p.1 #1 · Starting Out. Promotion with a small portfolio
I have been photographing weddings occasionally for some years, started with family members and now pick up a few jobs from my ad on my work intranet notice board (large organisation). I have a chance to reduce my hours this year, 2 years to full retirement, and want to spend more time on my photography. I have been shooting stock, (lucked?? into a Getty house contract via an agency takeover), travel, (a few national magazine features) and get access to shoot a couple of international track and road cycling events every year. The rewards for all these have been dwindling and I've decided to start promoting my wedding photography more widely, from which I enjoy for the positive feedback I have been fortunate to get. With a limited number of weddings under my belt I have to persuade clients that I can do a good job from a small selection, I have one more wedding in the can since putting this together. How to make the best of things until my portfolio has grown?
p.1 #2 · Starting Out. Promotion with a small portfolio
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a smaller portfolio, especially one you're showing in person. I think you might want to show off a little depth in what you shoot and how you're shooting rather than simply who you're shooting (like, these are some rings, this is a bridal party in a rocking pose, here's a getting ready shot, here's the bride, here's the ceremony).
If not you could probably get some models to do wedding type work to pad things out a little more. I think one first step might be to put your work a little higher up on your website, that's a lot of text for a photographer.
p.1 #4 · Starting Out. Promotion with a small portfolio
Yes a proper web site is on the do list. Previously my portfolio showing has been on a personal meeting basis and I can show them previous wedding sets from start to finish (which would be far too much for a website anyway). I started the blog just to see if I could establish a presence in Google searches and Analytics shows that a few visitors are landing. Not enough yet though.
