I have recently been asked if I could create a gallery for my work just to show to a few people who have been intrested. And although Im young to be doing this I think its good to learn early. I was just curious what types of photographs people generally look for in a portfolio. Im unsure what people generally look for when they go throught a portfolio and what I should have. Although I dont have much in my gallery here I have tons more images at home that I can use that I have taken over the past few months that I have been experimenting with photography. I would really appreciate some different points of view for this one and in paticular your own opinion of what you would look for if you were interviewing someone.

Rye

i know brphoto was talking about this topic a long time ago so send him a message and he should be able to help

Thanks alot I appreciate it.

Rye

It really depends on the job or position you're going for as to what you want to include. Who's on the other side of the desk so to speak. A while back noobguy (anthony ) was going for a position on a local newspaper and asked this question. You can find and follow that discussion on page 6 here under the topic "Noob needs assistance with a possible internship" Good advice throughout.

Well .. let's clarify .. do you mean (1) a "printed" portfolio that you would show an employer .. or do you mean (2) a "gallery" for your friends and family, that know you do photography, to look at

because your post could be interpreted both ways

if (1) then .. Only your best work. Only a couple examples of each category (depends on what it is for, as Kilie (dreamer100) said) ... Black&White, Documentary, Journalistic, People, Action ... as you do not want to waste somebody's time .. but, yet, need to show you have experience in that area

if (2) then .. the sky's the limit .. bore 'em to tears .. what are they gonna do? .. cut you out of the will?

Here is the earlier thread that dreamer100 mentioned.

Thanks Tom, I still suck at linking.

Thank you soo much, I appreciate it that link was more helpfull than I expected. The only problem I have is that I dont have any fast action pictures. Mainly because whenever I try to capture one it always comes out blurry. Do any of you know how to fix this? Just in case you need to know my camera is a Rebel K2 and it uses regular film.

Thanks alot!

You need to increase your shutter speed. I believe you will have a stick man figure icon on the dial on top of your camera...switch the dial to that position in the auto mode. Otherwise you can switch to shutter priority mode designated as (Tv) on the same dial. In that mode you can set the shutter speed to what you want providing there is sufficient light to get a descent exposure.

Would you lower it to increase the speed of the shuter or would you increase it to increase the speed of the shutter?

You would decrease the time the shutter is open. Example, you would change from 1/100th of a second to 1/1000th of a second or faster.

ahhh I get it now thanks.