Why get a portfolio review from Frank Doorhof?

We all know the problem…..

You have selected your best images, and you’re proud of them. But how do you know how good/bad they really are?
There are several options. A Portfolio Review by Frank Doorhof is one of your options. How do you get comments on your photos?

1. Forums/Social Media

The problem with forums/social media is that most people are just browsing.
Most of the time you will get “oh, ah, wonderful” and other replies you really don’t need to grow, although it’s always nice for your ego. But the biggest problem with forums is that some people don’t like anything and burn you down. Especially for the starting photographer this can be very bad, I’ve heard so many stories of people who just stopped posting because they did get no response whatsoever about what they did wrong, just the negativity of some people

2. response from family and friends

Well, to be honest, I’m sorry but they will always love your stuff 🙂 At least my family does.

3. Portfolio reviews by pros

These are the ones you should be after, however they are very hard to get.
Places like Photoshop World are your best bet There you can get great portfolio reviews by some of the best instructors and that critique is something you can work with.

Now I know that you are not at Photoshop World every day. But sometimes just want your portfolio reviewed. So we offer a great solution for this. With the internet there are no barriers anymore, wherever you are in the world you can connect. So let’s make use of this for your portfolio reviews. After a lot of thought, we’ve come up with the following options for some serious portfolio reviews.

1. Single portfolio review EU 150.00

You deliver your 10 best shots in high resolution (via Dropbox or any other way).
I will go over every single shot in detail and judge the retouching, lighting, composition, styling, poses, expression, location, etc. I will also retouch all/some of the images for you with an explanation of why I did the retouching differently. Within a week you will get your portfolio review in the mail.

The review will contain :
All the original images with the tips/critiques and new retouches.
A video with a lot of tips on how to improve, these tips can include lighting, styling, storytelling, retouching, coaching the models etc.

2. Single portfolio review with 30-minute live discussion  EU 199.00

Same as before but, after you receive the mail we connect via Skype or WhatsApp and discuss each photo where you can ask questions about my critiques and of course can discuss the review in depth.

One small note.
Do realize that these portfolio reviews will be very honest. So make sure that you can take the critiques you’re gonna get for what they are worth. Don’t expect a “wow, great shot” critique on 99.9% of the images, also in my favorite works I will find many many mistakes or things that could have been better. The perfect picture is a fairytale, there is always something that can be improved and that’s the point I’m after in these reviews even if it’s just something that will make you go “Well ok, but really that’s such a small detail?”, Only by also seeing those really tiny details can improve your work immensely.

Frank Doorhof has been a KelbyOne instructor since 2013. Every week he teaches workshops on model photography in his studio in Emmeloord. He has made several tutorials on this topic and wrote several books, which have been translated into different languages.

Frank is very active on social media en on YouTube. Join our channel for a lot of free education and behind-the-scenes videos

Frank and his wife Annewiek are the distributors of a few brands, Frank works daily with those Brands: Geekoto flash and softboxes, Rogue round flash modifiers, IQwire tether cables, and Click Backdrops. Frank is an ambassador for many brands like Sony, BenQ, Calibrite, Cascable and many more.