Can I use as reference the project photos of my current employers to set up a portfolio for my own company ?
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Probably not. Photos, descriptions, manuals, documents, etc. you develop as part of your employment belong to the company...called proprietary ownership or proprietary rights. You could ask and see what happens but I'm betting since you'll be in competition with your former employer, they'll say no. You should see a lawyer if it's a really big thing.
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I don't think you would want to chance something as important as your business to a random web page.  I would look into a recruiting firm in the areas you are looking to place people and give them a description of what you need.  Not only will you get prequalified applicants, you usually get a guarantee on the placement (ie. if you are not satisfied, they will place another person until you are).
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from your   employers
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you can set up your own business type deal, do weddings,birthdays, graduation pics etc or if not your own business work in a photography studio that would be cool
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Use the current name of the company.
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no not unless its already a photo you want to put into your comp
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Are you sure you are supossed to draw something? You have to specify what this portfolio is.
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Try the corporate website.
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Your employer should have a copy
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if your company has a website you can post it on there
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Yes, register yourself at www.getafreelancer.com. You may have to bid for project though.\n\nSince you are working on 3D animation, it is advisable to compile your works as your portfolio. Have a web site for this purpose though. This is pretty handy if you want to convince the clients since they can have a look at all your works before assigning you as their developer.\n\nHope this helps.
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Do you have Works? \nYou can make brochures from there.
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You could contact the previous employer and ask for a copy, but if that's not reasonable the IRS has a copy too, just ask them.  They've become pretty personable and easy to work with.
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you can\n Search for companies you might like to work for. Any search engine will produce lots of answers.
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I built a website for a company, and I was restricted from using certain photographs from other companies/websites, unless I got permission from those companies directly.\n\nSome companies put a section on their website that shows pictures that they allow ANYBODY to use on their personal website.\n\nI would be careful with this.  If you really want to use a certain picture, ask the company or person that owns the website.  All they can do is say yes or no.\n\nIf you don't get permission, you can get slammed with a lawsuit for using a company name or website content, without permission.  Be careful!
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Try to contact the GC's estimator and set up a meeting to provide your quote to them and you'll also need to provide references and perhaps photos of completed jobs.
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I'm not from the area, but i might still help because I want to start my own web-design business and for that i need a portfolio. So right now i would do a charity website (or part of it) for free, just to say that i did some work on it.\n\nContact me (through my profile).\n\nThis is a site i just designed for my track team: http://www.paramusrunning.bravehost.com