Photographic comprehensive material

All applications for studying abroad in art are required to submit a portfolio. Portfolio can be said to be the most important criterion for admissions officers to judge whether to admit you. Today, Bian Xiao will share with you how to make a photographic portfolio.

How to make a deep photographic portfolio? First of all, make clear the direction of photography creation and your goal before you start. The same work must go through constant research, constant shooting and constant revision. From your first draft to the final product, you will really see where your achievements are.

Here's how to create a portfolio that will impress the examiner:

Tep 1 determine the theme.

Regarding the establishment of the theme of the work, students must pay attention to the usual accumulation, and don't take photography as a passive source of inspiration when completing their homework. At this time, we should start to sort out our ideas according to our own interests, simplify them into concepts, and select some for preliminary research.

In this process, we can find relatively more interesting points, and at the same time consider the possibility of the creation and realization of the work, and finally choose a theme.

Tep2 concept development

According to a theme selected in the previous step, we will conduct more in-depth research and refine the content, and make a comprehensive and thorough thinking on all aspects from different angles such as the artist, the work itself, the viewer (or the experiencer), and strive to be reasonable and even original in the face of the viewer's doubts.

Extensive access to understand the similarities and differences of related theories and works in content and creative ideas, and try to record text content and video materials in the form of research reports for reference in the following steps.

Tep3 preliminary preparation

The complexity of photographic works varies widely. Depending on the type of work, the production process of photography may be a very simple activity that is mainly in the form of still life pictures and is not limited by time and space, or it may be an extremely complicated and huge project affected by time, manpower, technical difficulty or the number of equipment and materials.

Before shooting in the field, we can consider making a detailed idea of the work before and after shooting and the arrangement of time, manpower and material resources for specific shooting activities in the form of sketches and text descriptions, that is, the first set of plans.

Different forms of works, specific design drawings, task time nodes, manpower and material lists will be very different.

Shoot or make a prototype of one or more works, try to ensure the complete performance of the target effect and simulate the actual display situation, and comprehensively consider the shooting/production difficulty, theme performance effect, and portfolio display difficulty to evaluate the feasibility of the scheme.

Tep4 shooting realization

According to the feasible scheme finally determined after deliberation, re-formulate and improve the shooting activity plan and the on-site shooting scheme design or installation engineering structure diagram.

According to the plan, take photos, shoot video series or promote the production of various parts of the device, and complete a group of works according to the expected performance effect and quality and the number of completed plans.

At the same time, record the process with pictures and words as needed, such as photos, videos, notes, sketches, etc.

Tep5 post-production

After the production of the main body of the work is completed, the next work should not only aim at perfecting the work itself, but more importantly, take high quality as the standard, control the details of the work itself or the records of the work, so as to ensure the final presentation effect of the collection, and carry out post-processing and polishing.

In the end, all files will be output in different versions according to the file format and size requirements of official website or the typesetting requirements of the portfolio.

Tep6 final typesetting

There is no very fixed form for the display of photographic works, and photographic works are placed in the works according to each item in the way of work display.

How to make a photographic portfolio, the above is the production process of the portfolio, hoping to help the international students majoring in photography, and learn more about the production process of the art study abroad portfolio. Welcome to consult the Philip Burkart art study experts of Bank of America.

Philip Burkart International Art Education of Bank of America focuses on art study abroad and portfolio training, and is committed to serving art study abroad applicants and art lovers, providing students with the world's best overseas art tutors and leading innovative art courses, and helping art applicants successfully realize their dreams of art further study, stimulate their potential and discover a broader art world.