Progression Megan Osborn

I am willing to travel 2 hours away from home.

Pros and cons of going away to university Student discounts on shopping The course itself, you should be looking forward to it You are legally classed as an adult so you can do what you want Fresher's week is where you can meet new people and job opportunities Lean to live independently More likely to get a job with a degree Cons Finance of the course can be a lot of money and you have to pay maintenance The work for your course can be a lot to do. It is a higher lever than A levels work You can get homesick from being away from home for so long

Pros and cons of staying at home for university Save money so you don’t need to pay so much for rent You wont be going out as much so you can focus on studies You will still be able to meet up with current friends Life admin can be a hassle when you move Cons Being committed so you will have to be more organized with times and places You can have a limited choice so if you live far away you might have to rent a place out for university You can be missing out so you might not have enough time to get to know people or make friends Parents can make rules in the house so you have to respect them

Degree offers BA (hons) – This degree covers a lot. You can get Bachelor of arts (BA hons), Bachelor of science (BSc hons), Bachelor of engineering (BEng hons) and Bachelor of laws (LLB hons). These are higher education qualifications. Foundation degree – This is a vocational qualification in higher education. They’re ideal if you’re unsure about taking a full degree or if you want to study while you work. HND – This stands for a higher national diploma. It is provided for a higher and further education colleges in the UK. A full time HND takes two years to complete. If part time it takes three to four years to complete.

Courses that appeal to me London south bank university – forensic science BSc (hons) London south bank university – Criminology BSc (hons) London metropolitan university – Police studies, procedure and investigation BSc (hons) University of Westminster, London – Photography BA honours University of Westminster, London – Imaging Art and science BA/BSc honours

Opening days London south bank university 2016/2017 – 18th June 2016 – 11 AM - Student Centre and Students Union 2017/2018 – 8th October 2017 – 11 AM – Southwark campus 2017/2018 – 12th November 2017 – 11 AM - Student Centre and Students Union 2017/2018 - 17th June 2017 – 11 AM - Student Centre and Students Union London metropolitan university http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/media/london-metropolitan-university/london-met- documents/professional-service-departments/marketing-admissions-and-uk- recruitment/open-day-documents/2971a-LMU-Open-Days-Fold-out-Brochure-A3- Social-Science-WEB.pdf University of Westminster, London 2016 – 22nd June 2016 – undergraduate open day - Cavendish, Regent Street, Little Titchfield Street, Harrow, Marylebone 2016 – 4th May 2016 – Taster day for entrepreneurship BA Honours – Marylebone

Glossary of words to use in statement Experienced Focused Hardworking Deadline Skills Creativity

How organized I had to be in school and college for photography Mock exam in school Previous grade in photography Experience in photography at school Skills I have gained doing photography as a college course Statement Projects I've done in college Places I’ve been to take images College and school photography trips Where photography could take me in the future

Photographers I like Nobuyoshi Araki – I like this photographer because he does something in his work that is different. He takes interesting images. He makes his images seem more exciting. Alexander Rodchenko – I like his work because it unusual and he captures different moments in the day. He does this by using different compositions and angles. This inspires me because it makes me think about the images he takes and makes me think how differently I could take my images to make them more interesting. His work is different to other photographers and I find that amazing. Alec Soth – I really admire his work because his images show a great amount of stories. They are really well taken. I like his series of sleeping by the Mississippi as he took a wide range of images and they showed an amazing story which I found really inspiring and interesting.

The skills I have achieved are being independent and working in a team with people. I have also gained camera skills as I can use a DSLR camera on the manual settings to create the images I want. I would like to develop my camera skills and my studio skills so I can work more with different cameras and more lighting styles.

Today we looked at the year 2 photography students work and I found it really interesting. They showed us their work and they had a couple of projects that they have done and they had a couple of images for each project they done and they put it in a box to show the university's they want to go to what images they have taken. I asked them a couple of questions like what university's they want to go to and if their images are personal or college work. Also what their favourite images is and what their least favourite image is. They explained their images really well and put a lot of effort putting the images in order and choosing what type of paper to print the images on and how big they wanted the images to be. I really liked Amy’s work from the second year as it was really good and I really liked her idea of textures on the skin. I liked the one where she used acrylic paint to paint over the skin as it shows a really interesting pattern and texture on the skin. Her presentation was great and I really enjoyed it. She could improve on the first set of images. She could be more creative and maybe have more time to shoot more.

I have chosen a range of images to put in my online portfolio and I have chosen ones which I have taken throughout the year. I am using my best pictures that are all in focus and all have the correct exposures.

Who is your favourite photographer? My favourite Photographer is Nobuyoshi Araki because he uses different compositions and he has great project and my favourite one is ‘painting flowers’. What do you like about their work? Do you read books? What books? Which is your worst image in your portfolio and why? If you had to pick just one of your images, which one would it be and why? What would you say your photographic style is? What is your dream photographic job? How can you make it happen?

Online portfolio – megs1721 - tumblr