Fin MacMillan

Technician DemonstratorMA, BA

Overview

Hello, I’m Fin – AUB’s lighting and studio specialist. Having completed AUB’s BA (Hons) Commercial Photography course, I started working as a Technician Demonstrator while studying for my Master’s degree.

I have always put a lot of time into my own commercial and art practice, having recently worked as a first assistant and digital operator on a six-day fashion shoot in India for Abu Jani Sandeep, and assisted on multiple film poster shoots (including Snow White and the Huntsman). Assisting is an amazing way of gaining experience and meeting other creatives and it is something I encourage our students to do.

As a photographer, I have shot at Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly Circus, and my documentary project Of Skin & Rock has taken me to France, Greece and (in the coming months) Switzerland.

Qualifications

MA Photography (Arts University Bournemouth)
BA (Hons) Commercial Photography (Arts University Bournemouth)

Teaching

Courses

Awards and Prizes

Notable awards/prizes

Entering competitions can give up and coming photographers amazing exposure and potentially funding for their practice, and this is something I encourage our students to do. I, myself, have had seven images shown in the Truman Brewery in London with the AOP (Association of Photographers).

Award Name	Date Awarded	Details
Association of Photographers Student Award Shortlist (x1 Single Image Entry – x2 Series Entries)	1 June 2022	The AOP Student Awards were established in the early 1980s, to recognise and highlight emerging photographic talent which existed in further education institutions across the UK. Many of the AOP Student Awards winners go on to become discovery winners as assisting photographers and then as professional photographers for our AOP Photography Awards, as we pride ourselves on nurturing talented photographers throughout their career.
AUB Graduate School Award Prize Winner	7 September 2023
Blackmore Vale Art Cup Winner	16 June 2018