“There’s nothing I love better than photographing ants in the holidays” says UoN student Charlie!
Not everyone wants to lay back and relax in the holiday period. UoN student Charlie prefers working and challenging his skills in media production in his spare time. This of course means photographing all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures including ants!
Charlie is in his final year of completing a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Media Production. Even though he has three years of study up his sleeve, Charlie believes that work experience is one of the greatest ways to practice what you learn in class.
"The reason I chose Media Production is I want a career based on a hobby that I truly love to do. The holidays are good for downtime, but they’re also great for personal projects to learn new things and harness your skills. Every holiday period I give myself a 'holiday project', I've done short films, news programs, even maintained an entire radio station from my basement. Nothing beats photographing my ants though!" says Charlie.
Charlie’s hobby of photographing insects began when he was introduced to the world of pet ants. From then on he found the insect world inspiring and through the lens of his camera he was able to capture the extraordinary features that the naked eye just cannot pick up. Charlie now has an extensive gallery of insects of all shapes and sizes and is adding to it during these holidays.
When Charlie isn’t out and about searching for creatures great and small, he is either filming and editing videos at his part time job at the Uni or working with his friends in their media production business. Charlie and his team have created productions such as a ‘Planet Fitness’ advertisement and also a security video for the University.
Are you like Charlie continuously doing uni related hobbies? Or is the couch your new best friend in the holidays?
