Paul started to tell us about himself and then the company Redeye. It is run by photographers to support photographers. There are many areas which they cover from fine art, weddings, editorials and commercial They also do a lot of networking and advice, a lot of people write in with questions and queries. Depending on the questions they can sometimes answer them direct if it is to do with working in photography, other questions have to be passed on.
He then went on to talk about exhibitions and events, specifically the Lightbox Group project which will be showing again in the Liverpool Look Festival.
Redeye are always looking for volunteers who are 100% reliable and are self-starters. Events and activities are hopefully coming to North Wales and areas such as Conway and Mold are being looked at, but the exact details still have to be confirmed. Ethical projects in photography are discussed in their workshops on how to start off on the right foot when just starting out in the business. Some of the areas covered in this are copyright issues and undercharging.
Paul then went on to tell us about joining Redeye as a member with details of membership and the benefits of subscribing which is free - such as being able to get exposure through their website and discounts. There are not many members at the moment because it is still relatively new. The membership helps photographers to develop and build up their work as there was a lot more to the membership and it is a great way of networking. It is £30 students or £2.50 a month (non-students £50) .
He then pitched a question to the audience, about where they think might be in the next five or 10 years? This was done as multiple-choice where we had to put our hands up, according to the answer we think may suit us best. He encouraged the audience to shout out answers and some replies where, art directing, high school art teacher and teaching.
Some areas within photography was then broken down into categories and touched upon a little bit more - such as how there are very few people working in fine arts photograph projects, making a living from it, editorial photography, project management and research.
Photographic practise has changed in the last decade and continues to do so.
Some quotes from Redeye speakers .
- Work hard and be nice to people.
- Logic rhetoric and maths,logic to construct an argument, rhetoric to get it across and maths to do the budget.
A quote by Alan Toussaint
Believe in your dreams and never give up; collect as much information about everything you can; stay as honest as you can because you don't need conflict because it gets in the way of your creative spirit.
A quote by a German war photographer
You have to be burning and you have to keep your shit together.
How much do you charge for your work was another area spoken about in depth. The lecture with Paul altogether was one hour and 15 mins. So many other topics were covered some briefly in some depth.
To find out more about Redeye please click on the link below.
http://redeye.org.uk/
Interest - 8/10
This lecture was full of information on how you can become a part of bigger group of like minded people and make connections etc..
Content - 8/10 A nice mixture of everything.
Delivery - 8/10 The lecture was delivered in a nice slow, well organised manner, with a good mixture of humour thrown in.
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