Hippie Chick Photography

[yayaroo]

Please check my site and critique. Also any marketing pointers welcome.
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[MK3Brent]

Keep shooting.

 

[Derrel]

You might be interested to know that hippiecuties.com is a hippie chick porn site...and there are probably a few others...

 

[MK3Brent]

Why am I looking at this now....

 

[cgipson1]

wow..

 

[MLeeK]

Site looks like a cheap, family website type design. Not exactly professional quality.
The Hippie Chick name and the page itself don't convey the same thing. The page looks like it's trying to be more of an elegant, refined style. Hippie Chick is... well, Hippie Chick. It's not refined. If you are going to brand yourself do it consistently from the name all of the way through your images. That is one of the reasons it's recommended that photog's use "Your Name Photography" or some derivative of it. You are always you. You could have hippie chick by Your Name; you could have Elegant Weddings by Your Name... But Hippie chick makes me think Bohemian, long skirts, VW Bus and armpit hair ( I lived through the 70's...)
Your images show some flashes of brilliance and some really weak stuff in there. Your exposures range from under exposed to spot on. Colors range from blue to warm. Consistency is key. Show only the best of the best on your website.

 

[Derrel]

Site looks like a cheap, family website type design. Not exactly professional quality.
The Hippie Chick name and the page itself don't convey the same thing. The page looks like it's trying to be more of an elegant, refined style. Hippie Chick is... well, Hippie Chick. It's not refined. If you are going to brand yourself do it consistently from the name all of the way through your images. That is one of the reasons it's recommended that photog's use "Your Name Photography" or some derivative of it. You are always you. You could have hippie chick by Your Name; you could have Elegant Weddings by Your Name... But Hippie chick makes me think Bohemian, long skirts, VW Bus and armpit hair ( I lived through the 70's...)
Your images show some flashes of brilliance and some really weak stuff in there. Your exposures range from under exposed to spot on. Colors range from blue to warm. Consistency is key. Show only the best of the best on your website.

You forgot Birkenstock sandals, hairy legs, and MASSIVE, massive,massive quantities of patchouli oil slathered on to cover up the smell of unwashed-ness. I too lived through the 70's... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli]

 

[rexbobcat]

I'm just curious, and I don't mean this to be nagging or berating but...

So you know about quality of light and being deliberate with your images? Or do you pose your subjects regardless of time of day and snap the photo?

Honest question. I'm just curious, because artistry does imply deliberation and such.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

This thread serves as proof bestbuy photography is more about selling photos than shooting photos

 

[cgipson1]

Site looks like a cheap, family website type design. Not exactly professional quality.
The Hippie Chick name and the page itself don't convey the same thing. The page looks like it's trying to be more of an elegant, refined style. Hippie Chick is... well, Hippie Chick. It's not refined. If you are going to brand yourself do it consistently from the name all of the way through your images. That is one of the reasons it's recommended that photog's use "Your Name Photography" or some derivative of it. You are always you. You could have hippie chick by Your Name; you could have Elegant Weddings by Your Name... But Hippie chick makes me think Bohemian, long skirts, VW Bus and armpit hair ( I lived through the 70's...)
Your images show some flashes of brilliance and some really weak stuff in there. Your exposures range from under exposed to spot on. Colors range from blue to warm. Consistency is key. Show only the best of the best on your website.

You forgot Birkenstock sandals, hairy legs, and MASSIVE, massive,massive quantities of patchouli oil slathered on to cover up the smell of unwashed-ness. I too lived through the 70's... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli]

I doubt that the OP is old enough to have ever even seen a real hippy! But since everything RETRO is in... hmmm... hipsters remind me of the beatniks... and what came after the beatniks... hippies! Is history repeating itself?

 

[ceejtank]

The name hippie chick immediately makes me think of "someone who doesnt really want to work"... if I got your business card based on the name alone I would throw it out. I'd stay away from stuff that has mixed connotations with it. I for one dislike hippies, and what they stand for. I'm not the only one in the world who would be biased against hiring you based on that name alone. I'd try and get a new domain name if I were you. Besides that..


the opening page looks like a blog, I felt myself immediately wanting to scroll down instead of looking at the links at the top. Perhaps instead of just having a "gallery" you can list what types of photography you do there(with example pics), or group them into those areas that you have listed on your "services" page. The services page itself is very bland and lacking.

Sorry for the harsh review, but I used to build websites back in the day, and have taken many business classes (so my point up to about the name isn't coming from my dislike of hippies, but is coming from the fact that you're choosing something with radical views that people disagree with). Just as an example (I'm assuming you're liberal, and I'm not taking politics into this) but if someone gave you a website like www.teapartyphotos.com(don't click here, I didn't see if it's a real place, and could be anything) but you probably wouldn't want to click there or hire that photographer. Just something to think about.

 

[PixelRabbit]

I almost put hippie in my name here (yes I know I ultimately chose a goober of a name but that's besides the point )
But I did put modern hippie as my profession
Peace love and eternal grooviness!

 

[rdl65]

Are you dirty and have a particular stinch around you? If not, lose the hippie affiliation. You will attract to many bums.

 

[DecoraLux]

Not to be controversial but I like the name and it conjures up the idea of free spirited relaxed natural photos, I should,at this point say I haven't checked out your site yet!

If we were all the same it would be a dull place, the name is different, memorable and if the pics don't disappoint then I see no issue. A good website and quality pictures is a must though and you need to follow the theme throughout while being professional. Now I will have a look at the site!

 

[jwbryson1]

Mmm'kay...