Researching Personal Portfolios

Personal portfolios are when someone wants to put all their pieces of work and achievements into one place, this so they can attract people and potential employers, as they will be able to see all their achievements and their body of work in one place. For this instance, the website/ personal portfolio I have recently studied is Sam Care’s one:

Straight away as soon as you open his personal portfolio you are presented with a large photo of a scene in one of his short films called ‘Wet Season’, which shows off his professional looking shot, with great cinematography. 

As I earlier stated, people use personal portfolios to show themselves off, the reason they do this is to attract potential employers, and allow the potential employer to view for themselves who exactly you are and what you have achieved and if you have what it takes to work on whatever they are thinking of employing you for.

Another website I have been looking at is Mike Phillips;

Similarly to Sam Care’s personal portfolio, when you first open the page it shows his work, but in comparison to his, he has a sizable handful of his work, unlike Sam Care who only shows one large image at a time. In my opinion, I prefer Mikes layout, as it shows more of his work all at once, as it is unlikely potential employers will have the time or care to look through every slide on Sam Care’s portfolio. Both are still excellent either way.

Lastly, but not least, is David’s personal portfolio, which is my favorite:

The reason I am such a big fan of David’s portfolio is because of how it is somewhat like the middle-ground between both Sam and Mike’s portfolio, as the initial image we see isn’t overly large, nor is it too small, it’s a nice medium which encourages you to scroll down and see what is below. On top of all that, his contact tab is easily seeable and once clicked on takes you to this page;

Which gives you a fantastic picture of David working with a smile on his face, showing approachability, as well as a positive attitude and mindset.

Overall, a personal portfolio is very useful and should definitely be used by any freelancer, wether you are a photographer, artist or even working with film and TV like me at this time - it gives potential employers a good look into who you are, what you are all about and what they will benefit from hiring you!