On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Paul Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I understand and agree, mixing styles was something that we were advised about, but I don't think that I've found a dominant style to my portraits yet. I get bored with a single look too. > > 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. They were projected for the club, but I tried to work the order in a way that made sense. The general progression is from young to old. I also tried to group the scenes and styles together. Beach with beach, B&W together, even the direction of the main lighting. I knew that the pictures wouldn't be printed or go in a book, but I did try to group them as if they would be. > > 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. > Thank you for the thoughts. This was the first time I've ever tried to put together a collection like this and it was tougher than I thought it might be. Many of these were also pulled from my existing files, and not purpose shot for the portfolio. > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
