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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 170050" data-attributes="member: 12827">Honestly, my feelings are your portfolio should stand on it's own merits. In my opinion it is totally and absolutely irrelevant whether it was TF or hired work. Honestly who cares? My portfolio is about 50:50 TF vs hired. I challenge anyone up through the most seasoned professional to look at mine and tell me which one was which. I approach any shoot from the very same perspective and technical and artistic vantage point regardless of whether it is TF or a paying gig for either myself or the model. And if the model is inexperienced, which many of the ones with whom I shoot are,  I will stage effective poses rather than let her do her "own thing".  I use it as a teaching opportunity for them as well as a photoshoot.Presenting your portfolio should for the most part be a "no words" kind of thing. Let the images stand on their own merit. If you have to explain an image unsolicited, that says to me you may probably lack confidence in the image or your own abilities. And your port should display nothing but your very best work. A portfolio with only 10 outstanding images is far more effective than one with 30 which are a mix of your best and your-not-so-best images. And if you have 40 outstanding images, cut it in half. Allow time for discussion after the viewer looks at your portfolio rather than forcing them to sit through a ton of images. Now if the person viewing the portfolio asks a question, then by all means answer their question succinctly and let them move on to the next one. The less said the better.</blockquote>

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