I needed to earn some money to fund my gap year before going off to university. My hobby is photography and I have been able to do several photography jobs through studentgems.


This image is part of a family commission I did by the River Thames.

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“Before uni I was really worried about debt, so I tried to think of ways to cut costs, I realised that while I couldn’t avoid certain expenses, I could get a job. I thought I’d earn more using my sewing and costume design skills, and knew it would be more useful for my future career too. I want to make costumes in film and theatre.

I put up pictures of outfits I’d made and that led to two big jobs: making a wedding dress, and creating life-size tomato and banana costumes for a publishing company on a book tour. I was paid £600 for the dress and £300 for the two costumes.”