April | 2020 | Maria Dowsett

Portfolio Research

Firstly I wanted to do some research into the types of portfolio I could make given how Coronavirus has changed out hand-in. Initially, I would have made a box portfolio but I’m quite glad this isnt a requirement anymore as I have found that I would much rather my work be displayed in a leather-bound…

Shoot 5: Personal Possessions

I first looked at Miyako Ishiuchi’s images when I was focussing my project on the more personal side of death and loss. Although my project has changed, her images are still extremely relevant to the idea of ‘absence of body’ and I especially love her series ‘Mother’ and the way it encapsulates not only loss…

Designing a Business Card and Postcards

I have found it pretty satisfying and fulfilling to design and print business and postcards at the moment because due to COVID-19, the prospect of finishing a university course seems dormant. Before going onto vista print and designing my business cards, I looked at Pinterest for some inspiration when it comes to photographic business cards….

CVs

Although I have a reasonably well-designed CV from placement year, it definitely isn’t what I would call a professional graduate CV. For one it’s two pages which just doesn’t really cut it in today’s job market, and two, its visually very boring. I need something that stands out if I’m to stand chance in getting…

Capturing Lives through Object Photography

I had already started to look at object photography when I was still on my first idea of loss and bereavement, and Jules had given me some great references including Miyako Ishiuchi. Object photography is a really facinating subject as there are so many different ways that photographers have captures different moments in time through photography….

Shoot Four: Desolate Dress

This shoot was conceived through all the research above and me needing something I could successfully complete in the midst of lockdown. I liked the Marni images location within the greenery and also liked Eloise Capet’s series where the clothing emulates the bodies form in the wind, I thought they worked well in black and…

My Social Medias and Accounts

After reading up about using Instagram for freelancers and looking at the other photographer’s accounts, this his how mine is currently looking… I decided to make my instagram as a business account and put my profession as photography. This way I can look at my insights which tell me demographics but also when the most…

An Adaption Into Clothing Still Life

Pre lockdown I had completed the three shoots that had focused on mannequins. It had never been my plan to just shoot mannequins and I had already wanted the last few shoots to be something different that could still represent the title ‘absence of body’. Since I wanted to avoid using models for my project…

Getting to Grips with Business and Social Media

My Instagram account has been ever-changing since first year when I made it and I have been uploading and deleting every year since, never picking the images properly or being happy with how it looks. I decided I should probably look at a few websites and learn some ways when it comes to using Instagram…