I had 40 images in a Collection in Lightroom. But that is not the whole story.
I ended up with lots of collections in Lightroom, which were
- 40 images. This had 40 images. Well 42 actually. This was what was going to be reviewed. That’s why I called it 40 images.
- 10 -. No images. An empty collection. I never got down to 10 images. Which I have to do for my next set of home page images. So as ever more work to do.
- Dorset photography – 10 images
- Hampshire photography – 10 images
- Architectural photography – building exteriors – 10 images
- Architectural photography – building interiors – 10 images
- Construction photography –10 images
- Industrial photography – 10 images
- London photography – 14 images. 14??
- Sandbanks photography – 10 images
- Wiltshire photography – 1 image. Not sure what went wrong there?
- Bournemouth photography – 13 images.
- Cornwall photography – 12 images
- Landscape photography – 17 images
- Poole photography – 10 images
And then another 9 folders from recent commercial work.
But I had my set of 40 images, and guess what?
No landscape photographs.
No sunsets.
No tourist scenes.
No.
Just
- Architectural photography
- Building photography
- Construction photography
- Interior photography
- Industrial photography
- Infrastructure photography
- Estate agent photography
- Real estate photography
That kind of thing.
Why?
Because I decided that my portfolio should reflect what I do, what I want to, and the best range of my work to date within these categories.
What I do best, and what I can do best for clients.
I want clients looking at my work, my portfolio, my website, and to know that when they hire me they know what they are going to get. And that they like my style. My look.
So it is time to focus my work, which I have done.
And do you know what? It has helped me to improve greatly. I still do landscape photography, which I enjoy immensely, but I use that work to experiment with new techniques in terms of both image capture and processing.
So having achieved a much better focus, I will describe tomorrow on my blog at
www.rickmcevoyphotography.co.uk/blog
how my portfolio was constructed and how this focussing on these areas has helped me grow as a photographer.
And how many images made if from 2014 to 2016.
Guess – it surprised me!!