ElegantOrchid wrote:
I am really struggling with a good bio.

IMO, your profile doesn't match up well with most of the work in your portfolio. Seven years experience and out to create breathtaking art and you've got a handful of very good work and a lot of snapshot-quality stuff.

You've got some good work, nicely lighted and composed. For example:




...and a bunch of this:








Not breathtaking. What's breathtaking to me is what you're charging for a shoot. But if you're actually getting $500 per shoot for that work, more power to ya.

It doesn't help that you've got a ton of redundancies, both the good and the bad. That portfolio is massively padded.

Do I include links?

Links to what, specifically?

how much is too much?

How much of what, specifically?

Orca Bay Images wrote:

ElegantOrchid wrote:
I am really struggling with a good bio.

IMO, your profile doesn't match up well with most of the work in your portfolio. Seven years experience and out to create breathtaking art and you've got a handful of very good work and a lot of snapshot-quality stuff.

You've got some good work, nicely lighted and composed. For example:




...and a bunch of this:








Not breathtaking. What's breathtaking to me is what you're charging for a shoot. But if you're actually getting $500 per shoot for that work, more power to ya.

It doesn't help that you've got a ton of redundancies, both the good and the bad. That portfolio is massively padded.

Do I include links?

Links to what, specifically?


How much of what, specifically?

Thank you for your critique. I will definitely use it to cull down my portfolio. I have seven years in creating bodyscapes and environmental nudes. I am adding over into the alternative boudoir niche where as a client centered photographer, yes $500 is my session fee and my average customer out the door price is $1000-1,200.

What I was saying about links is links to social media... Model Society, Suicide Girls... other platforms where my work is shown. And by how much is too much, I was referring to wording. I want to make sure my bio communicates my personality but also doesn't bore potential collaborators to death.

Again, thanks for your opinion. I will make adjustments!