Portfolio question

I have been putting together a portfolio/slide show in Power Point for
CD distribution. My first issue is culling the images - my initial
target market is little league parents, soccer moms, kids athletics,
etc. However, I want to include some portraiture work, candids, and
maybe some landscapes/nature. The reasoning behind that is to put the
relevant, or "target market", shots at the beginning of the slideshow,
so if they shut it down, it's no loss. Plus, you never know what kind
of nerve you may hit with a broader range of subject - someone may
need some corporate work or architecture or what have you, or where
the CD's will ultimately end up.

Secondly, captions with the images or no captions? I have viewed it
both ways several times and am still on the fence. Though I am
leaning towards leaving them in, as it won't deter anyone, and may
help some people feel the image a little more deeply. Thoughts
there....?

I would be glad to share the .ppt with anyone who can DL a 15mb file
and happens to have roughly four extra minutes on their hands! I can
send by Pando if interested.

Thx,

B

On May 31, 9:06 pm, Ben Miller wrote:
I have been putting together a portfolio/slide show in Power Point for
CD distribution. My first issue is culling the images - my initial
target market is little league parents, soccer moms, kids athletics,
etc. However, I want to include some portraiture work, candids, and
maybe some landscapes/nature. The reasoning behind that is to put the
relevant, or "target market", shots at the beginning of the slideshow,
so if they shut it down, it's no loss. Plus, you never know what kind
of nerve you may hit with a broader range of subject - someone may
need some corporate work or architecture or what have you, or where
the CD's will ultimately end up.

Secondly, captions with the images or no captions? I have viewed it
both ways several times and am still on the fence. Though I am
leaning towards leaving them in, as it won't deter anyone, and may
help some people feel the image a little more deeply. Thoughts
there....?

I would be glad to share the .ppt with anyone who can DL a 15mb file
and happens to have roughly four extra minutes on their hands! I can
send by Pando if interested.

I was just wondering about your use of PowerPoint, did you have a look
at the Photo Story 3 freeware from Microsoft? It turns photos into
AVIs where you can add background music and add special effects, etc.
Easily playable on PCs, Mac and some DVD players. I haven't really
looked at it myself, but it seemed easy to use:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...y/default.mspx