Photography at A level was a great experience for me,it was a time where i could relate my interests in photography with those who felt the same way and with those who of course did not.
The two years I spent studying photography at A level were not about the technicalities but rather the image itself,i grew to understand the importance of composition and subject. This placed me down a road which I have never derailed from.
For my A Level exam we were tasked with basing an entire project around one word and the word that i chose was illusion, an idea quickly came to me. The greatest illusion is the one not seen and how better to be unseen than to hide behind a mask.
Yes, I based my entire project around masks,masks ranging from old military gas masks to carnival props. It was a project that let me explore the strange and unusual, I pushed myself to see what i could with a simple bland mask and with the use of some lights and a novice skill of photoshop i managed to create the image above.
It's nothing special now that I look back at it but then......it meant a lot. I had managed to take what I thought was a striking image,something that caught the eye. It made me want to do more,it was the final decision to pursue a career in photography,to always strive to create that perfect image. Two years later and nothing's changed.....
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