Paul’s asked us for a letter to ourselves, a spot of reflection on how the course is going, what we think our strengths and weaknesses are at the moment, where we hope to find ourselves in the future, and areas we need to develop further.
To be honest, I don’t think there’s much I can add to what I wrote in my blog Visions a couple of months ago. I still think I need to be a better editor of my own work, and need to work more on developing relationships over time which will enable me to shoot better pictures, get closer to my subjects and create more meaningful bodies of work. I also need to start to trust my gut instincts better, particularly during the editing process. I'll continue to play with audio and improve on that - there's no doubt in my mind that multimedia is the way of the future (and present for that matter), and printed newspapers are pretty much a dying breed. And whilst I’m starting to shed my newspaper mode of shooting, I realise I still have a long way to go till I find my own voice or style in the documentary work I do. That’s why I’m doing this Masters. I know the academic side of it is going to continue to be particularly tough, but let’s face it, there’s nothing like a real challenge to set our pulses racing, is there?
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