How to Put Together a Photography Portfolio on a Disk
- 1). Determine the audience for your portfolio. A portfolio is like a resume--it portrays your capabilities and experience. You should only include photographs that exemplify the skills you want to portray. For example, you would not use "breaking news" photographs for an art photography portfolio.
- 2). Determine which photos you will put into your portfolio. Too many photographs can overwhelm a viewer and will lessen the impact of each photo. A portfolio should consist of between 12 and 24 of your most recent photographs.
- 3). Change the size of your images in a photo-editing software such as Photoshop or Gimp. Photoshop is an industry standard for photo editing. Gimp is open-source software that will edit your photos. Size your images for optimum viewing on a computer screen, such as a 5x7 inches, with 75 dots per inch resolution. Save these images to a separate folder on your desktop.
- 4). Place a CDRW into the CD slot of your computer.
- 5). Open the CDRW in a window on your desktop. Drag the previously-saved images from your desktop to the CDRW. Select the 'burn files' button on the screen. Your computer will save the files to the disk, creating a CD portfolio.
