My Neighbor is a Wedding Artist

[Reefbone]

My new neighbor is a wedding photog. I checked out his website just today and was kind of blown away. He seems like a real artist in my opinion. I initially didn't like the way his site floods your PC but it's quick and the content is fantastic. The only thing wrong with him is he's a Nik_n shooter. He did say he'd go Canon if he had all to do over again but I have my doubts; His new puppy is named Nik_n. ;)

Take a look if you'd like. benjaminjamesphotography.com (http://benjaminjamesphotography.com/) I'd like to hear your comments.

We talked about me going along as a second shooter sometime. I hope to take him up on it sometime.

[dunnenick]

I think he is pretty good too. And for some reason, looking at his page I knew he was a Christian.

[paul33]

Even with 2M Broadband the site was slow so I'd probably have given up if I was casually surfing.

Some very nice images on there but plenty of "weddings by numbers" shots that you'd see on any wedding photography site.

I'd probably come away thinking more of their web-design skills - even if I don't like slow flash sites - than their wedding photography skills.

[Tee Why]

Yup, some nice images, they are a bit too oversaturated for my tastes.
His site is too slow so after a few shots, I gave up as well.

[mizuno]

It hijacked my browser so I closed it.

[tmonatr]

I liked it very much. Looks like he uses a Lensbaby, and uses it very well.

[song4themoon]

Great stuff he has there

[thekid24]

I like his stuff. A bit oversaturated and overcontrasted but most wedding photog pics are. His website is ideal, to the point, no need for fancy setups and buttons to click.

Hes better than some Canon shooters Ive seen around here.ShhhHHhh

[mmahoney]

I counted to 10 and the site had not responded by then .. so bye-bye.

[SuzyView]

I really liked it a lot. I have fast cable modem so I saw a lot of it. It is oversaturated for some shots, but most are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[sapearl]

Really? I didn't get that..... and does that have some sort of bearing on the quality of his work? Not trying to pick a fight or anything but I'm always a bit perplexed when folks make remarks like this in threads on art and photography.

I think he is pretty good too. And for some reason, looking at his page I knew he was a Christian.

[Reefbone]

It hijacked my browser so I closed it.

Probably would have been my reaction had I not known him. I tried to warn everyone of this before hand.

I think he is pretty good too. And for some reason, looking at his page I knew he was a Christian.

He is a Christian as evidenced by his blog. He's a good guy and not pushy w/the religion. He's self described as 'spiritual'. That's 'not my bag baby' but as Stephen Colbert would say " I may disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for my right to fight you to the death" ;)

[sapearl]

Thanks for the info - hadn't gone out to the blog so didn't see that mentioned. That explains the comment.;)

.....He is a Christian as evidenced by his blog. He's a good guy and not pushy w/the religion. He's self described as 'spiritual'. That's not my bag baby but as Stephen Colbert would say " I may disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for my right to fight you to the death" ;)

[Flo]

I think he is a spectacular photographer.I like the saturation angle a lot. His site is pretty classy as well. I even left the music on.lol....

[stathunter]

His stuff looks pretty good. It is nice to have neighbors who share your interests.

[Banbert]

Site loads quite slow for me also (5meg bb) more so than most other blu domain sites hosted the other side of the atlantic that I have visited in the past and when I checked the route to the server there was quite a lot of hops, this is one of the reasons I will host my own if i get one of their site templates.

I really liked some of the images in his wedding portfolio's, but his first few images on his opening page didnt do anything for me and some seemed a strange choice.

Definitely someone who would be worth tagging along with I bet.

Btw, I wouldnt exactly call a new window with no toolbar and no menu a "browser hijack" its just one of those things many flash sites do to ensure the user uses the flash menu to navigate.

[RobKirkwood]

Site loads quite slow for me also (5meg bb) more so than most other blu domain sites hosted the other side of the atlantic that I have visited in the past and when I checked the route to the server there was quite a lot of hops, this is one of the reasons I will host my own if i get one of their site templates.By contrast the site opened very quickly for us here, and we're only on 0.5meg BT business broadband (they keep trying to give me 7meg upgrade free, but want a new 12 month contract which I'm not prepared to sign!) ...so just wondering if some of the hops could be down to your ISP Nick?

I really like several of his images, some odd choices and some odd compositions, but overall I liked the impact of the saturated colours.

Rob

[Banbert]

By contrast the site opened very quickly for us here, and we're only on 0.5meg BT business broadband (they keep trying to give me 7meg upgrade free, but want a new 12 month contract which I'm not prepared to sign!) ...so just wondering if some of the hops could be down to your ISP Nick?

I really like several of his images, some odd choices and some odd compositions, but overall I liked the impact of the saturated colours.

Rob


Possibly down to my ISP Rob (althought its one of the better ones as I use it a lot for my IT job) but also could be down to a number of other things, even just our own perceptions of what fast is..... I used to play a lot of games on the net and ping/latency is king so maybe thats warped my perception a bit :)

Ive worked on virtually every type of connection between 9,600 modems and gigabit ethernet and on 5 meg at home now I have a perception of how fast a site should load which is usually pretty instantly, ive just gone into it again (on a diff pc so no cache) and timed it (after the splash screen) and it actually took 6 seconds for the first image to load and the music started playing a second after that .... which seemed quite slow earlier on but I guess thats not really "slow" for a USA based site. Even with 20 hops to the site theres not that much latency... I guess the music and images are what makes it 6 seconds.

[RobKirkwood]

Yeah you're right - my OK is your slow :lol: ...first time loading it took around 6 seconds for us for images to load, but music took a fair while longer.

Rob

[Reefbone]

Glad most of you enjoyed his work. I'll pass along your site comments. I don't think he's trying to get overseas business so the internet speed probably isn't as much an issue as possibly processing power. However I don't really know how intensive Flash is on a CPU though.

[amonline]

Nice site, but he should really brighten that text up. Great work too.

[mizuno]

Btw, I wouldnt exactly call a new window with no toolbar and no menu a "browser hijack" its just one of those things many flash sites do to ensure the user uses the flash menu to navigate.

When you use a 30" display, as I do, any site which re-sizes the browser window to your whole screen dimensions is very irritating.

It's a pet hate, and any site which does it gets closed.