#1 (permalink)  
Old 04-20-2008, 12:36 AM
dPS Forum Member
  
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 209
Default Picking and Presenting your Portfolio...
Just curious about others here on the board about how they pick their shots for portfolio and present them?
I am in the process of building my portfolio and though I have many very good shots, Im having trouble figuring out what I should put into that select group and what to leave out. Im assuming you would only want 1-3 examples of certain styles and poses, am I correct in this thinking?
Also, what do you use to hold and present your portfolio? Anyone have great success with websites or have suggestions for good free sites to present on?
Thanks in advance for any help in the matter!
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 04-20-2008, 12:39 AM
Matthias099's Avatar
Aspiring to be an amateur
  
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston, TX (USA)
Posts: 864
Question Portfolios
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mamarazzi_2008 View Post
Just curious about others here on the board about how they pick their shots for portfolio and present them?
I am in the process of building my portfolio and though I have many very good shots, Im having trouble figuring out what I should put into that select group and what to leave out. Im assuming you would only want 1-3 examples of certain styles and poses, am I correct in this thinking?
Also, what do you use to hold and present your portfolio? Anyone have great success with websites or have suggestions for good free sites to present on?
Thanks in advance for any help in the matter!
That is a very good question. I am interested in that too. Also I would like to know if you have different portfolios for different occasions. For example, one for if you do weddings, one for if you do portraits or travel photography etc.
__________________
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FH20 | NIKON D80 gripped | Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D | Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX VRII |Speedlight SB-900 | Home made lightbox

flickr | Homepage! | PhotoShelter
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 04-20-2008, 12:51 AM
waffles's Avatar
Critique Moderator
  
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Rock Thrill
Posts: 1,950
Default
I'm of the opinion that you should have a sampler portfolio so that people can get an idea of everything that you can do. There will always be things that they'll see and want.

You should also have more specific portfolios. How you break those up depends on a lot of things. For example, if it was me trying to get myself work as a sports photographer I might have seperate portfolios for each sport.
__________________
Canon Rebel XT or Nikon Coolpix L3. Flickr | The Photo Blog | Radio | Blog

If you're going to edit, please make your edit private. I don't want my stuff floating around in other people's photostreams.

Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 04-20-2008, 12:59 AM
Nicole's Avatar
Super Fantastic Moderator
  
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Posts: 9,228
Default
I like this article about portfolios. It's a very interesting read
__________________
Nikon D90 | Sony NEX-3
Nikkor 18-55 | Nikkor 70-300 | Nikkor 50 f/1.4D | Lensbaby 2.0 | Nikkor 85 f/1.8D | Nikkor 105 f/2.8 VR | Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 | Nikkor 10.5 f/2.8 Fisheye | Sony 16 f/2.8 | Sony 18-55 | 2xSB600 | Orbis Ring Flash Adapter
My Flickr
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 04-20-2008, 01:02 AM
Major_Small's Avatar
dPS +1000 Club
  
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,572
Default
I don't have a permanent portfolio anymore. Any time I need one, I build a new one for whoever wants to see it. If I want an overall one, I just pick (what I think) are the best shots of each category I want to present.
__________________
Zooomr|Flickr|Big Stock Photo|dreamstime
All work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License unless otherwise noted. (meaning you can edit and repost my images unless I specifically ask you not to)
All post-processing done with The Gimp
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 04-20-2008, 02:20 AM
dPS Forum Member
  
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 209
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nicole View Post
I like this article about portfolios. It's a very interesting read
Thanks for the link! Its quite helpful!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

What’s Your Preference?

Daily Digest

Each day we send out a quick email to thousands of DPS readers to notify them of updates. This email is just short excerpt of the first few lines of our latest post with a link if you want to read it all. You can unsubscribe from this this service at any time.

This service is provided by a third party (Feedburner) and you can subscribe to it by leaving your email address in the following field and confirming your subscription when you get an email asking you to do so.

Enter your email address for
Daily Updates:

Weekly Summary

For those wanting a weekly summary of what happens on this site this free email newsletter is probably your best option. It includes a summary of the tips posted to the site each week. This newsletter is subscribed to by over 25000 readers (many who also subscribe to the other options above) - come join the community!

To subscribe to this weekly newsletter simply add your email address to the following field and then follow the confirmation prompts. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time.

Enter your email address for
Free Weekly Newsletter:

 
SEO by vBSEO 3.3.0