My first web site

[HQP]

I'm trying to have a little photog business on the side so I've put this site together. Let me know what you think.... mostly of my work. The site is something I've built myself with very little experience so it could be better but it's cheap.

http://www.jayhyerphoto.com/

[Tsmith]

Looks very good to me ... good job.

[HQP]

Looks very good to me ... good job.

Thanks Bluedog

[sja66]

Nice website.............just wondering why your prices are so low. I would think by looking at your photo's you would be able to ask more for your services. Why sell yourself short???
Julie

[cforslund]

You have some really nice stuff there and should really consider raising your prices.

[HQP]

Thanks for your comments!!! Pricing has been one of my biggest challenges. It's the age old story of not wanting to drive away business while just starting a business. I would like to think I could raise them but because I'm trying to build a client base I think higher prices are down the road a bit.

[kampphoto]

The site looks really good!! =)

The few things I would change are the menu tends to jump up and down when you roll over a link... this might have been intentional... might not have been. And the other is your logo on the individual pages. I would add a border or something to the box, as I find it looks slightly out of place against the grey back ground.

Ultimately its your call, and what really matters is that the site functions, its easy to get around, and your photography looks good =)

Cheers.

[HQP]

Jacob, The jumping links is intentional by default of the option I'm using for this particular style. The logo border is a good tip. I'll do that. Thanks. And thanks for the good comments!!

[kampphoto]

no prob =)

[ctymom]

Very nice work on your site! I love it. Makes me want to really get into photography! Not wedding photography though... that field scares me. LOL

As far as your site... as someone else mentioned, the whole navigation bar jumps when you hover.

I would also resize the images to the size you want rather than taking the larger image and giving it different dimensions. It ends up looking messed up and also people end up downloading a larger sized image anyway and slows the page down. They look pixilated b/c you are giving larger images smaller dimensions. Probably will be a job going through and resizing all your images, but it will give nicer looking displays and easier time downloading pages.

Nice work!
Pamela