Include Your Best Photographs

Using your portfolio website as an online repository for your photography might be appealing. But don't buckle under the pressure!

Only your greatest work should be shown in your portfolio. Ideally, each gallery should have roughly 20-30 photographs, with no more than 2-3 galleries on the whole website. Adding more photographs than that will likely overwhelm your visitors, while what you actually want is for them to ask for more. It's a good idea to let others do the decision of selecting which photographs to feature on your site. Show friends and family a selection of 50-100 images and ask which ones they like. Friends and family are more likely to represent your site's visitors than you are, so you could be surprised at which images make the cut.