You will never succeed in this career without a portfolio. This is the most important tool to market your talent, your creativeness and great natural artistic eye. Especially if you are beginning to start a career, you have to create your portfolio where you collect and compile most of your great works as a professional or as your passion. This will become your identity throughout your professionalism in photography.
People in the fashion magazines are moving in the fast paced world. There are deadlines to meet. It is considered as one of the busiest industry in the magazines. Perhaps, one of their goals are to meet and express the quality of the products being featured each print, the importance of the flair talented photographers are vital. New talents are always welcome to their door but it will be a lot of competitors.
The common mistake most photographers often ignored is in the very basic of marketing their talent – the portfolio. Creating a portfolio should not be taken lightly. It is important, the vital source, the foundation of your success in this career. When setting up a portfolio, you have to be specific of the niche you are making. There are many kinds of it. There are portfolios for travel, nature, wildlife, weddings, fashion, food and many more.
If you are planning to become a fashion photographer and applying for a fashion magazine, you have to create a fashion niche portfolio. The popular magazines received at least 70 unsolicited portfolios each month. If you submitted a wrong portfolio for this kind of industry, you are wasting your effort. Compile at least 20 best shots in fashion niche. You can add some ripped or the tear sheets from the magazines if you have been published.
There are many mediums of portfolios – cds, dvds, print, website. By all means, all mediums are good but most publishers prefer the old medium type of portfolios – the print. However, you can add your URL address in the printed portfolio and calling cards.
There are many factors to be a successful fashion photographer. From Creating the Appropriate Portfolio, your next step to success will be How to be a Successful Fashion Photographer 102 – How to Submit Work to the Magazine. Stay tuned with us at Photography-Jobs.Net, your partner in photography career and success.