CV and Business Cards

I have finished my CV up to date and what can I say..when you have everything written on the piece of paper, you realise that you need to do more, because it's not even near to the 'Enough'. I have learnt from my own CV that I MUST attend competitions and exhibitions, my Experience section looks very very empty. I know it will fill up with time, but I need to do something about it and not leave it as it is. So here it is:

Urte Ursule Sutkute

upeliu@gmail.com                                  UrteUrsule_Sutkute @ Flickr

07557338224

Personal Statement

I am Bristol based photographer interested in telling stories of the people and places hidden. For me, photography is a window to a different dimension – it always helps me see the world more beautiful, raw and breathtaking, allowing me to capture the smallest of details and most unusual of patterns, which otherwise would be hidden from a naked eye. It forms memories of the moments that are the dearest, something that I find to be of utmost importance. That is why a film camera is my first and last choice – everything from inserting the film to developing it and working in the darkroom feels so alive to me.

Education

2010-2013 BA Hons Photography, University of the West of England, Bristol

2005-2009 Julius Janonis Gymnasium, Lithuania, 8/10 A level studies

Technical skills

Expert skills with 35mm Zenit camera and 120mm cameras Bronica and Hasselblad

Advanced skills with Canon digital cameras

Advanced skills in using darkroom facilities, film development and scanning

Basic knowledge of using Metz flash lights, studio facilities and large format cameras

Experience

2013-04-10 Level 3 photography courses exhibition at 51, Stoke’s Croft, Bristol

2012-02-14 Level 2 photography courses exhibition at Bower Ashton, Bristol

Bear in mind that I will have 2 more exhibitions early in summer and it will look fuller. One is going to be at Bower Ashton Campus - our final degree show on 07.06.2013 and another - our course degree show in London at Rag Factory on 20.06.2013. 

Next thing I have worked on is business cards. I have a few samples:

I like the first and last the most. The fist card looks like a proper business card and is creative enough. With the second one I think it's too much of the information in it and not enough space to read what is written. If using the whole photograph on the background it should definitely be wider as in the third example, because using a close shot photograph doesn't work, in my opinion. Other thing I can't decide is if I should use the word PHOTOGRAPHY or PHOTOGRAPHER next to my name. I feel like it's suppose to be there, but at the same time photograph talk about itself. Also maybe add more information on the card, like if prints are available or where I am based, but I guess people who would be interested, they would visit my website and all the information would be there.. I was even thinking about the possibility to make cards with different pictures. The same information, but just at least 5 different looking cards. I guess the easiest would be to use the first sample then, because I wouldn't need to change the layout, just add another photograph.

Another thing is that for the deadline I will not have the actual business card made, simply because I don't have my website yet and I want it to be written on the card instead of or with the flickr information, but I will definitely have them until the summer and exhibition in London.