I've spent the last few days coming up with a plan for the next year and I'm pretty excited about it all. I decided a while ago that this year was going to be a sort of gap year for me as I have always wanted to go travelling and thought now would be the perfect time for me to go. So in January next year, I will be heading off to Australia with a friend and doing the East Coast. Then we will head to New Zealand and finish off in Thailand.
Travelling was the easy decision! But deciding on what to do up until I go has been a lot more difficult. One thing that I definitely need to do, is pass my driving test! I tried 3 years ago to pass but it didn't go so well and with going to uni, I haven't driven since. I basically live in the middle of no where so having a car is very important making it my main priority.
The same as any other graduate, I want to be earning money! I have been looking at endless job sites but I can currently only work a few specific days a week so have found it difficult to find anything. I was discussing it with a friend and she suggested why not try selling some of my photos on-line. I looked into different sites that sell photography and realised it is something that I could give a go. I then started to come up with a small business plan and did my research about pricing and printing etc. I read different blogs about how people got started and how they promoted their sites to see what were the best ways to go about this.
After doing the research, this is something I really want to give a try and I thought it would be a good idea to start a blog, to document how it all goes! I realise it will be difficult and there is a chance that it won't be successful. But if I don't try then I will never know!
I am currently working on promoting my work as I already have a website, which I made at uni and I am now getting on Pinterest and Instagram.
This is one of my photos I took for my end of year exhibition. I am passionate about nature so this is what I focus on. Most of work is macro photography but I want to start branching out into different areas soon.
Please have a look at my website and feel free to leave any comments!
www.katherinepowellphotography.com
Also if you have any ideas/suggestions about any of my plans for the next year, then please let me know :)
Travelling was the easy decision! But deciding on what to do up until I go has been a lot more difficult. One thing that I definitely need to do, is pass my driving test! I tried 3 years ago to pass but it didn't go so well and with going to uni, I haven't driven since. I basically live in the middle of no where so having a car is very important making it my main priority.
The same as any other graduate, I want to be earning money! I have been looking at endless job sites but I can currently only work a few specific days a week so have found it difficult to find anything. I was discussing it with a friend and she suggested why not try selling some of my photos on-line. I looked into different sites that sell photography and realised it is something that I could give a go. I then started to come up with a small business plan and did my research about pricing and printing etc. I read different blogs about how people got started and how they promoted their sites to see what were the best ways to go about this.
After doing the research, this is something I really want to give a try and I thought it would be a good idea to start a blog, to document how it all goes! I realise it will be difficult and there is a chance that it won't be successful. But if I don't try then I will never know!
I am currently working on promoting my work as I already have a website, which I made at uni and I am now getting on Pinterest and Instagram.
This is one of my photos I took for my end of year exhibition. I am passionate about nature so this is what I focus on. Most of work is macro photography but I want to start branching out into different areas soon.
Please have a look at my website and feel free to leave any comments!
www.katherinepowellphotography.com
Also if you have any ideas/suggestions about any of my plans for the next year, then please let me know :)
