We had a guest speaker, Paul Ritchard, give us a talk about the importance of giving yourself enough time to shoot as more often that not you’ll discover or think of something that was completely unplanned ends up being the best part of your work. He continued to explain the serendipitous nature of shooting, and how the “happy accidents” of discovering new and exciting things due to something else being unavailable. We finished the lecture with a documentary on internet security called “The Cost of Free”. I thought this was rather fascinating to watch because it definitely relates to us as a society. We need to be more aware of with the rise of the internet and how powerful it is because we rely on it in our daily lives rather heavily. This idea that our data and internet search history is sold to advertisers is one I have very conflicted views about. Personally, I want my privacy in how I use the internet and go on about my day-to-day life. It’s as if I’ve got eyes on me at all times, but at the same time, having specific adverts targeted at me because of the things I search isn’t that bad (just in case, I want to purchase that item again) but the fact that my information being seen by large companies is unsettling.