Photo by Holly Webb

 

This week we learnt about pitching and started the pitching process for our own photojournalism projects. To see my seminar notes here.

 

In reflection of this week, I found it very interesting to learn more about something that will hopefully become a normal part of my career once I’ve finished university. I would like to do some freelance work at some point which meant that this week’s seminar was very advantageous.

I enjoyed learning about the pitching process, and I was particularly interested in the Writers and Artists Yearbook that I didn’t even realise existed. It made me excited to eventually start pitching my ideas to real publications – ideas that I’ve been coming up with since being at university. It’s also exciting to finally feel as though I might be able to write some of these ideas eventually, and I also find comfort in the thought of finding smaller publications to start writing for straight away. I learnt more about the process of building up a portfolio slowly in order to eventually write for magazines that I’ve dreamt about working for. It was very interesting and even though the process is obvious, I felt like I was learning the tricks of the trade. 🙂

Not only did I enjoy learning about the pitching process and seeing examples, but I also think I did quite well in researching and pitching my ideas because I was so enthusiastic and excited by the idea. I spent a lot of time researching different magazines and publications, eventually deciding on the one I thought suited best. I can imagine myself immersing myself in this research again in the future when I’m pitching for an actual job rather than for an assignment.

I learn a lot this week, and I am excited to start work on my project properly. I think that this week’s seminar confirmed that I am going to try and pitch my photojournalism project to a publication once it’s finished, as I hope to be very proud of my work when it’s done.

 

Aims for this week:

• send out feelers for project, eg. email potential sources
• practice with candid photography and editing

 

To read my research for my first pitch, click here.

To see my first project pitch, click here.

To read my research for my second pitch, click here.

To see my second project pitch, click here.