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Unit 9

Jobs I’m considering pursing after this course:

Travel Photographer- I can travel to certain places across the world and capture them for magazines and holiday brochures, I love to capture different cultures and landscapes and feel that this would be an amazing job to have.

Wedding/Party Photographer- I love to capture special moments and this would be able to fit around obstacles I might face as I get older such as having children and so on and so forth.

Commercial Photography- I like to studio work and feel that I have strong images and could aid in advertising products.

UCA- Rochester Campus

Entry requirements:

Qualification

Offer

Further information

UCAS Tariff

112 points

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended  Diploma

DMM

Access to HE Diploma

D: credits

M: credits

P: credits

112 new UCAS points from an accredited Access

to Higher Education Diploma in a relevant subject area.

  Course structure:  In Year 1 you'll consider the significance of environments from a variety of cultural, social and political perspectives. You'll be introduced to a wide range of practices, ideas and technologies that will enable you to interrogate the notion of representation identity through photography. You'll enhance your understanding of the constructed nature of images and how this may be manipulated to synthesize meaning. In Year 2 you'll experiment with alternative forms of image-making that pushes the traditional limits of photography, and explore narrative conventions - learning to critique and analyse the way storytelling has been used throughout the history of art, culture, media and photography. In Year 3 you'll employ an experimental and creative approach to the generation of ideas and the making of work, and will produce a dissertation that is closely related to the contextual and/or theoretical concerns of your photographic practice.

Why I’m personally interested in the course: I’m particularly interested in this course as they have a wide range of industry partners such as Getty images, 125 magazine and many more. I also like how close the campus is to both the city and where I live as it means easier access in and out of London as well as having the option to stay at home and save money instead of having to find accommodation although this campus guarantees accommodation of its own.

 Anglia Ruskin University- Cambridge

Entry requirements:

UCAS Tariff

112 points

from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent), including Grade C in  Art,

Design or Media subject.

A level

 112 UCAS Points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent),

including Grade C in Art, Design or Media subject.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended  Diploma

DMM

112 UCAS Tariff points acquired from BTEC Level 3 Diplomas in a

 related subject are  accepted.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

3 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English.

  Course structure: Year one- core modules;Photographic Practice and Context,Photography: Post Production Workflow, Photographic Practice and Context 2,Photography: Multimedia Practice Year one- optional modules Introduction to Photographic Studio Practice English for Study 1

Year two-core modules, Professional Approaches to Photography, Photography: Professional Development, Photographic Sequences, Debates and Practices, Year two- optional modules, Identities, Contemporary Film and Video, Writing for Images, Business for the Creative Arts, Site-specific Work, Printmaking: Photographic Processes, Contemporary ,Digital Approaches, Anglia Language Programme

Year three- core modules, Specialised Experimentation and Practice in Photography, Research Project, Major Project

Why am I personally interested in this course:  I find this course interesting as you get to explore a range of medians as well as contextual studies  and allows you to develop professionally.

 University Brighton- Brighton

Entry requirements:

Entry requirements:

   UCAS Tariff

112 - 128  points

Entry  requirements are in the range of A-level ABB–BBC

(128–112 UCAS  Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–DMM.

You will be  considered if your predicted grades fall within this range,

but any offer  will be made based on assessment of portfolio/interview.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma

DDM - DMM

GCSE/National 4/National 5

A minimum of  English Language and Mathematics at grade C/4

Course Structure: Students on this course are encouraged to become creative and analytical photographic practitioners, highly skilled in critical thinking. Brighton has a strong photographic culture, and a long tradition of producing award-winning graduates

Why I’m personally interested:  I am very interested in Brighton University as I love the culture that surrounds this seaside and feel its an amazing place to build myself professionally

 Commercial Photography Arts University- Bournemouth

Entry requirements:

UCAS  Tariff

120  points

This  must include at least one Level 3 qualification in a relevant creative  subject.

A  level

BBB

This  must include at least one A Level in a relevant creative subject.

Pearson  BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma

DMM

This  must be in a relevant creative subject.

Access  to HE Diploma

D:  credits  M: credits  P: credits

Pass  Access to HE course - 60 credits, including 45 at Level 3.

   Course structure: On this course we aim to produce the next generation of visually expressive, fashion, documentary, editorial, portrait and advertising photographers. We’re looking for people who want to push creative boundaries, challenge industry perceptions and set the agenda for future generations of commercial photographers. You’ll gain a broad understanding of photographic practice and theory as we guide you towards a career in photography and the creative industries. You’ll enter the industry confidently, invested in the creative and critical visual language needed to effectively collaborate within your field of practice.

Why I’m personally interested: I feel that Bournemouth has a lot of industry connections and I’m interested in commercial photography so this seems like the university to help me grow.

 University of the arts London-

Entry requirements:

UCAS Tariff

points

TBC

  Course structure: BA Photography at Camberwell College of Arts adopts an open and experimental approach to fine art photographic practice, stressing the development of personal enquiry negotiated through frequent dialogue and regular opportunities to exhibit work. The course questions and proposes new forms for practice within and beyond lens based practice.

Why I’m personally interested: I’m interested in the Camberwell campus of University of the Arts London as its within the city which means I could still live at home as well as getting all the different cultures from within London to develop my work professionally.

Personal Statement: A good personal statement gets across who you are as individual and explains what it is that gets you excited about the particular course you’re applying for, positivity is the key when writing a personal statement and you should never be negative. Tell them why you are excited about the course, did you read an article on it? Did that get you inspired? Did you then go and see a lecture from somebody? That made you think that it’s amazing and you would love to do a project on it. The evidence for this could come from work experience, outside reading all the things you do that can back up your interest in the course.  After that you need to think about the transferrable skills that would help you cope with that course such as communication, essay writing and leadership. Once you’ve done this you need to condense the words to look more like an opening statement and start with a punchy opening paragraph which is where you state how excited you are and you understand what you’re getting yourself into. The middle paragraph should have evidence to prove your interest in the particular course as well as your skills and good qualities and then you move onto the end section, which has the personal touch, this is the bit that shows you are unique. But you must remember to be relevant about the course you are applying for and not to ramble on to much as well as not being arrogant and keep it to plain English with no flowery language and no clichés.

Photographers Websites:

   I love the layout of this photographers work as her images are simple and so is her theme on instagram, I also love her analogue work and find it simplistic yet intriguing.

I find Auch’s website very plain and hardly any of his images are displayed when your first enter the website. I feel that the website looks similar to a newspaper due to how its been laid out and that the title is centred and is red.

I love Timothy Hogans’s website as the picture behind changes as shows all of his commercial photography, as well as having links to his other work at the side and his social media links down the bottom.

My own professional instagram account:

ellieionadouglasphotography

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