Finished? almost!

Finished…well I’ve not finished fully but the main bulk is out of the way for a while. Dissertation handed in, and what a happy day that was. Today I have ordered my prints for my exhibition and they will be with me Thursday so fingers crossed everything is ok with them and then I can frame them Thursday and wrap them up ready to hand in on the 12th. This means a stress free time – going home next Wednesday for my 21st for a few days and then back to Preston for a meeting about the final exhibition and handing in my prints.
So I’m the big 2 1 in just over a week and I’m really excited. More excited to see my family as I’ve not been home since Christmas with uni being really busy and it being a trek home. Looking forward to a meal with everyone, drinks and shopping.
Its really strange, knowing I’m going to be 21 I remember when I was 16 and we would sit around and talk about what we thought we would be doing. We thought we would all still be close which hasn’t happened because we have all grow up, people have moved away and things just change. I still talk to certain people and hope that soon we can meet up and be all shocked about how we have all changed. Some people I don’t even talk to anymore and haven’t for years, and wont ever again, this doesn’t bother at all, things happen for a reason and things are the way they are. Im where I thought I would be anyway – finishing university and looking for a job, turns out having ‘a life plan’ does work out. I didn’t think however, that I would be living where I am, if anyone has seen my poor excuse of a house then you would understand. It’s not really a house, more a shell that I and the boyfriend rent from a woman. No words describe her. When it’s windy or it rains, we are lucky that the house doesn’t floor or get blown down. I need to get a job before we can move ideally. I have issues with house and flat hunting because I look at the wallpaper or the condition of the carpets whereas the Mr looks at the space and size of the place.
I’m soon, well, I’m hopefully soon going to graduate and then everything changes. I will get a job, again, hopefully, and I will be paying taxes, I will move house and then we can have our very own little heaven and I will grow into a tax paying young lady. Things won’t be that easy and because I know they won’t, it makes it easier. No point going into graduation thinking ‘so I will just wait for that call from Terry Richardson and then I will also become a famous fashion photographer’ but Terry, if you are reading this, get in touch!
Now I need to focus of getting everything done and sorted of the exhibition and finding a job. Sounds simple but that’s a hell of a task!
Birthday countdown begins: 8days! HURRY UP 5th!

Final Images

These are my final images for my exhibition. I have also picked my final frames as well so thats 2 tasks done. My images are going to be printed different sizes and displayed in different frames, in the Salon Style, and then i will have all my props and little bits and bobs as well to set the scene :)

At the finish line.

Quick post just to say...

DISSERTATION IS FINISHED!
Im just waiting for my tutor to email me back to hopefully say that the layout is fine, all is good and to go and get my 2 copies printed!

Then i can focus the rest of my time on my final project (still waiting for feedback on the presentation and to find out where my space is for the exhibiton)
and
Finding a job/new flat for me and the Mr :)
x

Summer is here...

Well...the summer is almost here :) Sun has been out for 4 days now. I give myself another 4 days before im moaning that im too hot and i wish that it was cold. Never pleased!

Anyway - ive done my final project final presentation, which is also my final presentation ever at uclan. It was a happy yet sad day. Finally realising that its almost over. Im really glad that it is, half of the time uni hasnt been what i thought it would be so i will be happy to see the back of the place but on the other hand im scared. Scared because all i have ever done is learn at be at school and this september...i wont be going back!

Presentation went well - i did my best and thats all i can do. Adam and John seemed in a good mood so thats always nice. So now thats out of the way my to do list is a lot smaller:
- Finish distertation. All i have to do is redraft a few times and get it printed this week ready for next mondays hand in.
- Final exhibiton. This week i will get some feedback on my presentation which i am really dreading because if its not good feedback on the images, theres nothing i can really do now. Reshooting isnt really an option so who knows. Need to be a bit more positive i reckon lol have no faith in myself. So once ive got that back, i will also find out where my space is for the exhibiton and the size. As soon as i know that i can start making my 'area' - wood and wallpaper will be ordered straight away as well as my prints and everything will come together, i hope. If it works like it does in my head its going to look great. Its going to either go one way or the other!
Toms got a the few week and a bit of may off for my 21st (the day before the dead line) so hes going to my handy man and help me create everything. Anyone thats been to our house knows 'the bubble wall' so lets hope we do better than that for my exhibition. its going to be a time of beg borrow and steal! to get everything that i need/would like - then after ive tried that i will pop my hand in the pocket! not that theres anything in there! HURRY FINAL LOAN DAY!
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In the Frame

Collecting frames for my final project - ive already got more frames than i need but im still keeping my eye out for more and more because i might miss an amazing one that could look really great.
Really hope my final exhibition looks how i does in my head. Its either going to look really good and work or just completely wrong and not work at all and look cheap. ONLY TIME WILL TELL!