PCAD100

Had the first lecture for PCAD100 today which was very interesting. I need to start thinking about what I might do after the course which isn't easy considering I won't be finished for another 4 years! Initially I took up the course just because I'm interested in photography. It's been my hobby for the last 4 years or so and after a few evening classes I still wanted to learn more and so enrolled on the Foundation Degree in Photography. Due to my health I hadn't thought any further than just getting through the course week by week and certainly hadn't considered what I might do once I've finished. 

Todays lecture has opened up many questions for me. Yes the next four years are taken up at college but what am I going to do after that? I guess initially I'm hoping to continue on the the BA. I'm not sure I will ever be able to take up employment given the varying nature of my health problems so now I'm thinking maybe I could be an eternal student? Perhaps do an MA after? If I'm doing all this part time I guess that's 8 years taken care of! What I feel at the moment is that I would like to make a name for myself as a photographer, perhaps as a fine art photographer. I would love to exhibit sometime.

I do know that my many life experiences will influence my work. There is one main them I would like to follow for my work initially although quite how I will portray this at present I have no idea. Having had very little knowledge of art previously the few lectures I've had so far are making me look much deeper into my creativity in the hope of producing some meaningful work. Let's see where this takes me......