Another of Tony's tasks is to create a christmas card with the intention of promoting ourselves to potential and current clients as well as sending them to family and friends.
I was quite stuck on what idea to use and decided to recearch a few current ideas.

I have always quite liked close up images so this one appealed to me, however we were told to attempt something different that hasn't been seen before.I thought this image was quite amusing and I have been thinking of ways I could incorporate something similer.


When I saw this image I found it quite interesting and thought I could do something similer myself. as the image was going to be to promote mysef as a photographer, then what better way than to create an amusing christmas self portrait.

For part of Tony's assignment we have do a series of PR photographs. this meant visiting a business or company to gather images to tell a story. My first idea was to e-mail PADS the People And Dogs Society. I have already had contact with this company before in the form of a photography competition in which I recieved the reserve first place.
This is the e-mail I sent.

"Dear Sir / Madam,
I am a student at Wakefield College and also the runner up from your previous photography competition and my photograph of "the legs" was included in the special mentions. I am currently studying a foundation degree in commercial photography and one of my assignments includes a brief for PR photography. I am e-mailing to ask if you would be interested in allowing me to use your charity as part of my brief, these photos could include fundraising events, what happens at head office or rescue centres/re-homing or portraits of staff and dogs. You would of course be able to use any of the photographs as advertising for the charity for free.
Please let me know if you are interested either via e-mail or phone or I could come into your head office for a chat as I only live in Altofts.

Thank you."

I recieved this e-mail the following day.

"Dear Amy Jo

Thanks for your offer. I'm not sure if we can help, although I'm open to it if possible.

I will have to refer to a couple of other people and get back to you on this. I'll do so asap but it would be helpful if you could let me know your deadline.

Debbie Waller
Hon Chairman/Webmaster"

I replied the same day letting her know what my deadline was and also that i was interested in attending the Halloween dog show. I am now awaiting a reply but I am also considering other options.

One of our other assignments includes sports photography. My origional Idea was to visit a local skate park and attemt to get some photos. I had already taken a few shots during the summer at Hyde park skate park in Leeds.



















I practiced with the different shutter speeds and appertures to try to get a good image.











































On Sunday I had the chance to attend a horse show with my Mum. I decided to use this as an oppertunitiy to take shots of the horses and riders during the show jumping and whilst they were getting ready and un-tacking.



I liked this image as it shows Jettison having his mane plaited, which he hates, and you can see the look of boredom and annoyance in his face.














These two images show a close up of Jetti after he had been "Tacked Up" and now wearing his bit and bridle and a second wearing his saddle. I like the unusual angle of this second photograph.

















This Image shows jettison and his rider Holly, both looking smart and ready for the show. I liked the way they are both looking in the same direction, suggesting that they are both looking towards the action, waiting expectantly for thier turn.





I also attenpted to capture some images of the horses during the showjumping but I found it very difficult to avoid motion blur as the lighting was quite dark and I was trying to avoid using any form of flash so as not to spook the horses.