This week we focused on our final project. We learnt about pitching and the correct way to pitch to publications. I found it really interesting learning about the specific details that need to go into a pitch and also the logisitics of when is best to send one to a publication. It was really valuable to know that you should never send a pitch to multiple platforms as you don’t want to have to turn them down and ruin your chances of publishing with them again.
I like having a structure for planning pieces of work such as pitches, essays and articles so it was really good to have an example shown to us.
I have now published my project pitch onto my blog. I am feeling more confident about it and I am motivated to get started on putting it together and taking my pictures. I have been looking at photos taken by professional skateboarding photographers and making notes on the angles from which their shooting, how they can take sharp pictures when the subject of the photo is moving and whether they differ the aperture levels.
Ellie Bagshaw Photography Journalism 