Monbulk College’s Jayden Faull shows off his
By Tania Martin
JAYDEN Faull’s stark close-up of an ant has paid off.
The Monbulk College student was recently named the youth prize winner of the Performing And Visual arts in Emerald (PAVE) festival photographic exhibition.
The budding snapper was one of 37 entrants in the youth section.
Exhibition co-ordinator Sue Clisby said the quality of entrants this year had been amazing.
She said the youth entrants were comparable to the adults and that no concessions were made as far as judging the winners.
“We saw some really fresh ideas from the youth sections that even inspired a few of the adults,” Ms Clisby said.
She said Jayden had risen above a strong field of contenders with far more experience with a camera.
The Year 9 student was pitted against snappers ranging in age up to 21 years.
Ms Clisby said Jayden had impressed the judges with his ability to wait for that perfect shot.
“He would have had to get down on the ground and wait for the ant to do what he wanted it to do which showed perseverance,” she said.
Jayden took the close-up of the ant as part of his photography class.
“We were working on composition and I wanted to follow the ant to see how it came up,” he said.
In his first photography exhibition, Jayden never expected to take out the top prize.
Ms Clisby said she hoped Jayden continues to nurture his passion. “We hope this award encourages him to keep going,” she said.
Jayden intends to do just that.
“I just love taking photos and hope to become a sports photographer,” he said.
