Website | I Finally Nailed It | Thoughts?

[D-B-J]

I completely changed my site. Everything. I think... I nailed it. The blogs more seamless, links are better, gallery's are simpler, etc. What do YOU think?

Red Skies Photography

Cheers!
Jake

 

[lambertpix]

"Banner images provided by Classic Sailing or GollyGforce, for demo purposes only. Powered by Squarespace"

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[D-B-J]

"Banner images provided by Classic Sailing or GollyGforce, for demo purposes only. Powered by Squarespace"

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Crap! I meant to remove that...

 

[D-B-J]

"Banner images provided by Classic Sailing or GollyGforce, for demo purposes only. Powered by Squarespace"

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Fixed!

 

[astroNikon]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

 

[D-B-J]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

Seems like a good idea.. Or maybe a quick gallery with 1 from every genre I do?

 

[astroNikon]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

Seems like a good idea.. Or maybe a quick gallery with 1 from every genre I do?

if you try that make sure non-people photos are followed by a people photo. so only one non-ppl photo in a row. Cuz ppl are more interested in people

 

[lambertpix]

"Banner images provided by Classic Sailing or GollyGforce, for demo purposes only. Powered by Squarespace"

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Fixed!

Better. It is a nice, clean look -- very easy to navigate. Simple & professional. Maybe a rotating picture on the front page (one of "x" randomly each time it loads), or something along those lines, or like Astro mentioned, just a good sample in your target.

 

[Scatterbrained]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

This. Are you trying to just show off your images with this site or generate business? If you're trying to generate business you need to target the page toward your market. Are you trying to sell fine art landscapes, or are you trying to book weddings and portrait sessions? The two generally don't overlap.

 

[D-B-J]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

This. Are you trying to just show off your images with this site or generate business? If you're trying to generate business you need to target the page toward your market. Are you trying to sell fine art landscapes, or are you trying to book weddings and portrait sessions? The two generally don't overlap.

Yeah, that does make sense. I *want* to show off, but I should really market instead. Haha.

 

[Scatterbrained]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

This. Are you trying to just show off your images with this site or generate business? If you're trying to generate business you need to target the page toward your market. Are you trying to sell fine art landscapes, or are you trying to book weddings and portrait sessions? The two generally don't overlap.

Yeah, that does make sense. I *want* to show off, but I should really market instead. Haha.

Yeah. It's sorta like the phrase "you don't go to a steak house for the chicken"

 

[astroNikon]

one recommendation - on your main page use the primary target market type photo on it
If rocks & water are booking you alot, then it's fine.
If you think weddings, then I'd post a wedding photo there or at least a "people" photo

This. Are you trying to just show off your images with this site or generate business? If you're trying to generate business you need to target the page toward your market. Are you trying to sell fine art landscapes, or are you trying to book weddings and portrait sessions? The two generally don't overlap.

yeah, he's proud of all of his landscape work
but the rocks don't pay as well as people.

flip you menu over too and put Wedding & People as the first 2 selections

 

[xzyragon]

To be honest, the website is meh. Granted I'm a software developer getting into web design, but there's definitely places where it could be made flashier.

-feather images into the background instead of sharp boxes. Or shadows. Or a combo. Just not stark outlines
-opaque images as a background instead of flat white
-I'd choose a better font for your name instead of Arial?
-"The Work" should take you to a portfolio page instead of the front splash page, to fit the theme of the other buttons
-Make scrolling through images do-able with the arrow keys
-Give your categories a theme ("People | Places | Parties | Portraits" or "Action | Art | Adventure | Abstract ")
-Have the splash page be a blog, but don't show the blog when browsing the galleries (could distract from the pictures)

Granted these are just suggestions. Still loads farther than I've made it with my own site right now haha

 

[D-B-J]

To be honest, the website is meh. Granted I'm a software developer getting into web design, but there's definitely places where it could be made flashier.

-feather images into the background instead of sharp boxes. Or shadows. Or a combo. Just not stark outlines
-opaque images as a background instead of flat white
-I'd choose a better font for your name instead of Arial?
-"The Work" should take you to a portfolio page instead of the front splash page, to fit the theme of the other buttons
-Make scrolling through images do-able with the arrow keys
-Give your categories a theme ("People | Places | Parties | Portraits" or "Action | Art | Adventure | Abstract ")
-Have the splash page be a blog, but don't show the blog when browsing the galleries (could distract from the pictures)

Granted these are just suggestions. Still loads farther than I've made it with my own site right now haha

Yeah, it's an ever evolving site. Not sure I can do the arrow things though... Wish I could.

 

[xzyragon]

To be honest, the website is meh. Granted I'm a software developer getting into web design, but there's definitely places where it could be made flashier.

-feather images into the background instead of sharp boxes. Or shadows. Or a combo. Just not stark outlines
-opaque images as a background instead of flat white
-I'd choose a better font for your name instead of Arial?
-"The Work" should take you to a portfolio page instead of the front splash page, to fit the theme of the other buttons
-Make scrolling through images do-able with the arrow keys
-Give your categories a theme ("People | Places | Parties | Portraits" or "Action | Art | Adventure | Abstract ")
-Have the splash page be a blog, but don't show the blog when browsing the galleries (could distract from the pictures)

Granted these are just suggestions. Still loads farther than I've made it with my own site right now haha

Yeah, it's an ever evolving site. Not sure I can do the arrow things though... Wish I could.

Are you writing it yourself / learning a language?