Business
Building a Photography Portfolio That Gets You Hired
Your portfolio is the single most important factor in getting hired as a photographer. Not your gear, not your social media following, not your years of experience. Clients make hiring decisions based on what they see in your portfolio, and most photographers get this wrong in predictable ways. The Most Common Portfolio Mistake The biggest mistake is showing too much. Photographers stuff their portfolios with every decent image they’ve ever taken — 50, 80, 100+ images across every genre and style.