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1. Adam Paterson
31 Roker Park Avenue, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5NJ
0161 301 2608
07975 625825
adampaterson@me.com
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I regard myself as eager to learn, I came to this course at my college learning a 90-Credit
Level 3 BTEC Media course so I could develop the skills that I always wanted to gain in
order to work in the field of Media. I am a determined, hard working individual who gets
work done to the upmost highest standard in order to impress the people above me and
even myself. I always get work done on time and adhere to deadlines and use my own
personal time to get work done. I usually like to take control of a team of people and act
as the captain of the team, by calling the shots and using the ideas of everyone that will
create a high quality piece of work.
KEY SKILLS
* Work always done on time to a high quality
* Use personal time and clocked off time to work
* Motivated to impress
* Very comfortable using cameras and all the equipment
* Like to be a team leader
* Photography and Videogrpahy experience working at a professional level
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
WORK EXPERIENCE
Stannah Lifts Warrington
Admin Experience 1 Week
Clarendon Sixth Form Dukinfield
Freelance Photographer 1 Week
EDUCATION HISTORY
Clarendon Sixth Form College
St Thomas More RC College September 2010 to June 2015
QUALIFICATIONS
(Current Study) Level 3 90 Credit BTEC Media - BTEC National Diploma
AS Media - A Level

2. Mathematics - GCSE
Media - GCSE
English Language - GCSE
Computing - GCSE A
INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
I have a keen interest in photography. In my first year of college I Studied photography
and was immediately hooked onto it. I bought my own DSLR camera, lenses, other
equipment and accessories and still use a majority of the money I earn on adding to my
equipment. More specifically I like to do landscape photography with a keen interest to
learn about night photography. I enjoy creating time-lapse images using long exposures
and collating the images on Photoshop to create a sense of time on a still image. I have
created some work that I have been paid for previously, for example I have taken photos
of local family companies that have been started up and they used me to take the images
to use on their either websites or leaflets to publicise their brand. Moreover I was used as
a second wedding photographer for a close family member alongside an actual wedding
photographer, who I leant a lot from just watching and seeing how she moved, how she
framed shots and what kits they used. For college I was also asked to photograph an
event at Dukinfield town hall for a Nurse group which involved taking candid photos of
families and workers aswell as portrait photos of some of the people who attended and
cover the event for their online marketing. I also took all the images and edited them in
my own time after college whilst I was also working for units for college during the day. I
edited the photos on Lightroom, I know how to use lightroom through different tutorials
on the internet that started me off and then I learnt myself the mechanics of the program
by trial and error and overall experience. I also Know how to use Adobe Photoshop. I use
Photoshop to design and make a poster for one of my college units, in which I used a
photo as the background and overlayed foreground graphics to make a music festival
poster and a snack menu, but for batch image editing where I am editing soley the image,
I prefer to use Adobe Lightroom. I also have experience on Adobe Fireworks to make
graphics for a video unit for my early development of Video Making at College. recently, I
have tried my hand at Videography as well as Photography. This is a new world for me
because the scope of difference between filming and photo taking is a whole different
type. However being enrolled on the Level 3 BTEC Media course I have already learnt a lot
in a short little time which is down to my eagerness to learn in this subject area. So far in
my first year I have created a 30 Second Advert, a Corporate Video and a Music Video. Of
which I directed and filmed all of them except one, as I directed and acted in it and relied
on peers to support me through my unit. All of my Videos were graded at Distinction and
received, positive feedback from teachers regarding their thoughts and possible
improvements., , Aside from Photography with it being my main topic of interest and
something that I do a lot in my spare time, I also like to occupy myself with sport,
physical fitness and watching football. Being an avid fan of Manchester United, I often find
myself going to every home match with a handful of away trips. I even at times take my
camera with me to try and take photos in the ground and get some candid fan shots, of
things that professional photographers cannot get. ,

3. REFERENCES
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