Northern Virginia Photographic Society: Portfolio Project Archives

The Portfolio Project is a nine month project starting in September and running through May 2013. All club members of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in this project. A Portfolio may include some images already taken, but primarily new images taken over the program year. The goal of the portfolio project is to conceive a theme, craft an artist statement, capture the images and the present them as a portfolio. This article is devoted to encouraging members who may be interested in participating this program year to start thinking about portfolio topics, possibly several, and to start shooting this summer.

Your goal is to create a portfolio of your best images, primarily collected from June 2012 to May 2013, that exemplify the objectives of your theme and Artist's Statement. These should be images you would be proud to share with others for years to come. The beginning stages of the project entail picking a theme or concept and writing an Artist's Statement. In the "Artist's Statement" the photographer explains what he or she is trying to accomplish with the project. (See http://nvps.org/main/meetings/portfolio/nvps_portfolio_project_artists/ for more details about what should and should not be in an Artist's Statement).

In the beginning stages of determining a theme, some members have worked on several themes at the same time. As time passed and their images piled up, they began to become more comfortable with one subject over others. You too may follow this model in your project. It is helpful to write an Artist Statement for all potential portfolio themes. The NVPS web-site contains numerous articles in the "Portfolio Project" link under Club Activities on the main page. This year's coordinators are Ginger Werz-Petricka (vze39dgt at verizon.net) and Ken Barnett (ken.barnett at gmail.com). If you have questions or need help with your portfolio, feel free to contact us at portfolio at nvps.org Need inspiration? Be sure and visit the Photo Gallery and see the truly impressive portfolio projects from years past.

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This article is devoted to encouraging members who may be interested in participating this program year to start thinking about portfolio topics, possibly several, and to start shooting this summer. Your goal is to create a portfolio of your best images, primarily collected from June 2012 to May 2013, that exemplify the objectives of your theme and Artist's Statement. These should be images you would be proud to share with others for years to come. The beginning stages of the project entail picking a theme or concept and writing an Artist's Statement. In the "Artist's Statement" the photographer explains what he or she is trying to accomplish with the project. (See http://nvps.org/main/meetings/portfolio/nvps_portfolio_project_artists/ for more details about what should and should not be in an Artist's Statement). In the beginning stages of determining a theme, some members have worked on several themes at the same time. As time passed and their images piled up, they began to become more comfortable with one subject over others. You too may follow this model in your project. It is helpful to write an Artist Statement for all potential portfolio themes. The NVPS web-site contains numerous articles in the "Portfolio Project" link under Club Activities on the main page. This year's coordinators are Ginger Werz-Petricka (vze39dgt at verizon.net) and Ken Barnett (ken.barnett at gmail.com). If you have questions or need help with your portfolio, feel free to contact us at portfolio at nvps.org Need inspiration? Be sure and visit the Photo Gallery and see the truly impressive portfolio projects from years past. To sign up for the portfolio project email group, please enter your email address and name below: Name: E-mail: To leave the project, enter your email address above and press "Unsubscribe" Portfolio Project Update We are still at the beginning of the portfolio project for this club year and so some concentrated reflection on what you want your portfolio to be is very much in order. To that end we recommend using the following... more The NVPS Portfolio Project 2012 - 2013 Summer Reminder The Portfolio Project is a nine month project starting in September and running through May 2013. All club members of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in this project. A Portfolio may include some images already taken, but primarily... more Portfolio Project: End of Year Critique--Note to Participants At the May 8th,2012 meeting Jim Steele will be critiquing our portfolios from the NVPS web site. In order to assure that Jim has sufficient time to complete all his critiques in a timely fashion, we request that you limit... more January 31st, 2012 - Workshop: Swap Meet & Portfolio Critique by Sherwin Kaplan The fifth Tuesday in January we will have a club Swap Meet and a Portfolio Project Critique.Swap Meet:Members are encouraged to bring unneeded and unwanted camera equipment and/or supplies to the meeting for sale, trade or give away. We will... more Getting access to the NVPS Portfolio Photo Gallery Please send your Name and NVPS Photo Gallery user id to portfolio-gallery@nvps.org (we don't need your password) and we will add a folder for your images in the 2011 - 2012 Portfolio Album and give you rights to upload to... more NVPS Portfolio Project The Portfolio Project is a nine month project starting in September and running through May 2012. All club members of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in this project. A Portfolio may include some images already taken, but primarily... more Article on Portfolios for Photographers Matthew Schmidt passed along this video about printed portfolios (not books) and thought that it might be an interesting addition for the portfolio project. Especially since people can watch it on their own time and make their own decisions.http://www.luminous-landscape.com/techniques/portfolios_for_photographers.shtmlThanks very... more The NVPS Portfolio Project 2011 - 2012 Summer Reminder The Portfolio Project is a nine month project starting in September and running through May 2012. All club members of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in this project. A Portfolio may include some images already taken, but primarily... more NVPS Portfolio Project Final Portfolios See the NVPS final portfolios in the NVPS image gallery, the direct link to the gallery is http://nvps.org/gallery/v/Portfolio+Project/2010-2011/... more April 18th, 2011 - NVPS Portfolio Project Update Reminder, tomorrow is the last day to update your portfolio for the May presentation. On April 20th the images will be delivered to the judge and you'll no longer be able modify the contents of the photo gallery. You... more April 07, 2011 - NVPS Portfolio Project Update We're coming down to the wire with only 12 days left to complete your portfolio Remaining Project Schedule April 19th, 2011 - Collect digital portfolios for judge May 10th, 2011 - Final portfolio presentation, bring your printed portfolio The... more NVPS Portfolio Project Update March 8th, 2011 - Portfolio Critque - Your Response Requested On Tuesday March 8th we are fortunate to have Jim Steele to provide a critique of portfolios. This critique will be for those people who have signed up for the... more March 8th, 2011 - Workshop: Portfolio Critique by Jim Steele The Tuesday March 8th Workshop will be devoted to critiquing individual portfolios of members who are participating in the Portfolio Project. We are fortunate to have Jim Steele to critique portfolios. Jim is a nationally recognized photographer who has a... more Presentation on "The Portfolio Project", from Scott Musson, Bill Prosser, Paul Simmons & Sherwin Kaplan Attached is a PDF of the key points of the presentation on the portfolio project from 01/25/11. Portfolio Project Presentation... more January 25rd, 2011 - Portfolio Presentation To all Portfolio Participants, those considering participating and those who just want to improve their photography and are interested in creating books and calendars and other types of collections of their images: We have an excellent presentation prepared for... more November 30th, 2010 - Portfolio Project Update It's time to get the portfolio project in gear and to support that we are creating the new private NVPS Portfolio Photo Gallery that only members of the Portfolio project have access to until you have completed your portfolio. ... more Portfolio Project Welcome The goal of the project is to help you improve your photography through the creation of a photographic portfolio. Creating a portfolio involves coming up with a theme, crafting an artist statement to define the theme, capturing images that... more The NVPS Portfolio Project 2010 - 2011 The Portfolio Project is a nine month project starting in September 2010 and running through May 2011. All club members of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in this project. The goal of the portfolio project is to conceive... more NVPS Portfolio Project Artist's Statement An artist's statement should be included with your portfolio. Writing an artist's statement should be one of the first steps in developing your portfolio. Doing so will make image selection and all that follows much easier than waiting until the... more Message to Portfolio Project Participants, Your portfolio images have been delivered to the critic for the Portfolio project. The working Gallery where you uploaded your images will be disabled today and no further changes will be allowed. Your final images have been uploaded to another... more April 19th, 2010 - Portfolio Project Update Were down to the home stretch for the Portfolio Project, just 1 more week to go. Your portfolios must be emailed to me (scottmusson@scottmusson.com) by April 27th @ 5:00 PM. At that time I'll take all the portfolios I've received... more April 04th, 2010 - NVPS 2009-10 Portfolio Project Update NVPS 2009-10 Portfolio Project Update Looks like there's starting to be lots of action in the NVPS portfolio gallery. Lots of people are updating their portfolios, making changes and adding new shots. Things are starting to look pretty good as... more NVPS Portfolio Project Update March 30th, 2010 - Photo Books, Calendars and the Portfolio Project Here's a reminder to NVPS Portfolio Project participants that there's a presentation this Tuesday March 30th at 7:30 to help you with several aspects of the project. On... more March 30th, 2010 - Photo Books, Calendars and the Portfolio Project On March 30th we'll have presentation that will benefit both Portfolio Project Participants and members in general. Scott Musson will present a discussion and review of options for creating photo books and calendars using commercial online and local vendors. He'll... more NVPS 2009-10 Portfolio Project Update The Portfolio Project is not a competition, but a celebration of a body of work lovingly made and presented by each Project participant. It is an effort to encourage you, the participant, to produce a great portfolio of your... more NVPS Portfolio Project Update Thanks to all of you who participated in yesterday's portfolio critique, it was a nice event and I enjoyed seeing everyones images. Joe Miller provided insiteful and educational comments and feedback. We sinserly appreciate Joe's time, and him sharing... more January 23rd, 2010 - Portfolio Critique REMINDER to all members signed up for the January 23rd, 2010 Portfolio critique. The critique will take place at the Joe Miller Center for Photography, 4811 Catharpnin Rd., Gainesville. Directions below. There are two big stone pillars at the entrance... more January 23rd, 2010 - Portfolio Critique REMINDER to all members signed up for the January 23rd, 2010 Portfolio critique. The critique will take place at the Joe Miller Center for Photography, 4811 Catharpnin Rd., Gainesville. Directions below. There are two big stone pillars at the entrance... more January 23rd, 2010 - Portfolio Critique NVPS Portfolio Project Update January 23rd, 2010 - Portfolio Critique To all Portfolio Participants participating in the 01/23/2010 Critique: The Portfolio Critique will be held at the Joseph Miller Center for the Photographic Arts at 4811 Catharpin Road, Gainesville.... more November 08, 2009 Portfolio Project Update Joe Miller has been kind enough to agree to do a critique session for the NVPS Portfolio Project. The critique will occur at the Joseph Miller Center for Photographic Arts on January 23rd from 1 - 4 PM. There will... more November 07, 2009 Portfolio Project Update It has been brought to our attention by Ed Knepley and Joe Miller that the George Eastman House is advertizing their sixth sale of a portfolio by international photographers. We believe you will find the portfolio interesting http://www.eastmanhouse.org/portfolio. We also... more October 30th, 2009 - Note to Portfolio Project Participants Portfolio Participants, As you are starting to put your portfolio together, you can post images to the NVPS Website to the Photo Gallery. Here other Portfolio participants will be able to comment on your images and provide input. Everyone will... more October 15th, 2009 - Note to Portfolio Project Participants and Potential Participants Some of you are new and wonder what you should be doing? First you might read the overview in the "Portfolio Project" section of "Club Activities" section of the NVPS website: http://nvps.org/main/meetings/portfolio/2009_-_2010_portfolio_project/. Hopefully, this will give you a good overview... more 2009 - 2010 NVPS Portfolio Project The Portfolio Project is a nine month project starting in September 2009 and running through May 2010. All club members of all skill levels are encouraged to participate in this project. The goal of the portfolio project is to conceive... more May 12th, 2009 - NVPS Portfolio Project Presentations NVPS Portfolio Project Presentations at the May 12th MeetingApproximately 24 participants in the club's nine month long portfolio development project will present their portfolios during the NVPS meeting on May 12th.During the first portion of the meeting each of the... more Mar 31st, 2009 - Portfolio Project Critique To all Portfolio Participants participating in the 3-31 Critique:Please submit a digital set of your current portfolio images to Bill Prosser (prosserwm@aol.com) no later than 6 PM, March 29 (If possible, please limit it to 20 images.) and follow this... more NVPS Portfolio Project Portfolio Presentation Options After working hard on your theme, artist's statement, and image selection it's time to present the fruits of your labor. Your art deserves to be shown at its best and there are many options available to you. This article describes several presentation options including - more NVPS 2008 - 2009 Photo Portfolio Guidelines (there are no rules) Image selection is the most critical part of portfolio development. Begin with your best of the best images from within a theme - & from these....a. First, choose your lead image. Start strong - 1st impressionsb. Next, choose your final... more NVPS Portfolio Project - The Ultimate How-To (Updated) I've gotten several emails from participants indicating that they need help with this project. I had promised to post several portfolio development How-To articles to the club's website. However, unless someone requests otherwise, instead of that, I am providing you... more NVPS 2008-9 Portfolio Project The NVPS Portfolio Project is a nine month project that runs through May 2009. There are several important guidelines for this project that represent significant changes from the 2007-8 project. They are:The project, unlike last year's, is not a competition. The... more
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