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Photography Portfolio
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Duration of the course
Photography Portfolio is a three session course taking place on alternate weeks in order to allow students time to carry out work assigned to them between sessions. Each session consists of separate modules of up to three hours each. These sessions comprise the following:

Module 307 - Understanding Your Portfolio
Module 308 - Assessing & Editing Your Portfolio
Module 309 - Portfolio Presentation

Aim of the course
By the end of the course you will be have created a working portfolio or album. You will understand the principles behind editing your work and presentation techniques. You will receive valuable feedback on your work and how to present it to it's greatest potential. You will present your work to gain feedback and action points for further study and development of ideas.

Materials Needed for the course
Students will need:
A good selection of photographs. Further images may need to be taken during the course. You will also need a portfolio, which will be discussed on the first day and is not essential for the beginning of the course.

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Module 307

Portfolio Building 1: Understanding Your Portfolio

Function of a portfolio
- Portfolios
- Sketch books
Construction of a portfolio
Evaluating your work
Pre-editing your work
Print Quality and format

Materials Needed: A good selection of photographs.

Objectives of Module: In this module you will look at the function of a portfolio, whether it will be aimed at potential employers, educational institutions or for personal use. You will also examine the value of sketchbooks. You will look at different ways of building and presenting your portfolio, what format they can take and how they are constructed. You will learn how to plan your portfolio and through evaluating your work shoot more images if necessary. You will look at print quality, format and finish of images for presentation.

Through group discussions and Practical Exercises you will evaluate and assess your work looking at strengths and weaknesses and action points for further development or ideas.

Through ongoing evaluation during a series of modules you will assemble, assess and fine-tune your work ready for presentation.

This course works in conjunction with, but not essentially linked to the 1-2-1 Portfolio Building Surgery session, which is aimed to provide you with one on one personal feedback of your work.

Practical Exercise
Evaluation and Assessment of work
Shoot more images where necessary
Plan for further development or ideas

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Module 308

Portfolio Building 2: Assessing & Editing Your Portfolio

Editing work
The Composition of a portfolio
Fine tuning images

Materials needed: A good selection of photographs.

Objectives of Module: In this module you will look at editing your work and creating a series of images that work together to form a cohesive body of work. You will examine your work and assess what to include, what to exclude, and how to look at images that could be better presented through re-printing/cropping etc.

Through group discussions and Practical Exercises you will evaluate and assess each others work looking at strengths and weaknesses discussing action points for further development.

Through ongoing evaluation you will assemble, assess and fine-tune your work ready for presentation.

This course works in conjunction with, but not essentially linked to the 1-2-1 Portfolio Building Surgery session, which is aimed to provide you with one on one personal feedback of your work.

Practical Exercises
Evaluating and editing work
Re-printing images
Assembling images
Portfolio construction

Module 309

Portfolio Building 3: Portfolio Presentation

Multi-media portfolios
- Websites
- CD’s
Presentation slides
Portfolio interviews
Final presentation

Materials needed: A good selection of photographs and a portfolio.

Objectives of Module: In this module you will look at alternate ways of presenting your work, though web sites (bespoke and image portals), CD’s and slides. You will discuss portfolio interviews and how to lead them. You will also discuss how to talk about your work with those you are presenting it to. You will also discuss ongoing portfolio maintenance and discipline.

You will present your portfolio in groups for discussion and final critical appraisal. You will be given final pointers for ongoing portfolio maintenance.

This course works in conjunction with, but not essentially linked to the 1-2-1 Portfolio Building Surgery session, which is aimed to provide you with one on one personal feedback of your work.

Practical Exercises
Presenting of work

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Maedhbhina McCombe
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