Last week I had my tutor meeting with Jesse Alexander which was very supportive and encouraging. We spoke about the challenges of being a part-time student and balancing studies, work and life. I was able to discuss my ideas for project work and get some advice around finding a focus as I am still struggling to identify my style of photography.

Later in that week, I also had my 1-2-1 session with my tutor for this semester, Paul Clements. Again the feedback on my work was encouraging and some great suggestions were put forward for me to explore by looking at the work of other photographers who have produced work on similar projects to what I am currently focusing on – namely, that of the urban landscape, the constant changes and cycles of urban decay and renewal, as well as issues such as gentrification.

This week we have had the opportunity to present our draft Oral Presentations to our peers and tutor during a webinar. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend due to other commitments and I am feeling somewhat anxious about missing this opportunity as my peers have said it was extremely helpful. It seems that one of my biggest challenges is going to be time constraints.

On a positive note – last week I had spent a day at the St Paul’s Carnival in Bristol with the aim of doing some street and carnival photography. The Martin Parr Foundation, Arnolfini Gallery and St Paul’s Carnival organisers had announced a pop up gallery event that would be hosted after the carnival and invited the public for submissions. I found out this week that some of my images had been selected as part of the pop-up exhibition. Really excited about this!