Choose and protect your portfolio images
Use imagery you created or are authorised to share, then edit and publish deliberately.
Confirm the right to publish
Before uploading, check who created the image, who appears in it, whether a client or venue imposed confidentiality and which channels the existing permission covers. Credit requirements and model or subject consent belong in your working record. If you cannot explain why a public portfolio may show the image, pause and resolve that question first.
Keep originals in Your library and treat a crop, enhancement or export as a separate derivative. A polished image does not change ownership or widen the permission attached to the source.
- Check creator, subject, client and venue permissions.
- Record credit and usage notes.
- Keep the clean original available.
Edit for understanding
Lead with the frame that explains your current direction. Follow with images that add range in subject, light, movement, texture or scale. Remove near duplicates and label personal studies, tests or illustrative previews so the sequence does not imply a client result.
Use captions to name your role and the context. A short, accurate note helps someone decide whether to ask for a project without turning a portfolio into a claim ledger.
Publish with a final check
Check crop, alt text, caption, order and audience before publishing. If optional enhancement is used, review the derivative closely and preserve any provenance or disclosure the workflow supplies. Enhancement should never publish a file automatically or overwrite the clean original.
Unpublish when the permission, context or direction is no longer current. Removing a portfolio view does not delete project history or the original library item.