I've added 6 more goals and have left room for 1 more. Firstly I'm going to get a part time job in any field, well that's the ideal goal, I could settle for a short term full time job. As I've previously mentioned this job would be there to gain experience in the working environment as well as allow me to earn enough money to pursue a photography career. Being a photography doesn't start off easy, equipment, resources and printing are expensive and the pay from a photography job at the beginning can be very little so having extra money behind me would help a lot.
Another added goal is for me to be more confident in myself and the work I produce. I've been called a perfectionist many times and this isn't always a good thing, yes it means my work will be as good as what it can be but it also means I take a long time to complete it and this isn't ideal when I've got deadlines. It's very rare that I would sit back and think 'wow this work is really good' when looking at my own work, I often have a very negative opinion on my work and am always short on thinking it's good enough for other people to see. When I do show my work to other people they reassure me that it's good and this makes me feel a little bit better and more confident. A few months ago me and some fellow peers put together an exhibition in the corn exchange, this built my confidence massively in terms of enjoying my own work because a lot of peers and members of the public praised the work For my confidence to build in my own work I'll have to believe people when they say it's good so I'll frequently ask for opinions and enter competitions to see if I win. I entered a competition in Media City along with all of my peers and other students and I won 2 categories in the competition, this gave me a massive confidence boost as I entered thinking I would have no chance. There is always a chance for disappointment when asking for opinions and entering competitions but if I get into the swing of just asking and just doing it all the time then the opinions and results will come back positive more than negative so when it's at that point then I will know my work is good.
For each module we've been given in uni we've had to create a blog to show our research and development and I've really enjoyed the process, it's helped to improve how I analyse my work and the work of others because I've had to do it so many times, it's given my typing skills speed and precision and it's opened my eyes to a new way of displaying work and making myself known to the web. I want to create a personal blog for my work outside of uni and any inspirations that I might come across. I'm going to experiment working with different free blog sites such and Tumblr and Wordpress to see how they compare to Blogger and see which I would prefer to use.
Upon reflection of my uni life I've not taken up as many opportunities as I'd like to have. My CV doesn't represent that of an experienced opportunist and that is what employers want from people so I will need to add relevant things to my CV before leaving university. As uni is full of opportunities I can use this last week or so to get myself involved, even if it's just with small daily things like attending meetings, debates and clubs.
Sometimes it's not about what you know it's about who you know and uni holds a variety of people that will grow up to become someone that can benefit my career later on in life so I will build my contacts around uni focusing on graphic design, photography, fashion, science and music because these are the fields that I'll more than likely enter into when I leave uni due to my interest I have for them.
University gives me motivation, structure and drive to complete work but once I've left I need to make sure I keep those 3 elements so I carry on producing work to put in my portfolio. I'm going to research different photography groups and photography related groups that I cold potentially join after leaving uni and hopefully that will supply my with weekly meetings and deadlines to produce certain types of work.
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