My school portfolio
The ride is over. I'm no longer a photography student, but officially a Professional Photographer. I graduated on June 17th, which incidentally is Iceland's national holiday. I made sure that fact was forced upon approximately 150 people, as that's how I started my valedictorian speech.
Although grades are not everything, I'm definitely proud of my final mark which is a fraction over 90 percent.
But anyway, as I've mentioned before, I did my portfolio on food. And as my journey through school is over, and all the marks are in, here are the images from the portfolio, the way they appeared page by page.
Mojito
Italian style - oil, pesto, olives, sundried tomatoes...
Pork and beans from Spinnakers Brew Pub.
Icelandic pancakes - apparently I need to bake a few for select people.
Coffee art from Serious Coffee.
Chocolate truffles from Spinnakers Brew Pub.
Blackbean soup and salmon bagel from Willow Street Cafe, and some home-made borscht.
Blueberries and a smoothie.
Sushi platter at Nautical Nellies.
Steak and lobster at Nautical Nellies.
Coconut cream pie and New York cheesecake at Nautical Nellies.
Starter and entrée from Royal Colwood Golf Club, dessert from Willow Street Cafe in Chemainus.
Creme brulee at the Royal Colwood Golf Club.
Portfolio handed in – nothing to do but wait
Today was the deadline to hand in our final assignment - our portfolio - at the Western Academy of Photography. I handed mine in two days ago, and now I'm waiting for my final mark. On June 17th I will graduate from the Professional Photography program.
After everything we have been taught, I decided to do my portfolio on one of the few genres we didn't really touch; food photography. I contacted restaurants around town (and even one in Chemainus), a few of which were willing to let me in to shoot. Still, a number of shots were done at home, with the aid of my wife, who was more than willing to do some styling and holding a reflector here and there.
I've decided not to post my portfolio here until after graduation, but there is nothing against posting some outtakes. Overall, I think these outtakes were good enough to be in the portfolio, but for one reason or another, they just didn't fit.
Icelandic pancakes, rolled up with sugar, at home.
Olives, sundried tomatoes and pesto at home.
Blueberries and mint at home.
Creme brulee, wedding dessert at the Royal Colwood Golf Club.
Coffee art at Serious Coffee.