Cheaper then some pieces of art paper, these portfolios provide an excellent way to showcase your work, either to a client or just to friends and family.

Available from just about any art of photography store starting at around $4 for the 6×4 model, they won’t break the bank. Sizes range from 4×6 all the way up to 18×24, with all sorts of sizes in between, some offered in both horizontal and vertical formats. Each portfolio features a polypropylene (fancy name for plastic) cover with 24 clear inserts, hard bound and non-removable. Each insert comes preloaded with a piece of black acid free paper, of which one photo can be placed on either side, allowing for 48 views. The exterior spine has a clear pocket, of which can house a piece of 9.2cm wide paper. The interior of the front page features a pocket which can easily hold several letter size pages, as well as a business card slot.

While this portfolio is certainly a deal, it does have some minor fallbacks. The clear inserts are somewhat easy to leave marks on by bending or scratching, so care should be taken while adding or removing photos. The cover isn’t very fancy like some more advanced models – looks more like a 3-ring binder folder then a luscious portfolio.

All in all, probably one of the better portfolios to deliver client prints in. Presentation is 90% of the product, and it’s important to make you’re product look good when delivering it, as word of mouth can easily make or break you. I often times include a model of these portfolios in the appropriate size with each order (pricing their costs into the first print price). It keeps prints safe in the mail and gives them a way to keep them together. I even go as far as to print out an information sheet, with contact and picture information and place it on the first view – a table of contents of sorts.