Portfolio review

Next Date for portfolio review: September 2010

One of PHOTO baltic's mission is to create a sociable and friendly network with the photography as reference. As professionals we want to help to whom is concerned and love photography as a tool for develop own skills, as a professional or as a beginner in the wonderful world of photography. In our portfolio reviews we give the opportunity to talk with a experienced photographer and ask for advice. Don't be shy. We are excited to talk about photography and do not care if you're a photographer or not.
Applications: Photographers interested in a portfolio review of their works need to send application till 30 august 2010.

We have two types of portfolio reviews

1. On line
2. In person in our studio

The portfolio review personally with the photographer is weekly and currently is in Riga, Latvia.

Portfolio reviews online are wordlwide and instant.
Both types will be publish in our website with a image and a short comment and link.

STEP ONE
How to apply:
Send a email to info@photobaltic.org  with the next information:
 
1. In the email write your name, surname, age, photographer status (amateur, Professional).
3. provide a contact phone and valid email.
4. Explain in a few lines the reason of why you want to apply for a portfolio review and what you expect.
5. a recent photo of you or a link in Facebook, drauguiem etc.
6. Link of a example where is your photography work (Facebook, Flickr, Picassa,...)

STEP TWO
Ìf you are selected for a portfolio review you need to carry:

1. A portfolio with the pictures that you wish to be reviewed. Don't worry by the order of the images, our duty is to put everything in order.
2. Print your photos in a size not less 18x24 cm
3. If you don't have printed portfolio take with you a CD. (More professional is that photographers show their work in printed paper, but we understand that many are not affordable to pay a printing, don't be worry).
4. We will send you a email, sms or phone call to advise if you are selected and time and place for the meeting.
5. Pay the fee for portfolio review by internet bank in the bank account that we will provide you by email. Later you will need send us the payment confirmation.

Note: To know fee for portfolio review please send a email.

For whom the portfolio reviews are designed. What kind of photographers deserve a portfolio review?

Anyone who is in the business or art of photography deserves a portfolio review.
The tendency of many photographers is usually very little self-critical, and need feedback from others to improve the photo editions. When you want to show a portfolio with your pictures is very important the photo edition, order, and not be more than 12 images. If you show a bunch of prints to your client, magazine, etc, without a professional order, be sure that they will reject your work after the third picture.
Any photographer, amateur, beginner, professional is a potential target for a portfolio review. Self-critical is not the good way many times and photographers need the feedback from professional Photo Editors and photojournalists, probably because their visual education is more strong than others due to the many years in the market of newspapers, editorial, agencies or freelancer.


Benefits you will gets with our portfolio reviews

1. A good advice to how improve the edition of photo stories and reportages.
2. Publish a picture in our web site www.photobaltic.org with a short biography of you. PHOTO baltic is visited by Photo Editors around the world daily and weekly looking for new emerging photographers and talented professionals.
3. Meet other photographers and work in projects together
4. Participate in the selection of best portfolio review to be publish in our magazine
5. Be in our data base for future contacts
6. If your portfolio is good to our eyes we will you get in contact with our associates like magazines, newspapers, and other media where you can publish your work. In the case that your portfolio is accepted to publish worlwide we will charge a comission for the representation.

We are members associated and syndicated with the more important union in Photojournalism and journalism in the world, the International Federation of Journalists (www.ifj.org)


Write us with your questions to: info@photobaltic.org