I think the individual images are just fine, it is just that they are all very different. A portfolio needs to feel cohesive, and there is more to it than just the subject matter. Your portfolio has colour and monochrome, verticals and horizontals, square and rectangular crops, closeups and full length, dark backgrounds and light backgrounds. There is nothing wrong with mixing styles in a portfolio, but as much as possible you should try and harmonise things. If most of your portfolio has one look and an image departs from that look you have to justify it being there.
How are you displaying it? If they are mounted prints then format may be more of an issue than mono vs colour. If it is to be projected then the reverse might be true. For projection the order is really important too, since the viewer might not be able to back and forth as they please (i.e. if shown to a group of people). For mounted prints the order is still important, but you might want to start and finish with strong images, or have contrasting images side by side. Don't think i'm the expert however, it is just that this is what I am learning in my photo course and it is still very fresh in my mind. I have just started second year and will have to hand in two printed portfolios by mid-year, all shot from scratch, and I only have half an idea for one of them. Good luck with it, Paul On 04/02/2012, at 12:07 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On 2/3/2012 4:55 PM, David Parsons wrote: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157629121933767/ >> >> My camera club has been doing something new since last year. We've >> been working on portfolios. It's a tough challenge because some of my >> favorite shots were winnowed out because they just didn't fit with the >> theme, in my case portraiture. >> >> I don't have a huge library of portraits, but I have enough to make it >> difficult to decide which ones to include. It also re-affirmed my >> feeling that portraiture is where the majority of my growth will be >> over the next several years. It is my goal to eventually have a >> studio doing portraiture, but I have plenty of time for that. > > I can see a definite progression in your work. You started out with the key > light on the right, and then moved it to the left. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (from dos4est) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
