Comments on: Printed Portfolios

By: vencanice

vencanice — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:35:15 +0000

Printed portfoilo book is always good idea. Client wants to hold pictures, to feel the paper

By: Sloaah

Sloaah — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:36:33 +0000

I’m thinking of making a book, print run of around 300. I don’t have any idea of what publishers to use (I’m based in the UK), and what sort of printing and paper weight I would require (I’d like it to be much like professional fine art books, it will be printed in black and white so colour shifts would be an issue). Any advice?

By: Jeff Hendrickson

Jeff Hendrickson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:40:08 +0000

I’m waiting on a book I created at Blurb… very curious as to how the printing will look as well.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:36 +0000

Lenswork has a fine tutorial DVD about creating portfolios: http://www.lenswork.com/workshops/folios.html
If you do your own pigment printing have a look.

By: Amanda Sosa Stone

Amanda Sosa Stone — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:15 +0000

Great blog – I always love the sharing! Thanks Nadine for passing it on! My 2 cents on portfolios – use it for MARKETING (get that book off the shelf and show it around). The other key is not to bog yourself down with how many images should be in the book – but rather how many spreads. My number of choice is 17 – 25 spreads. Each spread has it’s own story to tell (color, theme or actual subject matter) – and as a whole the spreads should flow from one to the next. The goal at the end of the book is to be able to walk away and be able to understand the vision and how one’s work can be applied to a certain project. I recommend creating a book and using that book for all requests (within your focused genre). If you have a project that requires specific images – don’t undo your book – gather images into a smaller book for that one project or set up a digital gallery. A GOOD BOOK should last you a year…

By: Joe Decker

Joe Decker — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:57 +0000

Steve: Yeah, I’ve heard great things about Auska, but I just don’t have the customers in my line to sell a lot of $200+ books. Such is life!