Second year A level Photography student Amy Walsh is celebrating after winning first place in a national photography competition, run by Discover the World.
The competition invited students to submit photographs that had been taken during study trips, capturing on camera memorable moments, awesome landscapes and quirky aspects of the new and different surroundings and cultures they encountered.
Amy was awarded the top prize for her stunning shot taken on the black sands of Vik beach while on an A level Geography field trip in June, and was commended for the outstanding level of professionalism and creativity it exhibited.
Amy said she was motivated to enter the competition in order to achieve something towards her photography passion, in particular her love for landscape photography and appreciation of dynamic angles and contrasting colours, and to put into practice the techniques she had learnt in her lessons.
Reflecting on her winning piece, Amy said: “I loved the way the black sand contrasted with the pure blue water slowly creeping in. The shot was taken from a low angle which made an interesting focus on the foreground and just made the image a little different.”
She added that the tuition received during her Photography A level at Brock stood her in good stead to achieve such impressive results: “I have learnt many techniques through studying on this course; I could control the aperture, ISO and therefore exposure instead of just using auto. I had also learnt about dynamic angles and how to take a picture that is different from a standard 'holiday snap'. It is because of the A level that I had learnt how to make use of all the functions of my camera - it makes such a difference to the end result.”