My e-Folio first draft

Today I made my first e-Folio. I was unsure how to begin so I got in contact with my friend Leoni in third year to see how she laid hers out, and what to/not include. I found looking at hers very helpful and I understood what it was for and why we were making one a lot better than before. 

The process took longer than expected, and involved lots of moving around and changing order. I initially made it using a combination of powerpoint and photoshop, and was happy with how it looked, however I then consulted a graphic design student who told me off for what she described as a graphic designers nightmare. I had to remake my e-Folio in InDesign, which fixed all my problems with pixelated images and my finished folio is a tiny 2.3MB and has good quality images. Being so small is really helpful as I will be sending this across to people via email and the smaller the attachment the better. 

The only text I included is my name, in the same font as my website, which has kind of become my branding, a nice minimal font, and a link to my website. I think the less text the better and the focus will remain on my images. 

In terms of content, I started and ending with my strongest work, and this is what is most memorable to someone looking at it. At first I included my studio images too which I still do want to do, however I want to ask James in a 1 to 1 on tuesday how best to put these in as they do look very different. I plan to email my e-Folio across to some photographers who have given lectures here and maybe a couple others if I think their work is similar enough, to receive some professional feedback from someone in the industry on both the content and presentation of my work. I will send them this version below, and think about adding my studio images in my next drafting.