New Start, New Blog

Hello. My name is Nicholas Dunn. I am a Photography Student, currently studying for my Foundation Degree at Newcastle College. I am 20 years old, I'm from Newcastle, I live at home with my parents and two sisters, I am incredibly geeky and I love superheroes.

I have been studying photography for over 4 years now and I have already completed an A-Level and an Extended Diploma in the subject. I originally started studying photography as an alternative to continuing Art from GSCE and I immediately fell in love with it. I quickly decided to focus on Street Photography in Sixth Form and decided to dedicate myself to studying the subject afterwards. 

I focus primarily on Portraiture, mainly on location but due to my course I've shot many different genres of the subject and I am always willing to try anything once. 

I have been inspired by many photographers and influences over the years. My Sixth Form tutors taught me to try anything and learn rather than regret, my college tutors taught me to think about what I am doing and now I am learning why to do something and what kind of photographer I want to be. 

But for me, I will always be learning how to become a better photographer, how to take better pictures and how I would do something rather than how someone else would do it. 

I've found the work of Martin Parr, Alfred Eisensteadt and Richard Avedon particularly inspiring but I've always preferred to do things my way and draw inspiration from other photographers rather than trying to replicate there style. 

As part of my Foundation Degree, I have to start a photography blog. My aim is to make this blog a creative and thoughtful weekly outlet of my work, with posts about the projects I am working on, the images I have taken and the shoots I am planning. Hopefully this will help me become a more developed and thoughtful photographer and I looking forward to sharing my work with you all.

For more of my work take a look at my Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/NJDunnPhotography or follow me on Twitter; https://twitter.com/NJDPhotography or Instagram; http://instagram.com/njdunnphotographer

Thanks for reading.