Now that I am getting towards the end of third year, it is obvious that I need to start thinking more about my career path and where I would like to go with it. I have been working with charities, whether that’s volunteering or fundraising for them since a very young age. This has enabled me to work with many different people and encourage my confidence with speaking to people of all different ages and backgrounds.

I believe that this helped me to undergo my Street Pastor’s project in second year, which therefore enabled me to get the contacts with the Genesis Trust (who run the street pastor’s project). I was lucky enough to get asked in for a meeting by The Genesis Trust to discuss the project, as I emailed them with the images that I took whilst out on the shifts. In the meeting, I was praised on my photographs and how I captured the street pastor’s in a really subtle yet positive way. This was great to hear because I’ve really respected the work that the charity has been doing since I moved to Bath in 2016. They asked me if I would be interested in being their photographer for all of their projects as they really liked my documentary style and were told that I was really good with people. This obviously gave me a huge confidence boost as I felt as though I was actually going to get somewhere with my career.

I have been working with the Genesis Trust for nearly two years now and feel as though I have created a bond with the charity and the people who I come into contact with there. This has only encouraged the fact that I would like to carry on photographing for charities so with that, I contacted many different charities with the hopes of receiving a response from them. I have worked with a Cerebral Palsy charity in Bristol, Cerebral Palsy Plus, as well as Mind in Bath and some work with St John Ambulance. It is really important to me to get as many contacts as possible because this is a potential career path for me and one that I have always wanted to go into.

The first career path that I have planned for and would love to go in to is photographing for charities, and if possible, international charities as a freelance photographer. This would enable me continue with my documentary photography and the photojournalism side that I am really passionate about and enjoy doing. I also feel that this career path would enable me to continue to work with people from all walks of life and ages, which is something that I feel really confident about and would love to continue to do in the future. The reason why I would love to work internationally is because I have always that I would love to travel, so being able to travel with my work would be an incredibly great opportunity.

My plan is to contact charities such as ‘Save the Children’, Action Aid and Oxfam, along with charity work that goes out to natural disaster places such as Haiti. I know that this is a long shot but it is something that I would love to try and do, and even if this doesn’t happen then I know that I have tried my hardest to do so.