IMPROVING YOUR PORTFOLIO

BUILD DEPTH AROUND FOCUSED THEMES TO CREATE A BROAD BODY OF WORK

As a teacher, I am often asked by students how they can improve. I repeatedly address their goal from various angles in my writings.

One obvious answer for us all is to improve our technique, such as our use of composition and light. Another method for improvement that is not often mentioned is to develop greater depth to our work. While I am fundamentally a “less is more” kind of guy, having a lot of really good photographs is a great thing. When it comes to portfolios, a large, high-quality set of images gives you more options for presentation and marketing.

For example, if you were to print up some of your portfolio images as a small set of notecards, ...

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