Showing posts with label Lifeworks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lifeworks. Show all posts

Monday, 3 October 2011

A reply from Lifeworks

I received a reply from Sue with a link to a JPEG of the exhibition as I had requested in my last e-mail, however the image was unclear and next to useless which put me back to square one.

Sue also put in her e-mail that Lifeworks would be holding a conference at Moddershall Oaks on Wednesday the 5th of October from 9:00AM until 4:30PM and if I was available would I be interested in being the photographer in attendance.

When I next saw Louise a few days later I told her about Sue's offer and explained that I would be very happy to photograph the conference in the morning however the afternoon would be difficult as I had to be at university. Louise was very understanding and told me that she would be happy for me to stay for just the morning and then leave during the lunch break.

Current clients

I was approached by Louise Zandian who is linked with my family on a professional basis and the founder of Lifeworks Staffordshire a charity for people on the Autistic spectrum.  Louise informed me that the charity was putting up an exhibition at Newcastle Museum, and asked if I would be interested in exhibiting some of my work, needless to say I jumped at the opportunity.

When I asked what sort of work they wanted for the display Louise was flexible, I could display anything as long it was something I was proud of. Since this didn't really give me anything specific to work with I spent a while going through every image I had on file, this took quite a while but after some 'ums and ahs' I managed to pick out my favorites. I then copied those images on to a USB flash drive and gave it to Louise the next time I saw her.

Not long after I gave the USB to Louise I received an e-mail from Sue (one of Louise's associates) saying that the images looked great but they would need some additional photographs for the display. I asked Sue to e-mail me a picture of the exhibition so that I could select more images that would compliment the ones already exhibited.

For the past few months I have been doing work experience at a local photographic studio at weekends. Chris Lees Photography specializes in sports event photography but also passport and studio sittings from his shop. Work I have undertaken so far includes, photo restorations, re-framing of images, passport photos and dealing with customers. I have also helped with a studio sitting and at an equestrian event.