Interesting, my complaint with the set was the lack of diversity. David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote:
>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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
