Skills Audit
I produced a skills audit at the beginning of year 3, recognising my improvements from year 2 and the areas I still needed to develop. Looking back 7 months later, a week away from my final submission for university I feel it is time to review this unit and reflect on my practice.
Throughout the units within the last 3 years, the current project that I am working on has been more technically challenging. The majority of my images needed re-touching due to poor lighting conditions and to work coherently with my previous work as it was a continuation from BA3a. Editing is one of my weaker areas; I understand the basics. I don't particularly enjoy editing which is why I believe I am not very good . The last few months has required me to learn new things in order to get to the outcome that I desired, with the help of peers I am now equipped with more confidence when using Photoshop.
As of other technical areas such as equipment and lighting, nothing has really changed or improved. I have continued working with ambient lighting and swapping between lens' and the Canon 5Dmk3 and my own camera, Canon 60d. I have definitely improved my knowledge using the 5D from using it more regular within my current and previous project.
This unit required me to speak to someone when I needed help. Not just a peer but also tutor. Looking back on my time at university and even over this current unit I wish I had gone to the tutors more for help. However I did email tutors when it was a question my peers could not answer, and made appointments with them when I felt I needed to talk about my work. Even though I have noticed improvements I still believe I could do better. I need to stop feeling like a burden and ask for help when that it was they are they for, whether it be in education, work or home. When I need help I should recognise it and speak up. Besides speaking to the tutors and peers there needs to be improvement made on my ability to speak to new people. Person, email or even through social media proves to be a challenge for me. I'm unsure of what to say or how to word things as I do struggle with English. As I leave university and head into the big world I certainly need to find the words and confidence to speak to new people. I have applied for a new job and there is an interview stage. If I don't show that I am able to speak to people and show confidence then I don't have as good a chance to get the job.
My presence on social media is good. I visit my photography account on Instagram every day at least. I would try and post as regularly as possible. If I'm not posting I would be putting a story on to show that I am active in some way. As for my website it is up-to-date up until my current project but I don't show a regular presence. The work shown on my website is mostly from my university projects therefore I upload new work every few months. By getting myself noticed in the industry I have not helped myself as I haven't applied for any competitions, or attempted to submit work to magazines or websites. I regret this, but it is purely down to my confidence and disappointment in my work. I didn't feel the work was good enough to approach anyone with it. But I should have ignored this and applied for them. This is definitely an area that needs improving and is still not late to do so.
I would say overall my organisational skills are pretty good, besides one or two areas. The presentation of my work, both in my visual logbook and reflective journal are coherent and orderly. I am very particular with my presentation and believe it should be presented neatly and clearly. My file management is also pretty good. I never struggle to find anything that I need as I place everything into folders relevant to their subject and label them with the correct names. The same goes for taking notes, I will always put the title of why I'm taking the notes and the date of when. On the other hand my time management is not so good. This is an area I continue to say I will improve but never have. Perhaps I could start by creating a timetable to help me stay on track. I do have a calendar and write down important dates for things and reminders when something needs to be done soon but sometimes I have chosen to ignore and end up rushing towards the end. With my current project I feel my time management could have been improved but has been worse in the past. The only regret I have is shooting. I wish I had planned to do more in the week and complete the shoots a lot sooner than I did. That way I would have probably put together a better portfolio than what I have.
I still need to understand where my work sits in the industry. I have spoken to tutors this time around and have been given some help and places to look. Feedback from BA3a suggested that I needed to write more about my knowledge on the industry. I have wrote some in my reflective journal but feel I could have done more. I still have time to emend this.
Throughout the units within the last 3 years, the current project that I am working on has been more technically challenging. The majority of my images needed re-touching due to poor lighting conditions and to work coherently with my previous work as it was a continuation from BA3a. Editing is one of my weaker areas; I understand the basics. I don't particularly enjoy editing which is why I believe I am not very good . The last few months has required me to learn new things in order to get to the outcome that I desired, with the help of peers I am now equipped with more confidence when using Photoshop.
As of other technical areas such as equipment and lighting, nothing has really changed or improved. I have continued working with ambient lighting and swapping between lens' and the Canon 5Dmk3 and my own camera, Canon 60d. I have definitely improved my knowledge using the 5D from using it more regular within my current and previous project.
This unit required me to speak to someone when I needed help. Not just a peer but also tutor. Looking back on my time at university and even over this current unit I wish I had gone to the tutors more for help. However I did email tutors when it was a question my peers could not answer, and made appointments with them when I felt I needed to talk about my work. Even though I have noticed improvements I still believe I could do better. I need to stop feeling like a burden and ask for help when that it was they are they for, whether it be in education, work or home. When I need help I should recognise it and speak up. Besides speaking to the tutors and peers there needs to be improvement made on my ability to speak to new people. Person, email or even through social media proves to be a challenge for me. I'm unsure of what to say or how to word things as I do struggle with English. As I leave university and head into the big world I certainly need to find the words and confidence to speak to new people. I have applied for a new job and there is an interview stage. If I don't show that I am able to speak to people and show confidence then I don't have as good a chance to get the job.
My presence on social media is good. I visit my photography account on Instagram every day at least. I would try and post as regularly as possible. If I'm not posting I would be putting a story on to show that I am active in some way. As for my website it is up-to-date up until my current project but I don't show a regular presence. The work shown on my website is mostly from my university projects therefore I upload new work every few months. By getting myself noticed in the industry I have not helped myself as I haven't applied for any competitions, or attempted to submit work to magazines or websites. I regret this, but it is purely down to my confidence and disappointment in my work. I didn't feel the work was good enough to approach anyone with it. But I should have ignored this and applied for them. This is definitely an area that needs improving and is still not late to do so.
I would say overall my organisational skills are pretty good, besides one or two areas. The presentation of my work, both in my visual logbook and reflective journal are coherent and orderly. I am very particular with my presentation and believe it should be presented neatly and clearly. My file management is also pretty good. I never struggle to find anything that I need as I place everything into folders relevant to their subject and label them with the correct names. The same goes for taking notes, I will always put the title of why I'm taking the notes and the date of when. On the other hand my time management is not so good. This is an area I continue to say I will improve but never have. Perhaps I could start by creating a timetable to help me stay on track. I do have a calendar and write down important dates for things and reminders when something needs to be done soon but sometimes I have chosen to ignore and end up rushing towards the end. With my current project I feel my time management could have been improved but has been worse in the past. The only regret I have is shooting. I wish I had planned to do more in the week and complete the shoots a lot sooner than I did. That way I would have probably put together a better portfolio than what I have.
I still need to understand where my work sits in the industry. I have spoken to tutors this time around and have been given some help and places to look. Feedback from BA3a suggested that I needed to write more about my knowledge on the industry. I have wrote some in my reflective journal but feel I could have done more. I still have time to emend this.
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