Task 1d: 2d Images

I have and always will love a picture, although gone are the days of the good old photo album!  I still have my collection, most probably dusty now, at the top of my wardrobe.  But I do enjoy a look through them every once in a while!  I am rather organised when it comes to my pictures and having recently bought a new laptop I don't currently have any on here and so I am in the process of backing up all my albums on CDs.  Since I had my first digital camera which must be coming up to ten years now, I have always posted my photos onto Facebook and named them as a album.  Now if you know Facebook then you will be aware of the tagging system,  and due to the type of work I am in I am very careful with any images that I am tagged in with regards to privacy and therefore they will only show up on my page if I authorise it.  

I do own an instagram account and I tend to pick out my favourite images on there and I really enjoying the editing of colour you can apply to those.  Because this collection of images are quite varied and I do have a setting on that also where by I only allow my friends to follow me and in turn view my pictures, I have set up a separate account and ventured into the world of Flickr.  

My Flickr images will be solely based around my BAPP Course and therefore give me direct access to pictures that relate to my work and learning.  I thought that this would be the most organised way for myself to use later on in the modules for reference.

Within my Flickr account so far my images relate to my previous performance work.  This includes head shots, body shots and poses and some costume and performance shots.  As a dancer, a head shot is a must.  Every audition you attend you need a head shot.  Every time you change your hair you need to have a new one done.  There is certain criteria worth sticking to with these in order to get yourself noticed and more importantly, remembered.  I had my first set of shots done whilst in my final year of college, it was recommended that you have them in a black and white version and a size of 10" by 8".  I have to say that as time got on and I was at times attending multiple auditions week after week, I worked out better for me to do a bulk print of slightly smaller shots.  At the end of the day, if you could clearly see your face in picture form then the size was never really going to matter!

Body shots were always useful for online profiles and to insert into show reels.  And it was quite easy to get multiple shoots without having to spend loads of money on images that would have a huge effect.  I did have the advantage at the time of my cousin studying for a photography degree so we would both in turn be helping each other out in the end!

I will be using this new account to add new images whilst travelling deeper into my journey on this course.  I think to use this as a story telling tool will create a somewhat nostalgic feeling when I look back on it in the future :-)