waynesglamgirls wrote:
Photographers like their sites to be simple and easy to navigate.  The fancy bells and whistles take away from the photography.  It's the photography that should stand out, not all the fancy "flash" and graphics.

yup... 100% agreed on that, and making the thing go other way is quite an often mistake... especially in flash, during works on my site we really tried to keep the flash simple and as focused on the photos themseves as possible : )

TorchGlow wrote:
What do you think of the thumbnails being just a piece of the larger images?

http://www.AustinPhotocraft.com

yup, the same idea works on my site www.januszmiller.com

waynesglamgirls wrote:
Photographers like their sites to be simple and easy to navigate.  The fancy bells and whistles take away from the photography.  It's the photography that should stand out, not all the fancy "flash" and graphics.

Of course some photographers build websites and create advertising as part of theit business, it's an extra service that can be offered to the client and an easy way to make some extra money out of the deal. My website has a qwerky layout, and flash animation in a basic way (but god no it doesnt have sound!) But I think I'm pretty close to hitiing a balance point between keeping my work dominant but my site well worth a visit

Jon
www.jonroberts.co.uk