From the course: Running a Photography Business: The Basics

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Building your portfolio and future galleries

Building your portfolio and future galleries

From the course: Running a Photography Business: The Basics

Building your portfolio and future galleries

- So we've talked about identifying your niche. You've identified that you've got that passion, that it really is burning. You want to be a professional photographer. We've talked a little bit about your skill set. Remember, I'm not teaching photography today. We're talking about business and marketing. But you're practicing like crazy. You're building your skills out. Now, what do you start to do with those images? Now, I use the word portfolio and gallery sort of interchangeable. To me, being an old guy, your portfolio is still finished prints. They're prints that you can hold. They're typically in nice portfolio case. And it's something you might be taking in to meet with a client. Now I still love a physical portfolio much more than I do an iPad, that's me. That's old fashion, but if somebody brought in, if I was about to hire a photographer, I would ask them to see their portfolio, not so much online, but in print, because I also want to know the attention they pay to the detail…

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