It's probably weird for me as a makeup artist to read the photography blogs, but as someone who needs to know the business side of things, I have no other resource. Much of the advice given can certainly apply to more then one field. Today's subject: The Portfolio, AKA The Book.
The consensus, from what I can glean from other blogs written by people who actually know what they are talking about, seems to be that it should be 11 x 14 inches made of leather, leather substitute, bookbinder's cloth or similar. For those new to this then even I am, that means the prints the book should be able to hold should be 11 x 14. It is also important that the book be sturdy, not too flashy, and not be ridiculously large. Purchase many extra sleeves, because if you are actually in a position where you are actually showing it to people who the difference, sleeve in bad shape reek of unprofessionalism.
Basically anything else I could say on the subject would be blatantly stolen from this blog post at What's the Jackanory? about "How to Stand Out in a Crowd" which should be followed by reading these entries at A Visual Society, Portfolios Part 1 , and Part 2. There is also Jackanory's responses to both A Visual Society and also A Photo Editor. I did not link the APE comments because they simply agree with a lot of what Jackanory and AVS have already stated.
I however, am not going to go with a standard black book. It's not going to be overly flashy or anything, I just want red acrylic because I think it's pretty. On the subject of my own book, we've re-booked the model for the shoot that has been canceled twice due to illness for tomorrow. Hopefully very soon I'll have enough really good images so that I don't feel like a lackwit when I do need to show my book to somebody.
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