Updating a portfolio
Perhaps it was rash of me to leave my portfolio behind. But to bring my physical portfolio with me to Hawaii meant I would have the intention of updating while here. And to update my portfolio also requires me to have access to a very nice color printer, which I had no intention of shipping out to Hawaii.
Now I sit here amid a sea of photos...all digital. With no progress to be made. I know what I'd like to update. I have a few select costumes in mind for my construction portfolio. The samuri from Obake, the Duke and Bull from Ferdinand the Bull, Aladdin and Leilah fro Aladdin's luck, the Trash to Fashion dress, the Duck and Octopus from Iona. I know which of the few shows I've done for the children's theatre I have enough pride in to contribute to my design portfolio. Aladdin, Ferdinand....well, perhaps its a much shorter list than I thought. And of course there's the Tempest from the high school apprenticeship program...only eight months later I'm still waiting for a copy of the professional production stills despite several requests.
So I sort through the hundreds of photos that I do have. And if the quality of the photo isn't on par...a costume cut off at the knees, a face every slightly too blurry, an awkward composition...its the lighting off. Or the set that's unfinished. Or some other element that makes me cringe at including it as a quality representation of my work. And I kick myself for the lack of process photos I took while making certain costumes. Or the lack of finish to the renderings I had to hastily scan and email to make a publicity deadline.
I have heaps and heaps of partially finished or mediocre quality representations of my work. Two years of work. It's overwhelming and disheartening. And that is not the right mindset to be in when trying to sell yourself to potential employers.
If only I'd taken a more active role in archiving the production. If only I had tried harder to gather production stills and cleaned up the renderings at the end of each show intead of letting the whole process sit this long.
I wish my portfolios weren't sitting, ignored in Milwaukee. At least then I'd have the tangibel presentation of my work to feel some pride over.
Now I sit here amid a sea of photos...all digital. With no progress to be made. I know what I'd like to update. I have a few select costumes in mind for my construction portfolio. The samuri from Obake, the Duke and Bull from Ferdinand the Bull, Aladdin and Leilah fro Aladdin's luck, the Trash to Fashion dress, the Duck and Octopus from Iona. I know which of the few shows I've done for the children's theatre I have enough pride in to contribute to my design portfolio. Aladdin, Ferdinand....well, perhaps its a much shorter list than I thought. And of course there's the Tempest from the high school apprenticeship program...only eight months later I'm still waiting for a copy of the professional production stills despite several requests.
So I sort through the hundreds of photos that I do have. And if the quality of the photo isn't on par...a costume cut off at the knees, a face every slightly too blurry, an awkward composition...its the lighting off. Or the set that's unfinished. Or some other element that makes me cringe at including it as a quality representation of my work. And I kick myself for the lack of process photos I took while making certain costumes. Or the lack of finish to the renderings I had to hastily scan and email to make a publicity deadline.
I have heaps and heaps of partially finished or mediocre quality representations of my work. Two years of work. It's overwhelming and disheartening. And that is not the right mindset to be in when trying to sell yourself to potential employers.
If only I'd taken a more active role in archiving the production. If only I had tried harder to gather production stills and cleaned up the renderings at the end of each show intead of letting the whole process sit this long.
I wish my portfolios weren't sitting, ignored in Milwaukee. At least then I'd have the tangibel presentation of my work to feel some pride over.
posted by Unknown at
9:12 PM
1 Comments:
I wouldn't feel too bad about it. If the costume looks good but the set isn't finished it's not your fault. and if you have all the pics you want to include picked out and saved to a folder than you're halfway there. As far as I'm concerned you've completed the most difficult part.
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