Benjamin Stevens photography
Benjamin Stevens Email: benitokonto@yahoo.com
Education
I am currently a student at Gloucestershire College where I study BTEC Level 2 Diploma Art and Design (Photography), which I will complete in July 2014 I attended the Dean Academy, Church Road, Lydney (Gloucestershire) At GCSE, I received these grades: Level 2 Diploma Art and Design (Photography): English: C Maths: C Science: C Photography: A ICT: C Level 2 Hair and Beauty: Distinction
Work experience:
I was involved in a project to build a pergola for an elderly peoples home, it was really rewarding seeing all the residents faces light up when a group of five students and I delivered the finished pergola to the home. Helping the community was very satisfying and has made me closer to many of my peers
Volunteer experience:
During the summer holidays I was involved in a summer activities week with the organisation YG (based in Gloucester) this meant that myself and a group of friends met other people our age that didn’t have the greatest life and showed them how to have fun without getting into trouble. I found it rewarding to help others. This experience has not only given me new friends but has also helped me improve my people skills. References: Available on request.
My skills include being a very confident person who is able to interact with all types of people and get great joy from helping others (as you can see from my volunteer/work experience). I am an organised and punctual person who can be calm and professional in any given situation. I’m currently studying photography at Gloucestershire College. Photography is definitely something I want to be involved in as I have great passion for it. I’m studying fashion and photography because I want to work in the fashion and photography industry, as it’s something I’ve always wanted to do, photographers such as Dina goldstein inspire when doing fashion photography I particularly like her work “fallen princesses” because its so beautifully thought out and the final pieces are amazing. My strengths are definatley fashion photography as its something I can really get stuck into and thouroughly enjoy as you can see throughout my portfolio my fashion photography section contains some of my strongest work. In my self portraiture and artwork I prefer to use inks and water paints because I can go back and add more by using techniques such as layering unlike with pencil which I find difficult to shade and add detail with. I prefer to shoot in Black and white because it gives me the freedom I need in many of my photos to express the actual subject without color interrupting and it is giving me more graphical viewpoints in a way that color can’t. My career goals are to become a well known fashion photographer and work alongside majour brands such as vogue and Elle because fashion photography is my passion and the style of photography I feel that I am very good at.
Self portraiture
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