Final Year Portfolio Promotion

Maria Dowsett

Fashion Communication at the University of Brighton

An Archive of my Time at University

It’s nice to reflect on my time at university given the slightly demotivating time were in, and it’s also nice to be able to see how much you’ve improved when looking at all the images you’ve taken in four years, side by side. Although I was never going to produce my best work in my…

My Portfolio!

I went with what I would call a magazine portfolio for my final outcome as it’s what had been recommended to me, and what was best considering the revised submission. It can also be translated as a box portfolio as per the original submission as it still shows the selection of images I would have…

Portfolio Research

Firstly I wanted to do some research into the types of portfolio I could make given how Coronavirus has changed out hand-in. Initially, I would have made a box portfolio but I’m quite glad this isnt a requirement anymore as I have found that I would much rather my work be displayed in a leather-bound…

Designing a Business Card and Postcards

I have found it pretty satisfying and fulfilling to design and print business and postcards at the moment because due to COVID-19, the prospect of finishing a university course seems dormant. Before going onto vista print and designing my business cards, I looked at Pinterest for some inspiration when it comes to photographic business cards….

CVs

Although I have a reasonably well-designed CV from placement year, it definitely isn’t what I would call a professional graduate CV. For one it’s two pages which just doesn’t really cut it in today’s job market, and two, its visually very boring. I need something that stands out if I’m to stand chance in getting…

My Social Medias and Accounts

After reading up about using Instagram for freelancers and looking at the other photographer’s accounts, this his how mine is currently looking… I decided to make my instagram as a business account and put my profession as photography. This way I can look at my insights which tell me demographics but also when the most…

Getting to Grips with Business and Social Media

My Instagram account has been ever-changing since first year when I made it and I have been uploading and deleting every year since, never picking the images properly or being happy with how it looks. I decided I should probably look at a few websites and learn some ways when it comes to using Instagram…

My Own Website!

Website Link – www.mariadowsett.myportfolio.com I had fun designing my website, the core of it was already done from second year when I had decided the theme already – being the grid of images as the home page and the navigation bar at the side. I decided not to change this as it works well and I…

Researching into Photographer’s Websites

I had already made the starts to my website in second year as part of the specialist pathways module, so all I really needed to do was develop on the skeleton. I had a few old shoots on there that I deleted as they really didn’t show off my best work. I also added the…

Figuring Out Branding and Logos

Keeping your branding the same is one of the most important things when trying to maintain a consistent brand or image. As a photographer, all I really need is a logo that I can upload to my website, business cards, perhaps social media and CV. I have never previously designed a logo for myself so…

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