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[Surfnsun]

Hey, just got my site up and running recently.
theres more photos to go up yet. let me know what you think :)

http://www.charlieblackerphotography.com

[IVOlution]

Nice one Charlie ;) I like to see simple and clean...Maybe put a link to the contact form on your services page. And name your photos, it is lame to se IMG_12345 when you are selling those ;)
Oh yeah and you have to work on your logo...it is too much "in the air"
Have fun

[DarkKnight369]

Positives:

I like the simplistic/easy to read and navigate design.
I greatly appreciate your use of HTML, CSS, and Javascript over Flash
Your facebook widget pop-up into a lightbox window is a neat idea.
Issues/Potential Problems:

Resizing the window to 1024x768 cuts off a portion of your rotating home image. This is avoidable by reducing some space or shrinking your logo at the top.
Your CSS is all locally called. It looks like you reuse many of the properties too. It would be beneficial to put this all into 1 global css document and call it. Less code on the page and less work.
Table based layouts are considered a bad idea in modern web design. They are "unstable" at times, depending on the browser. You are much better over laying out the site with DIVs
I saw a CSS property for iFrame. iFrames are bad, but I am not sure where exactly you are using them.
My opinion:

Services and Pricing sub sections can be combined. I don't think there is enough information here to justify 2 pages, especially since they are related.
I think you should have a picture of you, or something more personal in the about section. I also do not lock how the image does not go all the way to the middle border.
I think all of your images should fill the entire area. It may not be possible with portrait orientated images, but you can adjust the crops on your landscape images to fill the area. I think the negative space within the frames is bad.
I think your calendar can be used against you. Its a nice concept, but if you have an empty calendar that will make it look like people do not want to hire you. I think this is unnecessary. If you want to talk about shoots, I think you could post about it on your facebook page.
Why is there a scroll bar on your contact page when all the text is visible? I think you need to get rid of this. If you need more room for text put it on the left in place of the picture.

[IVOlution]

U really are something Dark Knight! ;)

[DarkKnight369]

What can I say? When it comes to photography, I am not an expert. I have taken classes in college, I do it as a hobby, and I am getting into it as a business. I am still not at the level of many people on this site though. When it comes to web design though, that is a different story. While I haven't personally designed a ton of sites, I have a great deal of experience with the web. Its my profession after all. ;)

I am just trying to help people have their sites match the professional feel of their images.

[IVOlution]

You rock man! And you are thorough in your work and observations...expert as they say ;)
It's an honor to have you around...
P.S been a great help to me!

[DarkKnight369]

Thanks, I appreciate it. I thought you were being sarcastic at first. I have been critiquing a ton of sites lately so I don't know if I was coming off in the wrong way or something. As I said, just trying to help.

[IVOlution]

Thanks, I appreciate it. I thought you were being sarcastic at first. I have been critiquing a ton of sites lately so I don't know if I was coming off in the wrong way or something. As I said, just trying to help.

No man! You truly helped with my site (http://www.studioivolution.com)...I respect honest opinion and hard critique! And ofcourse very thorough comment...Still have to fix some things there... ;)
When I fix it, will post it so you can chop-chop me again...LoL :)

[Hikin Mike]

I would remove the white border on your slideshow, unless you can frame the photo without the extra empty space. Make sense? Same thing with your other pages. I just don't like the white borders. I would only use a border on the pictures itself.

[IVOlution]

Ooooh, here is Hikin Mike...hello Mike :)
True about the white border...and if you need a border, maybe a deep gray, almost black.

[DarkKnight369]

No man! You truly helped with my site (http://www.studioivolution.com)...I respect honest opinion and hard critique! And ofcourse very thorough comment...Still have to fix some things there... ;)
When I fix it, will post it so you can chop-chop me again...LoL :)


Your site is looking a lot better than it did. I remember it being a cluster of information, everything is a lot more clear and neat now. You actually use a "splash page" appropriately too.




I agree on the border thing. To be honest, the border looked like a dead giveaway that this site was table based before I even looked at the code. You don't always need physical lines to create a visual line, if you catch my drift. You can often achieve this by the way you place your content.

[Surfnsun]

cheers for the feedback guys. Got some editing to do ;)

[photoguy6405]

A few random and very minor thoughts...

- I don't care for the 3rd person in the "about" page, but that's personal opinion and is sure to appeal to 50% of people and not appeal to 50%.

- On the "about" page there's a slider bar for the text, which seems could be eliminated if you tightened up the text and got rid of the blank space between the main body of text and the photography forum note.

- The line of pull-downs on the home page doesn't appear to be centered.

- Services and pricing: You are advertising for new assignments, which is obvious. Are you willing to sell prints of photos you already have? If so, saying "contact me for a quote" is a big turn off to many people and they never will contact you.

Just my 2c.

[omer]

Nice pictures and nice site
listen to the dark knight and it will be even better