Benjamin Stevensphotography

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: CMaths: CScience: CPhotography: AICT: CLevel 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 definite-ly 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 photogra-phy 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

Thank you