Scholarship Focus – Aaron Burgess
Over the 12 week duration of the scholarship, the focus was to push outside my comfort zone.
The Scholarship was a great opportunity to utilise the resources available, to test out some different lighting setups, that were unfamiliar. Through trial and error, my knowledge of lighting techniques, and lighting equipment has developed.
The best advice I took from the guest speakers over the course of the Scholarship was- Work hard and shoot what you love. This resonated with me as I knew this was important, yet having this repeated, is reassuring. A few people said this including Christina Force and Simon Harsent. Christina also had some sound advice for portfolio layout, and I now have a different strategy for my portfolio, which I am looking forward to implementing.
Being connected to a network of fellow Scholarship photographers and the Kingsize team has been rewarding, as well as inspiring – seeing fellow photographers develop their personal work.
Networking and meeting people always has a positive influence on opportunities. As a result of this involvement with the scholarship I am planning on being in a group exhibition with some fellow scholarship graduates in the coming months.
My plan for the immediate future, and long term is to continue developing and shooting personal projects on a regular basis. With the long term aim that these personal projects help influence the types of commercial jobs offered in future. The Kingsize scholarship has helped keep these aims in check, by assisting in the productivity of this personal work.