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Comments on: Portfolios http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/ "A fashion picture is a portrait, just as a portrait is a fashion picture." - Irving Penn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jon-Paul Mountford: http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-776 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:09:43 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-776 @.10 Thank's for the advise re:"keep it seperate" I whittled my book down to what I considered my best pieces. So I have about 21 sleeves with about 29 images (do the math). I had difficulty figuring what should face certian images - solution - a blank page? I guess not. One of the phrases that was hammered into me as an assistant was, "show 5 great images rather 25 average". Now I could cover every surface in the book quite easily, but I've seen the speed ArtDir's go throught a book and didn't want "pad" the folio just for the sake of filling white space. @.10

Thank’s for the advise re:”keep it seperate”

I whittled my book down to what I considered my best pieces.
So I have about 21 sleeves with about 29 images (do the math).
I had difficulty figuring what should face certian images - solution - a blank page? I guess not.

One of the phrases that was hammered into me as an assistant was, “show 5 great images rather 25 average”.
Now I could cover every surface in the book quite easily, but I’ve seen the speed ArtDir’s go throught a book and didn’t want “pad” the folio just for the sake of filling white space.

]]> by: avs http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-775 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:00:46 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-775 Natasha, you can have the prints double sided. but there aren't many alternatives to sleeves of some sort. some people like loose prints in a box but i'm no t a huge fan of that as your main portfolio. Natasha,

you can have the prints double sided. but there aren’t many alternatives to sleeves of some sort. some people like loose prints in a box but i’m no t a huge fan of that as your main portfolio.

]]> by: avs http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-774 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:58:45 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-774 JPM keep it separate. you had a lot of plain pages in your book? JPM

keep it separate.

you had a lot of plain pages in your book?

]]> by: Natasha Mygdal http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-770 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:10:34 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-770 Hi all, im confused, just in the process of selecting a portfolio, what alternatives are there as oppose to sleves...? Hi all, im confused, just in the process of selecting a portfolio, what alternatives are there as oppose to sleves…?

]]> by: Jon-Paul Mountford http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-719 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:57:35 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-719 For a time I worked for a photographer who had a brass folio - spiral bound through laminated pages - big brass and copper box (sharp edges) to carry it in, lovely aged leather handles. It was a beautiful thing, but this does lead me to the analogy of getting a fabulously wrapped gift, then present itself is an anticlimax. As far as construction goes, mine is a plain old brown leather embossed name jobby. I did have an agent once say to me that it was almost unthinkable to show anybody the book whilst I was using sleeve’s. This got me riled because I'm showing my pictures and not how much I can spend on packaging. However the plain page thing was a surprise, I shall have to reassess my book immediately. I have about 25 sleeves some are DP’s most are not. And just to make things even more confusing. I have separate books for different things, I have no artsy conceptual landscape work in the 11x14 portrait book. and I have no editorial straight portrait type work in the 14x11 landscape book. Is this a mistake? should I mix it all together claim " hey I actually shoot everything"?. For a time I worked for a photographer who had a brass folio - spiral bound through laminated pages - big brass and copper box (sharp edges) to carry it in, lovely aged leather handles. It was a beautiful thing, but this does lead me to the analogy of getting a fabulously wrapped gift, then present itself is an anticlimax.

As far as construction goes, mine is a plain old brown leather embossed name jobby. I did have an agent once say to me that it was almost unthinkable to show anybody the book whilst I was using sleeve’s. This got me riled because I’m showing my pictures and not how much I can spend on packaging.
However the plain page thing was a surprise, I shall have to reassess my book immediately. I have about 25 sleeves some are DP’s most are not.

And just to make things even more confusing.
I have separate books for different things, I have no artsy conceptual landscape work in the 11×14 portrait book. and I have no editorial straight portrait type work in the 14×11 landscape book.

Is this a mistake? should I mix it all together claim ” hey I actually shoot everything”?.

]]> by: BeJay.org » Portfolio woes. http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-717 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:48:31 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-717 [...] I have just finished reading a few blog entries from avisualsociety and jackanory about what not to do with a portfolio.  I really wish they (and the commenters) would give real suggestions on how to make a presentable portfolio.  [...] […] I have just finished reading a few blog entries from avisualsociety and jackanory about what not to do with a portfolio.  I really wish they (and the commenters) would give real suggestions on how to make a presentable portfolio.  […]

]]> by: A Photo Editor - The Book AKA The Portfolio http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-713 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:47:34 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-713 [...] The Agent at AVS (here) weighs in on the important issue of portfolios (So did Jackanory (here) but his is more about your style of photography) and I couldn’t agree more with all the points made. He mentions a massive heavy portfolio that was making the rounds awhile back that everyone remembers but no one seems to recall what was on the inside plus it always makes me think when a book is really over the top that someone is compensating for something. [...] […] The Agent at AVS (here) weighs in on the important issue of portfolios (So did Jackanory (here) but his is more about your style of photography) and I couldn’t agree more with all the points made. He mentions a massive heavy portfolio that was making the rounds awhile back that everyone remembers but no one seems to recall what was on the inside plus it always makes me think when a book is really over the top that someone is compensating for something. […]

]]> by: Erica Chadwick http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-712 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:21:13 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-712 I'm a fan of the BIG portfolios. But if you're going to go big, have a minimum number of prints inside (30 or less), ditch the sleeves, and it has to be a traditional book. No locks or chains or any of that. In general- getting rid of sleeves is a step in the right direction (although it makes last minute edits impossible). I hate the reflections of the sleeve messing with the image underneath it. I’m a fan of the BIG portfolios. But if you’re going to go big, have a minimum number of prints inside (30 or less), ditch the sleeves, and it has to be a traditional book. No locks or chains or any of that. In general- getting rid of sleeves is a step in the right direction (although it makes last minute edits impossible). I hate the reflections of the sleeve messing with the image underneath it.

]]> by: Donald Giannatti http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-710 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:06:10 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-710 This is such a valuable post. Thanks for the insight. I am working on getting back in the game and have been trying to think of how to stand out. (A mane of silver hair aint gonna do it on its own.). You have given shape to my next step. cheers This is such a valuable post. Thanks for the insight. I am working on getting back in the game and have been trying to think of how to stand out. (A mane of silver hair aint gonna do it on its own.). You have given shape to my next step.

cheers

]]> by: Christopher Bush http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-709 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:20:53 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/11/19/portfolios/#comment-709 Thanks for this. I'm often concerned that my book just isn't cool enough, but I'll stick with the black leather for now! Thanks for this. I’m often concerned that my book just isn’t cool enough, but I’ll stick with the black leather for now!

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