Updated Portfolio Images

Inorder to develop my professional photography career I decided to work upon one of my initial PDP goals of updating my portfolio. This is something that I have need to do for nearly 3 years, the content of my previous portfolio was not up to the professional standard that I believe I need in the industry. Almost any employer will expect a professional looking portfolio, not just that they expect that but I will get more jobs/ commissions from having a better portfolio. This will be one of my next PDP goals because I believe that it will benefit me greatly in the future. 

After taking notes in a workshop which focussed on forming a professional standard portfolio I consciously decided that I would research into possible new portfolios online as well as experimenting with different presentations of my images.

I chose to focus my portfolio on one series of work that I have been focussing on recently, the "Praise of Engineers" series. This is a great way to begin to develop my own presentational style for my images. The final set of A3 photographs was made up of 5 individual portraits of engineers. From revisiting my previous portfolio in a "unprofessional" black carry case I decided to make some aesthetic changes starting with the carry case. In the workshop I noted down that most people in the photographic industry expect a box portfolio. Although I do believe it depends on what the subjects/ reasoning behind a photograph depends upon how you present them I decided that the box portfolio would be the best and most suitable way for me to show my photographs. I loved the way that each image is lifted out of the black box and the person handling the image feels an initial connection with the print. It makes each image special and it is a beautiful way of presenting. Below are some images of my final prints and some images of my box portfolio.

I also decided that due to the prints that I chose to have being so expensive that I would provide two sets of white photographic gloves so that the prints don't get damaged.

My previous portfolio prints had a black boarder around each of the image and after some consultation and experimenting with my printing company I decided to change this to a white boarder. This gives for a more cleaner and beautiful look to each photograph. I also decided to make the boarder around each image smaller to simply frame each photograph instead of encase them with an inch boarder. 

I am now satisfied with the way that my new portfolio looks and I will continue to use this style/ look of prints in the future. I will continually update my portfolio.