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5/12/2017- What's a portfolio and why does it matter?
- Top three things every portfolio needs
- Clarifying and defining your vision
- Examining and evaluating your work
- Defining your motivation
- Making your own road map
- Developing a personal brand
- Developing a manifesto or mission statement
- Building the portfolio website
- Expanding your business with print
Skill Level Intermediate
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- For the creative professional, or for the inspiring enthusiast, a portfolio is essential. It's the equivalent of a passport for the person that wants to travel around the world. You know, without it you can't really get very far, and over the last decade, I have had the privilege of teaching photographers, filmmakers, designers, and illustrators, how to create an effective portfolio so that they can do more of the work that they love. Well that's exactly what this course is about. In this course, we're going to be taking a look at how we can create a portfolio from a photographic perspective because that's what I do, yet the topics that you'll encounter, well they're relevant to so many different fields.
So what exactly will we cover in this course? Well, we will begin by taking a look at how we can create a vision for the portfolio that we want to create. We'll look at how we can set specific goals, we'll also discuss things like the essential steps or stages that you want to go through to make a good portfolio. We'll talk about how you can develop a personal brand, define a visual identity or logo, we'll discuss things like what to consider when buying a domain name or hosting, and I'll provide a primer, or an overview, of how you can build a website portfolio yourself.
All right, well we are going to cover all of these topics and more, so thanks for joining me in this course, let's begin.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 24s
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1. Starting with the End in Mind
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Defining your motivation4m 25s
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Setting specific goals7m 8s
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2. Creating a Road Map for Success
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Nobody pays for a portfolio2m 12s
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5 stages of development2m 26s
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Make your own road map2m 39s
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3. Developing a Personal Brand
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Finding the right fit2m 35s
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Building a mood board4m 48s
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Importance of a bio7m 19s
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4. Website Foundation
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Finding a domain name4m 10s
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Buying a domain name1m 11s
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Visual identity resources1m 51s
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5. A Primer on Building the Website Portfolio
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Batch processing layer comps4m 39s
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Building the portfolio website10m 36s
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Finishing the portfolio website10m 17s
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Launch strategy3m 14s
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6. Increasing Your Online Presence
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7. Expanding Your Business with Print
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 27s
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