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- JG_LB
When you're ready to step up who do you go with?
APhotoFolio
SiteWelder
FolioLink
LiveBooks
Other Peoples Pixels
Click Booq
Evirium
Blue Domain
Picaholic
Site Design Works
Big Folio
Parade
Creative Motion DesignI've made my decision but wondering what you guys think in terms of price, ease of use, presentation, quality, etc...
- bigtrick0
i go with homegrown, baby!
www.tuanhbui.com
www.tuanb.com (still building this one out)nothing packaged is ever the way i want it, so i end up doing it myself anyway.
- JG_LB0
or maybe 4ormat
- yoru contact sheet has a nice lifestyle feel... http://www.flickr.co…vaxorcist
- utopian0
If you decide to go with a one of those pedestrian templates listed above, unfortunately you will end of looking like one of thousands of ameteurs that I get spammed with everyday with their uninspiring "Live Book" portfolios that look like they where built at Walmart and or outsourced to China.
Design and build something that reflects your personality and brand, this will help you differentiate yourself from the thousands of pedestrian, talentless photographers and weekend warriors out there...
- Who would you reccomend to design and build a site for me at the same price point as the pedestriansJG_LB
- Around 1kJG_LB
- If 1k is your budget maybe you are better off with one of the templated websites.utopian
- You get what you pay for....utopian
- i'm fully aware how valuable an asset a fully custom site is but i don't have more than 1k right now or anytime soon for that matterJG_LB
- mydo0
if you're going template, why not wordpress.
http://themeforest.net/searches?…- I agree with Mydo, here is pretty nice theme JG: http://www.themememe…utopian
- And it is FREE...utopian
- i don't want a blog or anything that looks like oneJG_LB
- there are some nice wordpress photo templates that DON'T look like a blog...vaxorcist
- JG_LB0
sbirchmore.com does some nice work but not sure about his price
- Continuity0
If you want a Flash folio, SlideShow Pro Director makes pretty quick work of it.
- and the SEO factor???vaxorcist
- Don't quote me, but I believe it's now optimised for deep linking via SWF Address.Continuity
- vaxorcist0
I went to an APA meeting where 3 ad agency art buyers talked about websites... they said....
Hate to say it, but it's about the photos, not the website..... the website should be only there to make it easy for people to see the photos and to look professional.... anything that takes more than a few seconds or 1 or 2 clicks to see work is a detriment....
- they also said your photos must have a coherent aesthetic, your vision should be clear in the pix...vaxorcist
- i.e. edit very carefully... write down your vision statement, pick photos and shoot more...vaxorcist
- whatever you do, do NOT just put up your "best work" if things are too different, buyers need to know your look/feel....vaxorcist
- Good advice, that.Continuity
- JG_LB0
very good advice
- vaxorcist0
You probably know some designers well enough to go sit with them and watch them do a hypothetical photographer search.... I watched an art director do this once, he had a client he was pitching in mind, so he checked his bookmarks, googled, used some places like altpick, and he had like 10 or 12 photographers websites running in muiltiple tabs all within a couple of minutes..... anything that took too long was nonchalantly closed fast.... a few that looked good were scrolled through fast.... two were bookmarked and URLs copy-pasted into an email to a creative director....
Imagine your new website in this sort of scenario.... competing with a bunch of others... try to ask an art director or designer you know to show you how they search for photographers....
- vaxorcist0
You probably know some designers well enough to go sit with them and watch them do a hypothetical photographer search.... I watched an art director do this once, he had a client he was pitching in mind, so he checked his bookmarks, googled, used some places like altpick, and he had like 10 or 12 photographers websites running in muiltiple tabs all within a couple of minutes..... anything that took too long was nonchalantly closed fast.... a few that looked good were scrolled through fast.... two were bookmarked and URLs copy-pasted into an email to a creative director....
Imagine your new website in this sort of scenario.... competing with a bunch of others... try to ask an art director or designer you know to show you how they search for photographers....
- Luda0
I'm redoing mine with <a href="http://www.indexhibit.org">indexhibit</a>. Easy enough to get the hold of and customise.