Looks should be last thing on your mind when you get your new rc airplane. You will not have a fun experience trying to fly a scale model as your first. You can scale airplane down, but you can’t scale down forces of nature. Scale models will be too fast and unstable for a beginner.

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Now, as for size, this is going to depend on size of your largest pictures. An 8 X 10 is probably going to be your largest. If your pictures are not this big, you don’t need a portfolio this big. Your biggest will most likely be an 11 X 14 and it could be as small as a 4 X 7.

The most important thing for you to remember is convenience – both for you and for person who will be looking at your portfolio. You want to keep it professional and easy to hold, carry and look over.

Using a Photography Portfolio

So now that you know what a portfolio is and what type to get, how do you actually use it? Well, we mentioned you are going to fill it with your best work. This means you want a portfolio that can easily be changed. You may want to pull out old ones and add in new ones. You don’t want to go for a job carrying along every picture you’ve ever taken. You’re going to want to have 15-20 of your best work. You are also going to want to be sure your pictures are relevant to job. If you are trying out for different types of assignments, you may want to create portfolios that work for each of types of work you are doing.

Of course, you only want to show your best work but you want to give impression that you can handle any type of assignment given to you ad not that you are “stuck” in only one type of photography.

You want to showcase your best work; this is best technically as well. You may have a photo that is really important to you because of image it represents or memory it brings but if it is not technically perfect, it doesn’t belong in a business portfolio. Save that one for your coffee table.