Use Projects to Build Photography Portfolios
Posted: February 13, 2018
Becoming a photographer involves progression through three stages, from the interest in getting started to becoming a master of the art. The mastery step usually includes building your portofolio. Rather than focus on single images, you should consider working on projects instead. Using projects forces you to think of images as part of a collection, rather than individually and can really help improve your photography skills.
Mark C. Hughes, writer for Digital Photograpy School, shares how using photography projects can build your portfolio.
Your development as a photographer can be seen as progressing through three stages: initial interest in taking photographs, development of skill, and mastery of the medium. As part of the third stage, photographic projects build your portfolio because they make you think in bigger terms. They force you to create images that flesh out a concept or theme in a way that creates a collection and a body of work.
These types of projects move you from making standalone images to creating a series of images that complete a broader vision.
Why a project?
Once you have moved on from taking pictures of your pets, flowers, and kids, you will likely want to learn how to improve your technique in order to capture and produce better images. Developmental projects can propel you forward. There are lots of this type of project (52-week challenges, 365-day challenges, or an A-Z project) that help you improve your skill by stretching as a photographer.
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