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Luau Primer.
Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 1:15 PM on 11.04.04 |
->> I have received several last minute, panic emails from people attending THE coolest event of the year, The Sports Shooter Workshop & Luau 2004.
To those attending, this info went out several weeks ago in one of my "Luau Updates" but many of you seemed to have missed it or not read it carefully.
Alan Greth and Kevin Sullivan have sweated bullets over these portfolio critique sessions and they have it all dialed in! So here again is the info about portfolio reviews from the Luau Update email:
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:58:57 -0700
To: bert@sportsshooter.com
From: Robert Hanashiro
Subject: Workshop & Luau: Update #4.
ALOHA!
We're less than three weeks away from THE coolest event in photographer ... the Sports Shooter Workshop & Luau 2004.
This is the fourth in a series of updates and reminders about The Luau. This update, I give you a few details about the one-on-one portfolio reviews.
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
One-on-one portfolio reviews will take place both Friday and Saturday evenings in conjunction with the Workshop & Luau trade show.
Tables will be set up in the trade show area for the reviews, so while you are waiting for a review, you can browse among the numerous companies that will have displays. Times will vary, but these sessions will start around 8:30 pm and run through 11:30 to midnight.
Please limit your portfolio to 20 or so images. (Ok, we can make allowances for picture stories to count as one!)
Your portfolio can be in either print, slide or digital format. If you are showing a digital portfolio you must have your own laptop with the appropriate software to display your images.
Most of the faculty of the Workshop & Luau will be participating and many local photographers and editors will also be pitching in looking over portfolios.
Here are some tips on helping you survive the Luau Portfolio Review Sessions:
- You can show any and all work, it does not have to be limited to just sports photographs. But remember this is a photojournalism - based workshop, so a portfolio of scenics, still lifes, wedding photos or nudes might not be appropriate. (Well, maybe nudes are ok.) You have some of the best photographers in the business today participating in the portfolio critiques, do not feel you have to show sports photographs to SI's Peter Read Miller or documentary work to Rick Loomis. These guys are GREAT photographers and can help you with any type of photography.
- Be judicious in your own editing of your portfolio. If you think a photograph sucks, it probably does, so why risk the wrath of Jack Gruber or Brad Mangin or Bill Eppridge?
- Edit tight and show your best work.
- Crop, crop, crop!
- Look at backgrounds.
- If you are showing prints, DO NOT come to the review table with an envelope of 4 x 5 prints from Walmart's 1-hour photo lab. You want to make a professional presentation, so please having good size quality prints is a wise idea. Images printed on 8 x 10 paper (or 8 1/2 x 11) is a great starting point. You do not have to mount your prints (though it helps) nor do they have to be in a fancy leather-bound book. Use common sense when putting a collection of prints together.
- Digital portfolios have become more and more the norm at portfolio review sessions. As stated above, if you plan on showing a digital portfolio you must have your own laptop and the appropriate software to show your work. Some specific tips on digital portfolios:
* Have your portfolio cued up and ready to run when you sit down at the table. You do not want to waste time by having to boot up your laptop while the reviewer is sitting there waiting to look at your work.
* Charge up your laptop before the review sessions. You don't want to be running around the portfolio review / trade show area with your power cord in hand looking for an AC wall outlet to plug into.
* Fancy "Flash" or slideshow - to - music presentations are nice, but for evaluating your work, you want the ability to manually click-through the photographs. If you do have a short presentation like that, you might want to save it for last ... showing your individual photographs first. Remember, your time is limited, so you want to maximize what time you have to discuss and evaluate your work.
* Recommended presentation software: iView Media Pro, Photo Mechanic, iPhoto, GraphicConverter all have simple, easy to use click through slide show functions.
* Don't go crazy with Photoshop! The faculty and local photographers participating in the portfolio reviews are top professionals ... and can spot something that has been over-sharpened or the saturation bumped up to look like it was shot on Velvia.
* Always have a backup. Make sure you have a CD backup of your presentation before leaving home. You never know when the gremlins might strike.
- And the last piece of advice: Have a good attitude and a thick skin. While you might hear some very critical comments about your work, take it for what it is intended: to help you improve. ALL of the faculty and staff of the Workshop & Luau are colleagues and friends of mine ... they are ALL great photographers, they are ALL wonderful people and they ALL share the same ideals I have with regards to this event ... we are in this to help people.
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The Sports Shooter Last Luau
November 5 - 6, 2004
Redondo Beach Marina Crowne Plaza Hotel
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