Portfolio help?

sineadw

Hey all. Been crazy busy with college. I got an email from Tallaght IT the other day inviting me to interview for 2nd year of their creative multimedia degree. I *really* want this. I have a few days to put a portfolio together. I'm pretty ok with most of the stuff, but photography is one of the 4 core subjects and I don't study it in my current course, so I was hoping you guys would help me with the selection. I have it whittled down to the last few. I'll be submitting three photos I think (I think 15 images in total is a good portfolio number?). I shot some film in Kilmainham jail last weekend (its amazing having free access - lots of beautiful empty spooky places) so I'm hoping to do some darkroom work on Sunday and print one of those. In case I didn't get anything worthwhile though could you please pick three from these? I'm trying to get a range of styles. They cover digital and film, all styles there..

Or if any of you think there's something better on my pixie that I'm overlooking?

Thanks all - I'm nervous and really appreciate any input..

Studio:


Gig:


Still life:




Ones I like:




They'll all be printed A4(ish) and mounted on A3 black mount.

Thanks

Covey

Sorry, can't see images at work :eek:

I'd consider white mounts though, as the show off photos much better imo. Your photo of the Ape (Maggie ?) for instance would look much better on white imo.

Paulw

I think you've a brilliant set of images there. I especially like the studio/model image and the still life, clock.

Some of your images have dark/black backgrounds, and some are very white. Why not use a white mount for the dark images, and a black mount for the white ones?

sineadw

Yeah Covey I agree. I've been mounting on white mount the last while. Problem is I'll be mounting my other work on black as a lot of it is logos, screenshots and stuff on plain white paper. Unless I mix the mount colours?

sineadw

lol - thanks Paul. I guess its ok to mix then?

Paulw

I don't know about the rules, etc for your project.

But, my guess is that you want to do whatever will enhance your photos most, to draw attention to them. While the majority of your images are not B&W, the tones are quite B&W in nature. Using a white mount on a dark image will just focus attention in on the image, and using a black mount on the white background images will do the same.

I can't really see why you shouldn't/wouldn't use a mix of black and white mounts.

bocha

the first three are my favs - but they're all very good

kjt

Really good set Sinead, I'd say you'll have no problems jumping into 2nd year!

#1,3,4 & 5 really stand out

As I said above I'm sure you'll have no trouble getting in, but best of luck with it. Hope you get it !!