How do you choose?

[AnneWynne]

How do you choose which photos you put in your online portfolio? The private galleries are easy, just post all of the good ones and let the clients order what they want.

But I am having a hard time sorting through the stacks of photos I have to come up with good, representative portfolio galleries (one for kids, one for infants, one for portraits, one for music, etc.)

How many photos do you choose for a public gallery? How often do you change them for others photos? How many photos of the same subject do you use in your public galleries?

Decisions, decisions!

Anne

[Ozscot]

If the site itself was being used to generate sales - I'd take the best representative samples you have in each catgeory and limit yourself to those. I guess what I'm saying is that if a potential client is looking for someone to take a photograph of a bowl of Oranges and you only have a bowl of cherries in your portfolio then it's no big deal - they'll see how competent you are with light, focus, composition and creativity from your bowl of cherries - and that's what they are looking for and will ask if you can do oranges.

That is if I'm understanding what you are setting up properly?

Good luck!

Oz

[maritimer]

Use your friends and your family. Take, what you think, are your best images and show them to friends and family. The ones that people consistently comment on or say they like go in.

Sometimes photographers forget ( especially when trying to sell images ) that not everyone sees what the photographer sees. It's hard to judge what Joe Public will like for photos as you, the photographer, are too close to your own work. It is best sometimes to let others pick your best shots for you... that way you have a better guide as to what Joe and Jane Public might be interested in.

just my 2 cents