Impressions from FotoFest
by Jonathan Blaustein My feature articles run long. Have you noticed? If it’s not a book review, you can count on me to get verbose and intricate. Conversely, I also love to rebel. So let this be the first brief feature piece, a quick recap of my time at FotoFest (Session 3) this past March....
Review: 500px
Hello friends! Several readers have asked recently what site I would recommend for hosting photography portfolios. This is geared specifically for the folks that don’t have the knowledge to create their own website, or the money to hire a website designer. I find 500px to be an excellent resource for posting and sharing photographs, as...
How To Make a Kickass Portfolio: chasejarvis LIVE Re-Watch with Allegra Wilde
In case you missed our December 6th episode of Chase Jarvis LIVE, it was all about the portfolio. We had Allegra Wilde, visual strategist and co-founder of eyeist.com on the show, talking about common mis-steps and some of the best ways for your work to get noticed. She even gave us a quick portfolio review...
chasejarvis LIVE [Tues Dec 6]: Your Portfolio Is Your Most Important Asset
UPDATE: if you’re reading this post now…The Portfolio Edition of #cjLIVE with Allegra Wilde is TODAY 11:00 Seattle Time, 2pm NYC, 19:00 London! You can also win a portfolio review from one of the world’s best… _______ Don’t miss, details below.Please mark your calendar, tell your friends, and join me Tuesday, December 6th [details below]...
Get Your Portfolio On
The proliferation and acceptance of iPads as photographer portfolios is a great thing. Not only is it inexpensive compared to printed books, you can include motion and depth on subjects that your client may be interested in. That being said, the printed book is still a source of familiarity for those in the hiring position...
How to Go About Editing Your Portfolio
Photographer Zack Arias has written up a lengthy and insightful post detailing how he goes about updating and editing his portfolio: Here begins the process of lining up your children and, ummmm, figuring out which ones you love more than the others. This begins the painful process. It’s painful to not only choose but if...
Portfolio Bootcamp
September 23 – 24 Santa Fe’s, CENTER has a retreat-style workshop called portfolio bootcamp that I will be participating in. This is a weekend intensive workshop aimed at photographers of all levels who want to get their portfolios in great shape. If this interests you go here for more information on the event including a...
Building an Awe-Inspiring Online Portfolio in 5 Easy Steps
Building a portfolio is easy. There are hundreds of free tools available that allow you to throw together a few photographs, and use that to show your work to potential customers. The hard part is making it good. A great portfolio does more than just showcase your work. It converts visitors from lookers into paying...
How To Make Your Portfolio Better Than Your Competitions
Competition is fierce in the world of photography. One of the driving factors in creating a successful business is having a dynamite portfolio. Yet what should you put into a portfolio to make it different from your competition? And not just different, one that stands miles above the crowd, and says “I’m the one” over...
Video Embedded in a Printed Portfolio
In the boring old past, printed portfolios were a great way of showing off your still photographs, but any video you also wanted to show off had to be included and viewed separately from the main portfolio. Now, new technology is allowing photographers to embed video right into their portfolios, with a small LCD screen...
Real Secrets Behind Building A Strong And Successful Portfolio
Over on Monaco Reps new Look Here blog there’s an interview with Claudia Monaco on the real secrets behind strong portfolios. I’ve pulled my favorite bits to whet your appetite, but you’ve got to read the whole thing (here).
I prefer to have at least 200 images to work with when I’m putting together a portfolio.
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