The Visual Diary is a hugely important element of the photography course, and for you as you develop your photography skills. We’ve put together 10 top tips to help guide you through getting started with your diary.
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Use software that you are familiar with, such as MS Word, when getting started with your Visual Diary.
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Use your Visual Diary to document your personal development by including things such as the processes you use, your methodology, your strengths, any challenges, frustrations and your successes.
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There are certain criteria and information that you are required to include in your Visual Diary, make sure you include these.
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As well as written entries, include lots of images and set-up your page in landscape orientation to properly display these images.
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Write your entries as often as you can and as soon after the experience as you can, so that you can remember all the detail.
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Use your smartphone, or applications such as Evernote or Pocket, to take notes of things you see, or observations your make, while you are out and about.
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Take note of everything you learn while on a shoot and everything that inspires you in daily life, such as scenes from a movie or text from a book.
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Learn from your mistakes by including these in your Visual Diary.
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Organize the content of your Visual Diary in a chronological structure.
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Submit your Visual Diary as a PDF.
Before you know it, your Visual Diary will quickly become an important source of reference and inspiration to you as a photographer.
Do you have any other tips for getting started with your Visual Diary? To read a personal experience of using a Visual Diary, have a read of the blog post “The Visual Diary: Learn to Love it”.