filmscanners: portfolio

["Tomasz Zakrzewski" <tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl>]

Sorry, I don't want to introduce a lenghty off-topic thread but maybe you
could post some of your opinions (off-list?)
I want to create portfolios of my best work. Pictures of different motives
but having one thing in common - best of my work.
I'm in arrears with my enlargements. For several years I've been only making
standard 4x6" prints, sometimes twice that size. But now I want to enlarge
the most favorable pictures, both my family pictures and my commercial work.
But enlarge to what size? And what paper structure to choose for family
pictures/portraits, stage photography and landscape? What are your
preferences?
For me this is a difficult decision because I want the prints to be
transportable (that's what portfolio is for) and small enough to view them
at reading distance,but large enough to show the quality of them and to make
them stand out from standard prints. And I'm talking traditional prints, not
printouts.
I shoot mostly 35mm and about 10% 6x7cm.
The purpose of making the portfolios is to have the best hardcopy available
of my pictures, to be able to show them to my family/clients and to have fun
from fine enlargements ;-)
Especially the commercial work will be presented in separate passepartouts
and sets of them will be archived in special portfolio boxes.

Regards

Tomasz Zakrzewski
www.zakrzewski.art.pl