Proud Photography Blog

When choosing a portfolio folder, presentation case or book, remember some important points; is it durable and strong? Does it look great and make you feel proud if it?  Is it the correct size and shape for your needs?  Does it fit into your budget?  Is it easy to carry and transport, or is this not an issue?  Think about all these technical details before you even start printing out your images in high quality prints.

A newer concept is to have a photo book printed.  These days, they are affordable and not just reserved for professional photographers.  Read the rest of this entry »

A photographer’s portfolio is his bible.  Traditionally, a portfolio is a folder of some sort – these come in all shapes, sizes and prices.  You can also have a digital portfolio, presented online on a personal website or a third party web host.

You should always include your best work in your portfolio – no exceptions.  Before putting images in there, ask for critiques from people you know are honest.  Quality control is everything, eliminating images that have blur or any technical faults.   This must be the representation of your best work and show what you are capable of.  Ask for opinions and accept criticism.  It is better to have six photographs of high quality than twelve mediocre prints.
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If you’ve ever had a huge birthday party, or a baby shower or some other big once-in-a-lifetime event, you’ve probably got tons and tons of photos from them. Once the festivities are over you go in and dump all the photos from the camera into your computer, only to realize you must have been on burst mode because there are about 224 pictures on your memory card.

Now what are you going to do with all of these precious moments? More than likely one of them will become your computer’s wallpaper for a few weeks, you might send a handful to some family and friends through email, and if you’re real ambitious you might even print a few or send them out to an online printer for processing. But then what? You’ve still got hundreds of photos from this event just dying for lack of an audience! Your photographic skills are being under-appreciated and left in a digital drawer, never to see the light of day!

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This blog actually dovetails nicely with the series I had recently on color management. So instead of covering all that territory, be sure to go back and check out Part 1 and 2 of “Displaying your photos: screen or print?”

If you’re sick and tired of getting weird photos out of your printer at home, or if you just don’t feel like buying all the ink required to print off you whole honeymood album, your next best friend could be one of several online photo printers. I’m talking about places like Snapfish, Kodak, or Mpix. These companies are all very Read the rest of this entry »

If you take a lot of photos then you may be wondering how you can upload all your wonderful pictures to the internet for a huge audience to view. With the opening of many sites that allow you to upload photos it’s rather simple to get your pictures online. There are many websites you can choose to upload your pictures on while on the internet but there are two main websites that are already widely popularized and you can gain some exposure by adding your own pictures to these sites.  Read the rest of this entry »