Synopses & Reviews
Standards for portfolios are changing as fast as anything in photography today,
and Pulitzer Prize-winner John Kaplan leads photographers of all types to the
cutting edge. With informed advice from award-winning photographers, agents,
photo buyers and art directors, and top-notch sample images, Kaplan immerses
readers in the strategies and standards photographers need to know to get
noticed. Kaplan shows how the right editing can help photographers earn higher
fees with portfolios destined to land on top of the stack. He shares his
acclaimed techniques for selecting and organizing portfolio-caliber images for
any genre of photography, then discusses professional methods for displaying
them in print, web, CD and slide formats including how to painlessly build an
online portfolio. The book features genre-specific advice from experts in
commercial freelance, photojournalism, nature & wildlife, wedding photography
and fine art specialties, too.
Beyond looking good, a portfolio must sell and sell again. Photo Portfolio
Success adds up-to-the-minute guidance from industry insiders on self promotion
and future growth. With motivational visuals from famed photographers and
authoritative, up-to-the-minute advice, it's the definitive book on
contemporary portfolios.
Synopsis
- Nature
- Commercial, advertising and fashion
- Fine art
- Wedding
- Photojournalism
About the Author
Pulitzer Prize-winner John Kaplan has won many of the top honors in photography
and so have those he has coached on portfolio presentation. Kaplan, an
associate professor at the University of Florida, has been named the POY
National Photographer of the Year and received the Overseas Press Club and
Robert F. Kennedy Awards. He teaches workshops and reviews portfolios
throughout the world. The portfolios of Kaplan's former students have also
reached the top, including winning the Pulitzer and College Photographer of the
Year. He lives in Gainesville, Florida.