Lewis Stewart Photography

Today we had our last pin up session to get feedback from the people in our class - this has been really helpful in the past to allow me to see how I could improve my work for the exhibition. I decided on placing quite a few images on the wall because I think my project is a lot more effective when multiple images are placed together. Here is what I placed on the wall: It wasn't the best place to put work up on the walls as there was a lot of marks from where people had drawn on the board, so was a slight distraction I thought. I decided to place 3 different paper types on the wall to see if people thought they worked well together: acetate, semi gloss and metallic. I also placed some images on top of others to reflect the meaning of the project and to give it more depth. We then were placed into groups and had to answer some questions about people's work: 1) Can you name the theme? 2) How do the images relate to the theme? 3) Is the choice of scale, sequence or ...

We received an email on Wednesday to say that Tim had agreed to review some of our websites, and so I replied with my website because I really want to ensure that it is one that people enjoy looking at when they click onto it. I sent Tim a link to my website, but told him that it wasn't finished yet as I needed to post more of my work and also purchase a domain. This is the response I received: Tim's feedback has been really positive and he has mentioned some small aspects of my website that he thinks needs a change, but I am overall extremely pleased with the feedback I have received. He has mentioned things that I already thought needed to be changed, and so I now have a definite answer of whether these things needs altering.

A few friends and I decided to go along to Leeds to support Conor, who was exhibiting his work at Hyde Park Book Club. Conor was showing the work he has been creating for his FMP, and it was really cool to see one of my friends showing their work to people that aren't on our course, but have actually chosen to go to view some art. This is what Conor had placed on the wall: Some other artists also had their work on show and it was all so bright, colourful and really intrigued me: It was really interesting to see all different types of art in one room as I normally only see photography. There was graphics, poetry and textiles at this event too. As it was more of an event than an exhibition, there was also some live music which really added to the atmosphere, and complimented Conor's project really well:

As I had ordered a print from Print Space on a metallic paper, I thought it would make sense to try out my other ideas for paper types to then get more of an idea of which papers work best and then be able to go from there. The order from Print Space only took about 2 or 3 days to arrive which I thought was really good service, and this is what I received: I am really happy with this print because I think the metallic aspect of it is really subtle but is definitely visible - the image is also really good quality so this company is one I know is trustworthy - next I need to speak to Richard or Liam about whether or not they think the print works or not and then go from there. I also got an image printed straight onto 3mm mountboard - this was not something I intended to do but Conor wanted to do a test print and didn't want to pay the full price, so we halved the cost. I was  interested to see what my print looked like on this paper type, and I have included an image of i...

I received an email from Liam today to see I had been chosen by Richard to enter for the APHE Bursary, and I was really excited for this as only me and 4 other people on my course had been chosen for this. This is the email I received outlining what I had to do and, because it has to be in for Wednesday, I quickly got onto it and replied as soon as I could - I didn't want to miss this opportunity: This is what I sent to Richard so that he could send it over to the people that needed it: I chose some images that I hadn't quite refined just yet, because I wanted to get it sent as soon as possible so that I couldn't forget about it. I am happy with the images I sent across because they really reflect my project effectively.

Why enter: Prizes: This competition cost £10 to enter for 1 picture - I've never paid to enter a competition before but I felt like this was worth the cost because of the high regard the British Journal of Photography has. This is the image that I entered for this competition:

This morning I had a meeting with Laura, as I thought that her CV workshop last week was really helpful and so I wanted to go and speak to her about my options after university. I am near the end of my degree and so need to know what I am going to do next. She mentioned that there was a Huddersfield graduate programme that they do, which is an 8-12 week placement and is paid. She told me to simply search for internships and see what's available, and to start applying for things that interest me. I said I was looking at doing an internship and so this is what we looked at in the session - we didn't specifically look for photography ones as this was too narrow. We looked at fashion internships too and, because the companies are quite small, I would actually be doing something helpful and not simply being asked to do the jobs that no one else wants to do. Research websites of placements - do your research and actually show an interest in the company. One place she said to l...