This part of the book was, aside from the section on building websites, the most immediately relevant to me as it consisted in large part of information about portfolio reviews. I will be attending a portfolio review at the SPE meeting in March, and very much appreciated the advice the author offered about everything from the size of prints to the “leave behinds” I should think about preparing to the importance of follow-up thank you notes. Some of it I had already figured out (behave like a professional - d’uh - and find out as much about your reviewers as possible ahead of time, also d’uh), but it was still nice to get a feeling for how the process will work before I’m in the middle of it. The only area of disagreement we have is how to present the prints - the author suggests that only a clamshell box will do, while I have it on good authority (Mollie Schaidt’s) that a bound portfolio works just fine. And I think that will be much easier to travel with.
So now I just need to figure out where to get postcards made, and what image to put on them. I’m thinking I’ll use the one of the teacup and my Mom’s pearls - thoughts? Other favorites? I’m open to suggestions!
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