Monday, 15 April 2013

NC - Portfolio Development


NC Photography
Portfolio Development
Assessment

For assessment of the Portfolio Development Unit, create and present two portfolios of photographs, with an evaluation of the portfolios.
Assessment hand-in – May 31
We will have a final class crit and presentation of these at the end of term.


Here's the good news: If you have been taking part in the NC Photography course, you will have already been producing and presenting portfolios of your photographs.
For example, the Pressure Project, the Winter Light project, the Higher project crits, and a folio for HNC interview.
You will also be producing a folio of Creative Image Making Techniques too.
When a photographer prepares a portfolio, they need to decide:

·      Who is the audience
·      What is that audience interested in
·      How many pictures to include
·      What kind of pictures to include
·      What order to put them in
·      How big to print them
·      How to print them
·      How to present them
·      How much will it cost
·      Where to find the materials
·      What do other photographers do
To complete this for assessment, you need to prepare two folios and think about some of these questions.


Create an evaluation document and include it with your portfolios.
Answer these points:
What crits and presentations did you actively take part in, by showing and discussing your work?
Describe the portfolios that you have created.
Describe two different audiences for these portfolios, eg external assessor, HNC interview, class colleagues.
What are you trying to show to the different audiences? What do they need to see?
How many pictures have you included, and what decisions did you make about quantity, order, style of picture.
If you have shown a portfolio to an audience, would you make any changes to the folio eg reduce the number, change the order, change the print size?
How did you print and present your portfolio?
Describe an alternative method of preparing a portfolio eg Blurb book, Loxley print and folio, DS colour labs, Silverprint, a slideshow
How much does it cost to create two different styles of portfolio?
Show examples of portfolio solutions from photographers like Brooks Jensen or from suppliers eg Printspace, Spectrum, Loxleys, Shortcourses.com
How does your folio and photography compare to the folio you brought to NC interview last year?

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