

I got this quote today from a website with pretty much the same website as Coulson Pritchards but its giving me a quote that is £50 cheaper for the year, this would work out at £17.50, this is significantly cheaper than the other quotes so far