Print Portfolio
My print portfolio case by Shrapnel Design & my final selected portfolio images.
As you may know, I graduated at the end of June this past year from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. In order to graduate, one of the requirements was to show a print portfolio to the faculty and at the Portfolio Show. This portfolio book is also a tool to show potential employers your work that may not be displayed directly on your website portfolio, but is still consistent in style. The portfolio includes my best work created up until graduation, along with an artist statement. It is a difficult self-assignment because of all the decisions that need to be made, and in a timely fashion. These decisions include what type of case, plastic sleeves or no plastic sleeves, what type of paper to print on if you are printing yourself, choosing which images show your overall and consistent style; from there, the layout of the images on the page, and many more technicalities. A lot of time and thought went into this print portfolio, although all the prep work goes unseen.
I chose to order my white aluminum case from Shrapnel Design and use plastic sleeves to protect the prints. My portfolio is 11x17 in order to show the closest crop size as possible to the originals, and printed at full bleed. The average number of images in a portfolio should be about 15-25 and display your technical skills and creative ability, in a consistent manner that reflects your branding. An artist statement about my work is displayed before the images. The cover of my portfolio reflects the watermark that I use for social media which "Faith Through Fotos" printed at the bottom.
So here it is, my artist statement (able to be clicked on to read more easily) and my print portfolio from this past year!
Live by faith & share through fotos.
Digitally Restoring Prints
A before and after look at a W. Haskell Coffin print I digitally restored.
The more I work with retouching, the more I realize that I can't get enough of it! So when my uncle asked me to scan and restore a W. Haskell Coffin print that he had, I was up for the challenge. I've never retouched an old photograph or other type of print, so I had to take what I knew about retouching regular portraits and use it to digitally restore this print.
Here are the before and after looks with 4 hours of retouching this beaut.
Live by faith & share through fotos.