Comments on: Creating a photography portfolio

By: serene

serene — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:47:05 +0000

Hi, thanks for this great piece. I just wanna ask – how many of you guys actually namestamp your photography work? I’m currently a student and I’m using tumblr to create my portfolio. That makes my work pretty easy to ‘reblog’. I’m not sure if I should namestamp my work now because I don’t usually believe in doing so.

By: mira bischoff

mira bischoff — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:15:49 +0000

thanks for the great advice, this is a great article to help me to starting my first Photography portfolio.

By: Ashley Nicole Farris

Ashley Nicole Farris — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:14:59 +0000

I have just applied to The Art Instite and I have to turn in a Portfolio of my work with a theme. I have no idea of the theme I could do with flowers and animals…. Is there any way I could tie them in together??? PLEASE HELP

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:21:33 +0000

tHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIPS, IVE BEEN MEAN TO PUT ONE TOGETHER FOR AGES!

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By: Gabrielle Hewitt

Gabrielle Hewitt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:09 +0000

this article has helped me a tad more than the collage open day did… i wanna do photography in collage but diddnt take GCSE art in school and the collage told me to do a portfolio… it would help if i know what to do it on or even what one was… but i shant give up i hope to do photography and be good at it ..

By: harmohit

harmohit — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:11:02 +0000

Hey!
This article is really informative and helped me chop off many misconceptions i had regarding makin one’s portfolio.I was planning to emphasize more on quantity rather than quality, but as stated it is completely the flip side of it!
I better start working on the same!
Thanks again:)

By: ricardo Rampersadsingh

ricardo Rampersadsingh — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:16:51 +0000

this post was very helpful thanks lots, im much more confident…

By: Haje Jan Kamps

Haje Jan Kamps — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:30:55 +0000

Your portfolio should show off what you do; if you don’t do colour, then of course, don’t put colour in there!

By: walter chinchilla

walter chinchilla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:50:20 +0000

just wanted to know can a portfolio just be black and white pictures? Or is that not enough diversity.

By: Bob Leishman

Bob Leishman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:38:51 +0000

Thank you. This primed the idea pump. Now that I’m running out of excuses, I guess I’d best get started.

By: mridulraj m

mridulraj m — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:46:24 +0000

thanks…
i got the answers for my questions

By: Truong

Truong — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:02:49 +0000

hey,
i have done alot of good portraits shots and im ready to make a portofio
i just need some pointers about it and
what my theme is.

By: darkdarkdark

darkdarkdark — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:51:53 +0000

Really great advice, thank you so much. if you can check out some of my stuff! http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkdarkdark

By: adri

adri — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:07:20 +0000

very good info. especially for students going to college[like myself] and in need of help making a portofio :)

By: autumn

autumn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:46:19 +0000

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By: Stuvert Clement

Stuvert Clement — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:56:06 +0000

Great advice and thanks a lot.

By: Tommy Peterson

Tommy Peterson — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:03:01 +0000

very good information here. I’m glad i found this article. it makes sense and is very insightful. thank you so much!

By: Jonn McJones

Jonn McJones — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:47:47 +0000

Thanks you for publishing such great and insightful advice. As a professional in my photography class i feel as if I have learnt alot, and that my photographic career just took another step, toward being famous, thanks to your articles! As a young photographer I feel it is our duty to be redy to take the great photoes and make the great portfolios of this generation, and as they say, with great education comes great portfolios!!! I even recommended this site to my colleegues and classmates, and they loved it HEAPS! My teacher gave my 20% in my exma thanks to your education, and i coulnd’yt of done it without this site!
I devolped a love for photography when I was young, just like a plant and this site was my rain, and my sunlight. Myabe one day I’ll be a massive ‘beanstalk”, in photographyy!

So, thank you!
Jonn Mc Jones

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:34:18 +0000

Thanks for the advice. I love taking pictures and I am considering going back to school for photography, but didn’t have any idea how to go about creating a photography portfolio. Thanks again, you make easier for me to start.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:27:29 +0000

clear, concise and practical advice–now I know what direction to move toward

By: heather

heather — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:59:52 +0000

this is great advice, thanks. i have to go through and start to develop some sort of portfolio before i can get into any college photography program. i didn’t even know where to start, but now i have some sort of idea.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:45:02 +0000

thanks so much!! i’m switching into the journalism side of photography and was unsure of any changes in presentation i should consider and you nailed it!!

By: Haje Jan Kamps

Haje Jan Kamps — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:56:39 +0000

Removing the F-word? But I like the F-word!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:35:41 +0000

Great article – you should probably remove the f-word though.

As mentioned above, photobox is quite a good call for photo books. For preparing your online portfolio / galleries I’ve found two useful bits of software. Arles (http://www.digitaldutch.com/arles/) and photoshop.
Examples of use:
Arles
http://www.photoready.co.uk/people-life/
http://www.cilco.co.uk/stock-photos/
Photoshop
http://www.highton-ridley.co.uk/mono/

By: Tiffani

Tiffani — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:06:03 +0000

Hi, my name is Tiffani. I am 15 yrs. old and I am an aspiring photographer. I was wondering if you could give me any advice on digital photography. If you’d like to take a peek at my photos please E-mail me at feelthepressure@mchsi.com.
Thank You,
Tiffani

By: David

David — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:18:52 +0000

Good info on creating a portfolio. Thanks.

By: Antoine J. Lackland II

Antoine J. Lackland II — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:52:25 +0000

In the comment above, I want to use digital manipulations for backgrounds, instead of back drops.

By: Antoine J. Lackland II

Antoine J. Lackland II — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:47:48 +0000

Do anyone of any websites that teaches simple “photoshopping” or digital manipulations techniques. I’m a business student who is also a photographer for the school newspaper tryin to learn new techniques for models who want me to work on their portfolio.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:00:26 +0000

Hi Kirsty – I’ve used photobox (no connection) successfully just recently. They allow you to upload photos and create a photobook of up to 50 pages.

Cheers from the UK :)