Coursework – Rob Jones Photography Critical Research Journal

Sustainable Prospects module – Oral Presentation

My oral presentation for the Sustainable Prospects PHO704 18/19 Part-Time Study Block S1.

Week 11 – The last push

Mirrors and Windows – one is Subjective and one Objective. One is the soul, One is the eye. Together they see the world. It is this thread that I have settled on for my submission of my WIP for this module. It is also a revelation in terms of my own practice. But how? Struggling […]

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Week 10: Challenge

This week I finally made it to a craft fair!!. My first ever public event selling my work. It was a huge step, inspired mostly by this modules push and some close friends who more or less dragged me there. The Kingsbury Christmas Fair ran on Saturday evening and was an amazing rollercoaster ride for […]

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Week 8 – Who buys photography – part 1

Following on from last weeks webinar with Sophie I have spent the last few days working on a methodology to fit within Nature and Wellbeing theme for my Work in Progress Portfolio (WIP). The challenge still exits where the subject matter is still very large, so I am now further simplifying down. Of the three […]

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Week 7: Challenge

For this weeks Forum request, we were asked to think about who our audiences and markets are and to find a way to market and sell one picture. As part of this module, I was inspired to establish and develop a stock sales account as a test for my photography work. This was for all […]

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Week 6 – Presentations

This week the focus was on draft Oral Presentations. I was not able to take part in the session so instead, I focused on looking further into ideas. One of the subjective areas has been the work of Jon Tonks. Especially around his methods of documenting a story through his images. I found his work […]

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Week 5: Challenge

These weeks challenge we were tasked with meeting someone new. And the task was to network with others. I feel that this week I shall combine both of these into one. Firstly networking. I chose to develop my online collaboration and find ways of interacting and meeting photographers from all over the world. I recently […]

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Week 4: Challenge

For this week’s activity, we were asked to create a marketing plan for our practice which covers the next 10 weeks. 1.The marketing plan – draft 1.1 2. The vision The scope of my business idea is to develop a series of images that encompass the life, culture, people and journey of the River Otter […]

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Week 3 Challenge: Image Virus

As I am new to developing my photography business, I was nervous about conducting this weeks challenge. The concept of starting a viral image, which could then go onto creating issues with new and potential clients was a too greater risk for me at this time, largely as its a small world where I live! […]

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Week 2 Challenge: Let’s Talk Business

In this week’s presentations, we looked at the importance of running a business properly to be successful. For the week’s activity, we were asked to think about the following three areas in relation to our own practice: A Mission Statement The Product The Market The following is a summary of my own business: A Mission […]