My new website - your critical review, thoughts, input, suggestions, ideas... Please!

[tirediron]

$1200


An eight-hour session with unlimited locations, up to forty enhanced digital images on CD-ROM and a $250 print-credit

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That's the "Not in a million years package". I'm not aware of ANYONE in this are ever paying $1200 for a family portrait session, but it still works out to my ~$90/hour goal...

 

[tirediron]

I would skip the ADWords... if someone is actually looking through your site, the last thing you want to do is direct them somewhere else.

Whatchew talkin' 'bout Willis? Adwords?

 

[MLeeK]

I really like the look of that, BUT, the reason I went away from white text on a dark background (as my old 'site was) is because everything seemed to say that it was harder to read and less likely to hold people's attention and also because my logo and all my other "Branding" is a dark-blue which isn't going to contrast well with that colour, and another one of my goals with the new 'site was to bring all that in line, that is my business cards look like my 'site, etc.

So change the background to white and logo back to blue. Good to go!

Oh, well then, if you're going to go and get logical about it...

<sorry, John>:sad anim:

 

[runnah]

I really like the look of that, BUT, the reason I went away from white text on a dark background (as my old 'site was) is because everything seemed to say that it was harder to read and less likely to hold people's attention and also because my logo and all my other "Branding" is a dark-blue which isn't going to contrast well with that colour, and another one of my goals with the new 'site was to bring all that in line, that is my business cards look like my 'site, etc.

 

[mjhoward]

maybe my browser is infected... crap.

 

[tirediron]

Actually, I really do like the look of that home page, and if I can sort out the gallery software and get it working the way it should, I may go with something like that.

 

[runnah]

Actually, I really do like the look of that home page, and if I can sort out the gallery software and get it working the way it should, I may go with something like that.

I get 10%...

 

[tirediron]

Actually, I really do like the look of that home page, and if I can sort out the gallery software and get it working the way it should, I may go with something like that.

I get 10%...

Done! You owe me $2500!

 

[Demers18]

Here you go. Let me know if this works for you and I can send you the .ai file.




Now you owe me $2500

 

[kundalini]

Ooohhhh, I get to be the first one to bash your bio pic.

Seriously though, it may be you are in your comfort zone, but put on a pair of trousers in lieu of the jeans. And you know better than to strut football shoulders.

 

[tirediron]

Ooohhhh, I get to be the first one to bash your bio pic.

Seriously though, it may be you are in your comfort zone, but put on a pair of trousers in lieu of the jeans. And you know better than to strut football shoulders.

You couldn't have just kept your yap shut, could you???? I was getting away with that.... even Keith and MLeek hadn't said anything. Thanks!!!!

 

[Judobreaker]

Ok, I'm gonna be a good boy now and post in the correct topic. ^^

Like I said before: Your pricing pages seem to be empty.
I just figured out that there are some prices when I click on Packages & Prices however the menu items are empty.
This is a bit weird, people aren't going to click on the Packages & Prices usually, they'll go for the actual menu items.

Loading speeds seems better now, could have been my connection at the time.
There's only so much you can do when it comes to loading speed anyway, crappy connections will always be crappy connections.

And the thing about it being a tad boring... Nope, I did not see any naked dancing girls. I bet that would make it more interesting though. xD
The design is a bit plain though. I get what you're aiming for, you don't want too much distraction for the actual content. However, the website just isn't really appealing to me.
A nice professional looking design will appeal to potential customers a lot more, which is what you want of course.

 

[MLeeK]

Ooohhhh, I get to be the first one to bash your bio pic.

Seriously though, it may be you are in your comfort zone, but put on a pair of trousers in lieu of the jeans. And you know better than to strut football shoulders.

You couldn't have just kept your yap shut, could you???? I was getting away with that.... even Keith and MLeek hadn't said anything. Thanks!!!!

It's so microscopic that us OLD people couldn't see it enough to bash it.

Really, John, do you wear glasses? Because you do have every image on there very small

 

[HughGuessWho]

Sorry, I don't much care for the design. Looks to armature to me. The thumb nails are far too small, IMHO.
I would recommend taking a look at the photography based themes at Elegant Themes like These .
Just my .02

 

[tirediron]

Ok, I'm gonna be a good boy now and post in the correct topic. ^^

Like I said before: Your pricing pages seem to be empty.

LOL - fair enough. Yes, the pricing pages are empty right now; I'll have that fixed today. I need to take a couple of hours and re-do some math, so I took the easy way out and just "turned off" the pricing until I can get the right numbers in place. As for the design not being appealing - what sort(s) of things would make it more so to you?