Just got my website up and running...
basically just a beginning portfolio...
If you have a second, please check it out and
critique both the site and the photos...
I do appreciate it...
thanks,
Jeff
//jbkinkead.com
Just got my website up and running...
basically just a beginning portfolio...
If you have a second, please check it out and
critique both the site and the photos...
I do appreciate it...
thanks,
Jeff
//jbkinkead.com
I won't critique the photos (there are some very good ones in there), but have some comments about the site...
When navigating the galleries I didn't realise at first that each topic have many pages of thumbnails. This is partly because only 3 thumbs per page makes it look like the only/final page. Then when I saw the other pages I couldn't navigate back to the main page easily.
Perhaps add some text beside the arrow icons, and a few more options to make the navigation easier.
Other than that it looks fine - much better than something I would most likely produce.
Thanks sparky_mark,
I think maybe I need to put more thumbnails on each page...
Good idea about the text, also...
Appreciate you taking the time to reply...
take care,
keep shooting...
Jeff
I agree with sparky_mark. You have some great candid portrait shots. But you need to make it plain to the viewer how to move about. Lots of sites use buttons near the top or side and plain text links at the bottom to use when you scroll down to far for the buttons.
Also I use dial up and even the thumbnails were slow to load. That may be a slow server or some other technical issue, but something you may want to improve. Your new clients may just use dial up.
I like to click on the thumbnail to enlarge rather than slide show style. Sometimes you need to wait a long time for an image to load that does not interest you before you can move to the next slide. This would mean a thumbnail for each photo, but I would be able to see something I like quicker.
Hey everyone, I do appreciate the feedback...
The site is now updated...using your very helpful critiques...
I am not finished with it yet,
I would still like to install a paypal shopping cart
to sell prints...hopefully get that done in the next week...
The hardest part is going to be adding an "about me" link...
I'm not a very good writer...
So if you have a spare minute, please visit
Hey Jb,
I think the general look of the site looks nice, and simple. Easy to navigate for me, and loaded alright(concidering I am on dial-up, in the middle of ho-funk kentucky!)hehehe! We seem to have similar styles of shooting portraits, and I admire that! Just a few things...at least on my monitor, the home page pic looks very blown out in the highlights? It may just be my monitor, but I think I have it balanced pretty well? I like the pics, but(at least in my opinion, I would tease customers with portrait samples. I am still working on my site, but just a few nit-piks? Best of luck to you!
in your weddings folder, I'd recommend less reception photos. Then again, I'm talking based on my own clients. And I've only ever been to two receptions out of about 20-30 weddings. People don't seem to care about them as much anymore!
