Narrative Discovery Guide
Use three prompts to find a clear story for a photography portfolio.
Collect three projects
Choose three jobs that reflect the work you want to book. For each, write one sentence about the client’s goal and one sentence about a decision you made.
Find the repeated choice
Look for patterns in the decisions. Maybe you kept sets minimal, worked with available light, or built a shot list around the people using the space.
Make the story visible
Put one pattern on the homepage. Use the portfolio to show how it played out across different briefs and leave room for a visitor to make their own judgment.
Check the story against the images
Lay out nine images from three projects and mark the ones that support the theme you identified. Ask what the strongest sequence suggests about your work. Use the answer to revise the homepage opening or choose a stronger project to feature.
Write the opening after choosing the work
Draft one line that describes the kind of work the three projects have in common. Put a project beside it that demonstrates the claim. If the strongest image suggests a different specialty, either replace the image or revise the opening to match the work.
