Being a Photography Student in High School

Hey Girls! As you probably know I absolutely love photography and I thought it would be nice to share a sort of a behind the scenes of being a photography student in high school and misconceptions about photography in high school. I decided to split up this post into my the categories of my experience so far.

Work in Class

Okay so for me I split my work load in two, in class I print all off my photographs in thumbnails (16 pictures to a page) and also print my favourites photos in enlargements (3 or 4 to a page) that I have taken for my current project and make a start on annotating them.

Work at Home

So I do a lot of my work at home for photography because I just feel more motivated and I get more done , I do my annotations which normally takes me about 1 hr per piece in which I write 2 pages and i also take all of my photos. In case you were wondering i am interested in retro and black and white photography.

Exams

So for my photography exam it is 10hrs but for my mock that I did it was only five hours. Some people think this time really drags on but for me it actually went really quickly, I planned out my time to insure i got my final piece finished. For the exam we are tasked with making our final piece so it can be presented.

Photography Misconceptions

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding photography as a high school subject so i thought it would be nice to share with you the most commons ones.

1) Photography is an easy subject - this is not true as photography takes a lot of work outside of school and it really requires a lot of effort and is definitely not for people looking for a subject that does not require hard work. But saying that it is very rewarding seeing your final piece come together in the end.

2) All photographs have to be perfect- this is also not true, in fact you can get marks for annotating your photos and explaining why you don't like them and can keep trying until you take a photograph you are perfectly happy with.

3) You have to have in depth editing skills- no. if you are happy with your photography you are not required to edit it however editing skills are useful but you can pick it up as you learn but it really isn’t something that should put you off.

Maddie xx