Portfolio Juice

We are talking SERIOUS juice here. Like major muscle juice. Your portfolio is what sells you over another photographer or image creator. So why take any chances? We have some tips and ideas here that will help you get the most out of your portfolio and make the biggest splash with clients. Not to mention, it is a great thing to pull out at family gatherings when your rich cousin comes into town. He ain’t got nothin’ on you.


Galleries and Templates

50 Great Portfolio Ideas
50 of the most beautiful and creative Portfolio samples and ideas.

25 Image Galleries
25 really amazing flash based image gallery scripts that not only provide a nice user interface but are free and easy to adapt into your website.

15+ Best Flash Galleries Roundup
Here is a very nice and attractive collection of Flash xml galleries. Most of them are dynamic and use a XML file to load the pictures.

Photo LoveCat
A list of companies that offer website templates for photographers.

Print Portfolio Ideas
A blog that shares many ideas and creations for Portfolio pieces.

How to Make an Online Photo Album
Trey Ratcliffe gives a detailed account of his experience setting up a portfolio using SmugMug – what worked well and what didn't. Great tips for making the portfolio as user-friendly as possible, and interesting commentary on the relative strengths and weaknesses of SmugMug vs. Flickr as vehicles for getting your photos online easily and securely, and for making sales.

Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio
WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. Many professional photographers use it for portfolios as well. This article from Smashing Magazine has great visuals showing free and commercial portfolio themes available for WordPress, tons of good tips for designing your own portfolio, several examples of outstanding WordPress portfolios by photographers – plus a resources list.

40 Great Photographer Portfolio Websites for Inspiration
Bill Jones has compiled screenshots + links of an amazing array of online photography portfolios.

Creating a photography portfolio
Good post from Photocritic.org on putting together a portfolio of actual prints (not just online) to show to prospective clients. Your approaches will likely be different depending on whether you're displaying in a gallery, putting together an image library or preparing a commercial portfolio.