London college of fashion BA fashion photography

I had a variety of work it wasn't just fashion photography to show that i am experimental and versatile. They asked me about some of my work and how i would cope with the academic structure and it was just like a general chat really.! x

i just received my offer today, how are you going guys?

I also received an offer!!! So excited!!!

Hi, sorry to bring up a relatively inactive thread, but this seems to be the most popular thread that I can find in terms of posts and different posters. So basically, I'm 19 and I've never really known what to do in my life, and leapfrogged from idea to idea without much conviction or strive to actually succeed. But now I've finally found photography and I love it. Before this I was going to do a fashion course and try to go down the fashion design route, so I thought I'd put my two passions together and pursue fashion photography. Now, as things currently stand, I'm still relatively new to photography, but I have a very good grasp of it. The main issue for me right now is that I don't really have anyone that can model for me, which is one reason I posted here. How did you guys get people to model for you? Just by asking friends? I'd do that but I don't really have any female friends to model for me....

Another issue is that, when I did my a levels, none of them were even remotely art based, is this a major issue when trying to do a course like the one offered at LCF? I know I'll have to do a foundation degree most likely, but will I even be able to get into that without any 'arty' a levels?

Finally, this may sound odd, but can you guys send me links to your portfolios? Just to get a rough idea of what kind of level I should be at when applying for fashion photography courses.

Not sure if anyone will read this, but I hope so! Thanks for reading.

Hi!
Thanks a lot for your reply, I was beginning to lose hope that anyone would see this haha. Thanks for the tip on shooting male models, I'll definitely think about doing that, first of all I'm going to start by doing some shoots with my sister and then from then I'll ask other family members. After that, I might delve into the world of Model Mayhem, although I've heard mixed reviews of using that site. The subjects I took at A Level were ridiculously unrelated to photography, which may mean i will have to take a foundation year, especially if I want to do a pure fashion photography course (due to the only london-based university being LCF, which is ridiculously competitive to get into). Although, that puts me in an awkward position because after the foundation year I'll be 21, meaning I'll have to apply as a mature student, which I have no idea how it affects funding and applying to university as universities only reserve a short amount of places for mature students?

Thanks again for your reply, where did you apply to do BA Photography? And would you mind sending me a PM to your portfolio?

Yeah I think I'm going to need to go down the model mayhem route soon, I'm in desperate need of models if I'm honest. Regarding universities, I haven't looked too much into the course outlines for anywhere other than LCF as I'm fairly sure I want to do fashion photography, and I'm not too sure how a normal photography BA will set me up for the fashion world, it's definitely something I need to look into and research a bit more. Unfortunately, I have left it too late for entry this September, so I'll have to apply this year for entry September 2016, although that's not necessarily a bad thing as I basically have no portfolio right now. Also as I didn't take any art based a levels I'll most likely have to do a foundation year which as I said leaves me sceptical about my chances of getting into a good uni after that year because I'll be 21 (mature student).

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I haven't done any arty a levels either but I did do textiles at GCSE and got a really good grade... would that be alright?

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What are you applying for?

completely unrelated but I'm applying for sociology. i was just wondering COULD i apply to fashion degree without the arty a levels?

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Oh... well a degree like Fashion design would probably need an art related A-level or art foundation, but something like Photography, they usually focus on the quality of your portfolio more

oh right, thanks for the advice

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not sure how it helps but no problem :P
Have you just finished your A-levels?

haha it did.
yeah I've finished but I'm taking a gap year. you?

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Oh cool, what will you do in your Gap Year?
I am just ending mine(gap year) so hopefully off to Uni in sept/Oct

I'm going to redo some exams & work so i have enough for uni. ah cool, what did you do in your gap year & what uni are you hoping to go to?

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Ah, I took some exams this year too and I did some internships, worked as a Photographer and built up my portfolio
Either Middlesex or Camberwell, what about you?

wow that's really good! how did you get an internship? haha your life is so planned out, mine is such a mess =.= I don't even know exactly what degree to do so i don't know what experience to gain :/ need to think it out.

oh that's nice!
I'm not sure about mine yet tbh

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