My first week of photojournalism got off to an unfortunate start, after contracting norovirus over the weekend it meant I missed out in participating with the first Photojournalism lecture and subsequently the first opportunity to complete the workshop task.
Given the intensity of the last term on the course, my focus was elsewhere in the following weeks and therefore meant I was delayed in creating a story around Leeds and catching up on the missed task.
However, this delay gave me time to consider options for alternative and exciting stories, and one that seemed to have real potential presented itself.
I was able to pick a good day and considering the lighting available got a fairly good first shot of the Marks and Spencer entrance way on Briggate Street. I was then also lucky enough to be able to be present alongside taking place of some protests within the store. An employee named Amana was tasked with helping customers if they needed any assistance getting items from shelves and so I asked her for her opinion on the situation and that is how the story came to be.
Overall I am happy with how my 200 word piece ended up, despite some delays it meant that I was still able to put together something even better than if I had perhaps just done it on the day.
Photographic Journalism 