After reading chapter 4 and various sections of A Guide to Preparing Your Portfolio, I learned that there are several ways for me to improve my portfolio as a whole and also specifically individual pieces.
To market your distinctive qualities and abilities, it is important to highlight the range of technical, creative and conceptual skills you possess (Bowstead 25). I feel that one of my strong areas is in Photo Manipulation or Photo Retouch. I am also learning more about photography as I create my projects. I realize that I need to highlight what I feel is my specialty as my portfolio deos not have a focus. I plan to focus more on Photo Retouch and Photography projects.
In photography, it is advisable to demonstrate a degree of consistency in terms of style and subject matter, both in order to maintain coherence in your portfolio and to allow editors and clients to develop a clear sense of your work and your capabilities (Bowstead 117). As I mentioned above, I feel that I need to demontrate a clear focus within my portfolio. With my photography and photo retouch projects, I also need to show more consistency in terms of style. I am not sure about subject matter as my subject matter changes based on how I feel about what I see. Perhaps I will focus on style and the subject matter will be manipulation, if this is correct.
I plan to improve "Soft Bull" and "Re-Touch" (which I will rename "Auntie Re-Touch"). Both are photographs. I took "Soft Bull" and "Auntie Re Touch" is an old photo I was given and asked to re touch. I plan to enhance both of my photos in terms of color, balance, clarity and vibrance as well as add in type enhancement for one. I will also add background color to balance out the new type and or vibrant colors within the photo. I will also work toward creating a focus within my portfolio and presenting a clear sense of my capabilities within that focus.
Bowstead Jay M. A Guide To Preparing Your Portfolio: Contemporary Solutions. A & C Black Publishers Limited, London: 2011. Print.
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