iPad photo portfolio - web vs app

qveda said:

I'm thinking about using an iPad for showing my portfolio to clients or galleries in addition to, or instead of a traditional print porfolio .

I have a web-based gallery , created from LR3 (non-flash version as well as flash version). Any reason to think that an ipad app like PadFolio or FlexFolio would present the image with better overall quality than my web-gallery ?

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I'm not sure if thats a good idea. The iPad can be very unforgiving on pictures when you pinch to zoom. They will pop due to the screen though. I just think a proper print would be better.

fitshaced said:

I'm not sure if thats a good idea. The iPad can be very unforgiving on pictures when you pinch to zoom. They will pop due to the screen though. I just think a proper print would be better.

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I don't know what kind of photos the OP would show, but I would never include any photo in a portfolio that doesn't look perfect at 100%. As long as the photo would be sharpened and resized to the maximum resolution that the iPad can show (zoomed in).

That's the direction I'm planning to go. By the time you figure in cost of materials, it's not that much more to invest in an iPad. But, I do a lot of motion graphics and video... so it makes sense to go in that direction. But for photography only? Might work if you go with a high enough resolution and make it super easy to navigate.

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fitshaced said:

I'm not sure if thats a good idea. The iPad can be very unforgiving on pictures when you pinch to zoom. They will pop due to the screen though. I just think a proper print would be better.

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If you hand your iPad to a client to have them gesture through your photos, why do you think they would stop to pinch and zoom? But, what you could do is hold the iPad and flip through the photos for them instead of handing it off to them.

Hey guys,

There is an app called: Portfolio for the iPad. It is not bad. I use it and it seems to work well. I have not experienced any problems with it. It takes a few mins to learn but for the most part it is robust and easy to use.

13X19 in a portfolio is overkill or non-productive IMO. I would be intimidated hand-holding something that big. That's a wall hung view from a distance size print. By going that big, you are telling your client "Look how sharp my photos are" rather than "Look how great my composition skills are".

The main consideration in deciding between an app and a web gallery is accessibility. One goes anywhere and the other needs a Net connection. Lots of places don't have that.

I would do a hard copy letter size portfolio and a digital one. Then you have something for everyone. Not all people are comfortable with tablets.

Dale