Portfolio Review- Sophie Traynor, 7th April

On the 7th of April we had our final portfolio review day where we were able to choose and book a 15 minute time slot of professionals working in the photography industry. I chose Sophie Traynor as one of my reviewers as she had previously reviewed my work so was already familiar with what I was producing and what I had achieved since we last spoke. Her feedback was important to me because of how she has worked her way into commercial photography and so is giving relevant tips on how to be better.

The feedback points I made was:

· Don’t try and take my images too out of context by hanging them on a hanger (my exhibition hang idea) as this may make the work seem like it is leaning towards a fine art feel and may tell the view the work isn’t important.

· I should hang 1/2 large prints up, the very best one/s out of all the shoots I have done.

· Have my laptop open with the website showing so that viewers can look through my portfolio digitally and see some of my work that is not necessarily shown at the exhibition but still relevant to the work.

· The strongest images where the ones where poses and colours are bold.