Portfolios

Mary Sparrow · 03-20-2005, 11:14 AM

What does your portfolio look like? I would love to see images of how everyone has theirs put together.

Chris, I remember at some point you saying you bought a professional wedding album? Do you, or anyone, recommend a good place to order these? I have been looking around online and the sticker shock about knocked me over.

Michele Rushworth · 03-20-2005, 11:56 AM

Photograpers supply houses would be a good bet, but yes, they are well over a hundred dollars, aren't they?

Mary Sparrow · 03-20-2005, 12:03 PM

Yes, well over a hundred is an understatement in many instances. I'm not sure I understand why they are so expensive. What does yours look like, Michelle?

Michele Rushworth · 03-20-2005, 12:20 PM

I don't have the fanciest kind, though I think it's time for me to upgrade.

The portfolio I've been using for the past couple of years is a black leather (or something that looks like it) photo album. It's 12" x 12" and has removable pages so I can put more or fewer images in as I need.

Michele Rushworth · 03-20-2005, 12:21 PM

Oh, and it cost me only about $30, at an art supply/frame store.

Leslie Ficcaglia · 03-20-2005, 12:30 PM

I use a miniportfolio that I can carry in my purse; it holds thirty-six 4x6" photos, and it includes the sequence from block-in to finished painting that I have on my website on the "Process" page. It's been a very useful marketing tool. I also send people who approach me first by phone to my website, which functions as an online portfolio. And if people actually come to my studio I have both copies and originals of my work all over the walls.