On 18/07/17, Jonny visited us at the school again to take a look at the edits we had produced from the task he set us on  his last visit. He allowed us to go through each of our works and share them with the class whilst explaining or thought processes. This was a good opportunity for me share how I work and my style of work ans to get opinions from other people. So, overall the workshop was very useful and enjoyable – as well as beneficial to my self-confidence and ability to speak in a large group.

The session began with Jonny gathering us around the table with our images that we had produced prior to the workshop. He began to ask how we wished to go about presenting our images ot the class and asked if we would be happy sharing our thoughts willingly without any prompts. Most of us turned our noses up a this thought but I would have been happy to explain the thoughts and meanings behind my edits independently because I feel most comfortable doing it this way as my images always hold some meaning and narrative behind them, especially now I’m working with images that are a lot more personal to me. Jonny, however suggested the idea for the rest of our peers to prompt us to talk by asking us questions about our photos.

I really enjoyed talking about my images because it allowed me to explain rte meanings behind what I had produced to the class and to Jonny, a hugely influential photographer to my style at the moment. I felt like my edits showcased how I see my relationship with my dad and how I wished to present this through an edit. I think Jonny liked my images and could connect with them in the way I wanted my audience to and he seemed to be able to derive some sorts of meanings from each of the images who boosted my self-esteem. I have learnt form the process over these last six weeks that my work is my work only and it is bound to prove different thoughts from different people and not everyone is going to like or even understand my work but for one persons, even if it is just myself to get what I produce, then I know I have succeeded because if I know I that I have differentiated myself from everyone else then I can be proud.

I feel like the task has set up other opportunities for me develop mys skills and progress with my work through the A2 course. I hope that the work I have produced and the influence of Jonny over the last six weeks will rub off on how I go about conjuring up ideas for my own personal study. I have definitely begun to see the world in new perspectives and the concept of telling stories and narratives through my photography will be a heavy aspect of the A2 course because I feel photography is a very powerful tool of expressing emotion and creating new stories for people close to you to connect with.