Event Date(s):
Ongoing
Event Location:
Virtual or In-Person
Invest in your artistic growth and move your photography or art career forward with a professional portfolio review.
An individual portfolio review can be an assessment or critique of work at any stage of development, a finished body of work, or anything in between. You can move towards refining your work-in-progress or getting a broader view of your place in photography. You can also get help in editing and sequencing your work as well as preparing to present your portfolio to magazines, galleries, book publishers, etc.
A portfolio review can also help with an overview and analysis of your current strengths and weaknesses, along with an assessment of your artistic development: where you are, where you’ve been, where you are headed based on your artistic and photographic goals. A review can also be essential in uncovering and/or refining your artistic direction. You may use it toward a complete overhaul of your personal artistic process. Doug can also review and critique past bodies of work as well as current work, looking for threads and themes to carry into new bodies of work. Doug can also help you set goals and develop an action plan for implementing those objectives.
We would suggest setting aside 2 hours, although it may not take that long, so you are not rushed. While there is no minimum or maximum number of images, it would be helpful to have at least 20 images to show. More is often better; however, if you plan to bring or show a large quantity of images, it is often best to have them organized in smaller groups depending upon content or theme. Not all images may not be looked at.
Portfolio Reviews can be done in-person at Doug’s St Paul, Minnesota, studio, at a location of your choice (with travel expenses covered by you), or via phone/Facetime video.
Instructions for sending images for a virtual portfolio review will be sent with confirmation of the review date.
Cost: $300
Deposit: $50 at time of scheduling, remainder due before the review date.
About Douglas: Besides being owner and publisher of SHOTS Magazine, Doug has reviewed portfolios at Review Santa Fe, PhotoLucida, PhotoNOLA (New Orleans), Minnesota Center for Photography among others. He has also attended Review Santa Fe with a portfolio to be reviewed, so he understands the fear and trepidation that a review can cause.
The review is certain to provide forward momentum for your photographic path.
