New wbsite critique

[mtheory]

Just finished a photographer's website. Looking for professional feedback

http://theartofseeing.com

Thank you in advance.


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http://mtheoryit.com

[Radtech1]

Which photo are you wanting critique on?

Rad

[lomond]

I agree with Rad.
In fact I'll go further and say you've made two posts since joining and both seem to be commercially orientated.

I apologies if I'm wrong.

[sheye]

If I were perfectly honest with you, I'd say the site has a way to go before it could be classed as professional. There are dead links, the navigation buttons and menus are very inadequate and the thumbnail pages look messy because of the file names under each one. Instead of using arrows, I'd have the appropriate text.
While you have some nice layouts for the front pages, overall it's just not easy to get around and needs some fine tuning.
Sheye

[dandan]

get rid of the "get flash player!" text at the bottom and make a enter page with your best photo and that text


and take out that red background text when pictures are up, its a bit distracting and looks like a mistake

on pages like https://www.theartofseeing.com/contactus.htm the red background realy takes away from the site, it makes everything harder to read, and just gives me a "blah" feeling

the photography is good.

needs MUCH more content


that "fade in" effect on the pages is kinda slow and gaggy, try to make it smoother




sorry of that seemed harsh but my thing is gfx and webdesign, photography is more a side thing for me. i also regualry go to a site where comments like this are highly valued so its kinda a habbit for me to be a tad harsh

[MackRoe]

Maybe I shouldn't wade in here, since I'm no web designer, but I don't much care for the website or the photography in it...whats up with all the "fisheye" effect, I can't tell what I'm looking at. Personally, wedding photography should convey a depth of emotion that I just don't pick up in what I saw.

[RickHulshof]

Really like the site simple navigation but ..... IMHO the wedding link has any text washed out - replace the current text colour with maybe the marroon used in the backround text.. Also Portrait gallery link is a dead one - might want to address that issue http://theartofseeing.com/link

Other than that I really like it the dark with maroon colouring is one of my favorite looks and goes well with most images - I might add some special photo effects if I were doing it like a drop shadow after a teared style border - would give a sample but don't have time right now - if interested email me and I will send you a sample so long as the sample stays with you -

Actually I might do this as a post processing lesson on the forum - or provide links to where I learned them - I know I have them saved somewhere on this hard drive..... arrg where are they