Victoria Carpenter

VIC TORIA C ARPENTER PHOTOGR APHER AND JOURNALIST

VICTORIA CARPENTER PHOTOGRAPHY CV With more than 20 years experience as a writer and editor for national magazines and newspapers including Cosmopolitan (deputy features editor), The Times (freelance contributor) and Mail Online (deputy editor), I bring a wealth of editorial experience to my photography.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 to present: Photographer for Cornwall Today magazine 2008 to present: Commercial photographer,; weddings, brochures and websites..

2008 to 2011: Contributor to Cornwall Life, West Briton, Falmouth Packet QUALIFICATIONS: 2011 to present: BA Applied Media (Photography), University of Plymouth 2013: FdA Photography and Digital Imagery, University of Plymouth (Distinction, Principle’s Commendation) AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS May 2014:

Amay, Orchard Gallery, St Ives (Group exhibition)

April 2014:

Eye Contact, HWIC, Truro

June 2013:

Luminarium, Lander Gallery, Truro

March 2013: 70 per cent, Falmouth Aquarium, Falmouth May 2012:

Contemporary photography exhibition, Truro College, Falmouth

Dec 2011:

Landscape photography on display at County Hall, Cornwall

Nov 2011:

Landscape photography exhibition, Truro College, Hall for Cornwall

April 2011: Feb 2011:

Online exhibition: More than Words (www.morethan.moonfruit.com)

Shortlisted for Great British Life photography awards

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Things to think about when shooting editorial Seven inspiring quotes about portrait photography M acro rules Inside view

T H I N G S TO R E M E M B E R W H E N S H O OT I N G E D I TO R I A L

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PERFECT PORTRAITS....

7 inspiring quotes

“YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW SOMEONE WHEN YOU WALK INTO A ROOM TO PHOTOGRAPH THEM, BUT IF YOU ARE ANY KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHER, YOU DO WHEN YOU LEAVE.” BRUCE WEBER “The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try to put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.” Henri Cartier-Bresson “THE PORTRAIT I DO BEST IS OF THE PERSON I KNOW BEST” NADAR

“The severe portrait, that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject, may be of enormous interest to the reader.”Irving Penn “THE EYE SHOULD LEARN TO LISTEN BEFORE IT LOOKS” ROBERT FRANK

“Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when you’re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting..wonderful!.” Joe McNally “FOR ME, THE SUBJECT OF THE PICTURE IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PICTURE” DIANE ARBUS

LITTLE LESSONS ABOUT

MACRO

DEPTH OF FIELD is tiny

so choose your point of focus careully, and try not to wiggle about too much...

USE A TRIPOD. Or at least a monopod or gorillapod FOCUSSING IS TRICKY: one way to do it is to move slightly back and forward until the subject is in sharp focus.

USE THE RIGHT LENS if you are photographing things that get scared easily, you’ll need at least a 100mm to 200mm lens to give you enough distance between your camera and the thing that might fly away.

WINDY DAYS...never good days for macro photography...

INSIDE VIEW

INSIDE VIEW

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“Ever y man’s work, whether it be literature, or music or pic tures, is always a por trait of himself.”

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