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Digital Basement Studio wrote: try it, where your browser says view click, then where is says source, click that, you'll see the source code of the page you're on.. Dec 18 06 12:00 pm Link i haven't been good in bed since i was 41 Dec 18 06 12:01 pm Link I was surprised at several of these photography sites. Some of the flash sites had a blank screen for 10 or more seconds waiting for the introduction to load. Photography sites and blank screens (for any length of time) donât make any sense to me. I do have a DSL connection. The other thing that surprised me, when going to a photography site, was not seeing any images right off the bat. Not that I am the target audience for these sites but I would like to see a page full of photographs (or even a single photograph) immediately. I do like how flash can make an amazing presentation and introduction to a site. More often that not, I click the ENTER with out Flash button. Some flash sites donât even have the bypass button so my next click would be the BACK button on my browser. Just something to think about, or not Dec 18 06 12:06 pm Link My New Years Resolution is to redo my website and put all the nifty images up that I don't have up there... including my commercial work, products and tear sheets... yup... not one single tear on my website. I want to keep the overall scheme, changing the background a little bit and putting the new images and galleries up. It could be technically a better website, but the simplicity has it's advantage. Dec 18 06 12:10 pm Link Class Act Photography wrote: agreeeeeeeed! Dec 18 06 12:17 pm Link as much as I'd like to put in a plug for myself, i won't. that lacks class... but here is what I like and look for in a good site. -NO MUSIC -I don't want to press enter to enter... just skip that page and get me in. -don't make me look for a place to click. make it obvious. -when I'm in a rush, I don't want to look at your silly video first. skip the intro with all the graphics. Unless you design sites, nobody cares.... at least not me. At the same time, thanks for posting this thread... there are some good sites out there. Dec 18 06 12:19 pm Link UdoR wrote: I do like the terms and conditions right up front on your site. Dec 18 06 12:23 pm Link Here is mine. http://www.bijanstudio.com Dec 18 06 12:49 pm Link Most of these websites leave me feeling pummeled, exhausted, nauseous, and irritated. It's like driving in Los Angeles traffic jams. There is a tendency for photographers, graphic artists, and website designers to spend too much time looking at all the other latest trendy sites and then trying to replicate them with cut & paste technique ideas. Often all this "advertising" is verbose coding hock, with little spit for substance. Websites become a genre in and of themselves, and they can devolve and distract from who we are ourselves as individuals trying to present our own works. Seems to me that we often loose sight of the main objective, which is to get to the point --> either to present and close the sale of our products, our information, or ourselves. Worse and more distracting are those uber slick websites that are "under construction" or "ready soon" ... etc., or that take us nowhere with aimless clicks, then fall apart with bugs that haven't been solved yet. My main Pbase galleries have 7 million hits in a short period of time. To me, this is important substance of exposure. I'm running about 20,000-50,000 hits a day now and fans are sending me emails from all over the world. I tie in with dpreview and other high volume websites that draw the kind of exposure I want for what I'm doing. To me, this means I'm creating markets and channels of distribution to potential customers who know me and might want to buy whatever I want to present for sale. I've always been an adamant proponent of working from the market backwards to the product and not the other way around. Even better is to create our own markets. The principals of communication arts, marketing, advertising, and sales is pretty fundamental, and it does not change with the latest version of Flash, etc. Now, for what it's worth, let me present one link to some guys who I think are doing a thoughtful job going in the right direction of defining their product, positioning, ad copy, presentation, etc. about - http://www.solomodels.com/about/index.cfm home page - http://www.solomodels.com/index.cfm sample of members website - http://justdanella.com/portfolio Of course lots of things can be added or subtracted to personal tastes, but I think the feeling of simplicity is closer to my point. As additional food for thought, take a look at the way Danella's pdf files come down from the link under "contact" Dec 18 06 02:38 pm Link I don't know if it's "AWESOME" but it's certyainly different..... you sure as well see any flash templates in my website!! www.jonroberts.co.uk Dec 18 06 02:49 pm Link www.Legacys-Photo.com. Still underconstruction. I'm just waitng for this semester to end to get back on it and my photography. Dec 18 06 02:51 pm Link Digital Basement Studio wrote: The clear gif method seems to be working pretty well the way I implemented it on http://www.raveneyes.com in the fashion section. Dec 18 06 02:59 pm Link Because I went to have my site designed by professionals I feel that I have a handsome and very easy to navigate web page. I have a blog that is an integral part of it. I have sold quite a few of my photographs from the blog as search engines are able to "read" blogs more easily than a web page. My web page came after about a year of having been on MM and OMP where I looked at many web sites and I studied how people looked at pictures. The constant fights in the forums made me decide to have a one sided blog that serves we well. Those who want to comment on the blog must do so through the web page. One thing I wanted to avoid was the websites that have that look of knowing you will be asked for a credit card. A final request I made with the guys who designed my page was that I wanted to incorporate my 27-year old business card and letterhead design. This they did. Alexwh www.alexwaterhousehayward.com The blog can be accessed through the web page or at: http://alexwaterhousehayward.com/blog/blog.html Dec 18 06 03:08 pm Link [ b wrote: I think yours is much better than the one for $75K... For a photography portfolio, that's a bit excessive in my humble opinion... Dec 18 06 03:13 pm Link alexwh wrote: It's refreshing to see photography that is more powerful than the website that holds it for us to view. Dec 18 06 03:21 pm Link the BEST affordable for MODELS or Photographers www.SoloModels.com and its only $5 per month It doesn't get any better Dec 18 06 03:25 pm Link Dec 18 06 03:29 pm Link StudioSeventeen wrote: :-) Dec 18 06 03:31 pm Link Huynh Photography wrote: i liked your website. some of it was confusing. then again i've been drinking since noon. Dec 18 06 03:38 pm Link Digital Basement Studio wrote: Ok... finally implemented a new method of image protection while waiting for some technical assistance... Dec 18 06 05:26 pm Link [ b wrote: I hope to see some sick (very impressive) sitework to check out! Dec 18 06 05:30 pm Link [ b wrote: I just wanted to give my opinion (quickly) on the Eccentris website. Personally, I really hate it. I don't like waiting for a website to load or to watch a flash movie play with no way to skip over it. I got bored and clicked "back" before I really saw anything. Now, I would say it looks good visually, but it lacks functionality in the sense that its just overdone. A website should grab the attention of the visitor and encourage them to stay. The Eccentris site doesn't do this -- I think they turn away more people than entice them. So, from a design standpoint I'd suggest you avoid this type of site. Dec 18 06 05:42 pm Link http://www.eccentris.com/ GAH! that site should go on superbad.com I had to pay so much attention to the navigation system that i couldn't even really notice the photography. Dec 18 06 07:49 pm Link for a self taught amazon nekkid model chick, i think i did a pretty good job designing my little portfolio site. it's very simple (no flash), but to the point, easy to navigate and aesthetically pleasing *the narcissist rears her ugly head*  anyhow, it's nothing fancy, but it makes me proud..... i present..... www.trishytrashy.com also, check out kelly lind & alex laMarsh's site www.erotiquedigitale.com for an amazing erotic pay site. Dec 18 06 07:57 pm Link Dec 24 06 03:52 am Link LITHIUM_PICNIC wrote: I've always enjoyed Phil's as well, cant wait for the new one. Dec 24 06 05:13 am Link I just got it up a short while ago, but am already preparing for the redo. Please let me know if you like it, plus please tell me any little tricks to draw in more people. www.conceptuallyblack.com Dec 25 06 11:53 am Link Brewer35MM wrote: Right on, Brewer! Merry Christmas! Dec 25 06 11:58 am Link Dec 25 06 12:11 pm Link Patrick Walberg wrote: [ b wrote: Mr, Becker, Your website is not complete as evidenced from trying to navigate it. The music is annoying, and the solid black is old. Enough Flash on there to make it down load slow ... even on DSL or Cable. Dec 25 06 03:21 pm Link SayCheeZ! wrote: You're right! www.modelmayhem.com is an awesome website! Dec 25 06 03:24 pm Link Patrick Walberg wrote: Just Shoot Me Photograp wrote: Why thank you for your kind criticism. But you didn't notice that a few of the models are posting your work on the site? Dec 25 06 03:27 pm Link Jack North wrote: Jack, I like your website. A website needs to download quickly to keep my attention. Yours does! You are not far from me either. Dec 27 06 05:34 am Link Digital Basement Studio wrote: I agree with you! Photographer or model sites should have pictures pop up quickly. Dec 27 06 05:39 am Link Bryanna Nicole wrote: way too long to load for me! Dec 27 06 06:44 am Link The OP has a flash website as his favorite? Wow, what a travesty. Flash is just that...flashy without much substance. Also leaves visitors on Linux and Mac a version behind. It's a security hole....has no real accessibility features...Crashes browsers... If you're not skilled enough to work in CSS and HTML, then hire someone who is. Dec 27 06 09:34 am Link Brendan Barry wrote: really, you don't like flash? all my clients love it (www.thebecker.com). i am a mac guy and have never had a problem with browsers crashing or anything like that. for my wedding site above, i did hire a great progammer and i am stoked on the job he did (so are my clients that book me for 5 figures over the phone). Jan 02 07 02:43 am Link i paid for an awesome website once, but it was never delivered, thems the breaks. Jan 02 07 02:47 am Link [ b wrote: i HATE flash websites as well. i have no patience for that crap to load. Jan 02 07 02:49 am Link afterdarc studios wrote: my site launched today. it's flash, but it loads fast, and it is easy, clean and presentable! Jan 04 07 01:30 am Link |
