Sofia has spent the last three years refining her practical photography skills as part of her degree, but it was her involvement in the Sports Media Program during her time at RMIT which has set her up for a successful career.
The Sports Media Program gives students the opportunity to make media with a variety of RMIT Sport and Fitness teams and clubs as well getting involved with RMIT Sport events.
For Sofia, this meant working up close and personal with the Big V, RMIT’s Men and Women Basketball teams, before continuing to work for RMIT after her client-centred class had finished.
“Over the last three years I have taken classes that involve practical skills of photography such as learning about lighting and developing IT skills," she said.
"In year two of my studies things started changing for me.”
Introduction to the Big V
During the second year of her degree, Sofia would step outside of her comfort zone, taking on a volunteer client-centred course where she first linked up with RMIT Sport via the Sports Media Program.
It was here where she began working with the Big V, both photographing events as well as running the Big V Instagram account.
“I primarily started by capturing University Basketball League (UBL) games and then moved on to shooting Big V games, which were held at The Web (RMIT’s Basketball Stadium at Bundoora).”
“A stand-out event I shot early on in my experience would have to be the Slam Dunk event that was held on A’Beckett Court,” she said.
“I remember getting there and seeing all of the people in the crowd, the atmosphere was crazy and then when the athletes started dunking it was unlike anything I had photographed before.”