Create a Great Photography Portfolio

Posted: August 18, 2015

A portfolio is a necessary to showcase photography skills, and impress potential clients. It's a must-have asset for any photographer. One secret helps you put together a portfolio that truly shows your best work.

John McIntire, writer for Digital Photography School, shares how to create a photography portfolio.

The Secret to Great Photography Portfolio

If you’ve been around the photography world for a short time, you probably have at least a basic grasp of the technical skills. You know how to manipulate depth of field with aperture, where to focus in a portrait, and how to compensate your exposure for extremes in shadows and highlights. Even knowing things like that, you’ve probably stumbled across some incredible portfolios or magazine spreads and asked, “How did they do that?” Or even “What’s their secret?” The secret to a great photography portfolio is simple. It isn’t even a secret at all, although it’s not often talked about in photography communities. Simply put, the secret is: Master the technical skills until they’re automatic, then go out and endlessly make photographs, a lot of photographs. Only a handful should ever be shown to anyone. Photography is easy; at least the technical side. Yes, that’s a quite a contentious statement, but I’m not the one who said it. Read the entire article The Secret to Great Photography Portfolio on Digital Photography School.