Contacting industry professionals

Today I emailed three photographers asking for some feedback on my e-folio. I asked Hayley Louisa Brown, James Grant, and Laura McCluskey. I went to  all their guest lectures, and I chose them because their work seemed to be the most relevant to my own. I wrote out my emails last night but sent them this morning to seem more professional; all three based around a very similar template, but I added a personal reason about how I found their lecture which I think is a nice compliment.

I hopefully have a good chance of being responded to as they came to uni to give lectures, and I have hopefully got enough time between now and hand in to receive a reply and then make any changes to my work in response to any feedback. I'm hoping for at least one reply as I know its a big favour. Of the three, Laura McCluskey's work is the most similar in my opinion to my own, so I hope I receive a response from her. Although James Grant's work isn't very similar to my own, he still shoots portraits and portrays a lifestyle through his images similarly to how I want to, and I think his feedback would still be very useful. Likewise with Hayley Louisa Brown, all her work is shot on film, but we have the same fashion underpinning both of our practices.

Any feedback from industry professionals will definitely help me refine and perfect both the content and presentation of my work in both my e-Folio and website.