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Old 22nd of August 2011 (Mon)   #1
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Default New look site

Just updated the design and layout of my wedding photography site, critique and constructive cricism invited thank you http://www.kentweddingphoto.co.uk
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Old 23rd of August 2011 (Tue)   #2
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The quick review:

- pages load fast - good
- no unwanted music - good
- info well-presented and navigation easy - good

Suggestions:

- open the SM gallery in a new window. If people link there, click five pictures, they have to click BACK on the browser six times to return to your site.

- I fully agree images look better on black backgrounds. But at least to me, a wedding is a "white thing" it's a "clean thing" it's a "bright and happy thing". A white background would produce a cleaner look, and typographically present some nice open white space to the viewer's eye and mind.
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Old 23rd of August 2011 (Tue)   #3
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Too few images and far too "wordy".
As my wife tells me, take your thoughts. Write them down. Figure out a way to take 2/3s of them out. She has a degree in English and writing.
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It looks like a spam site to me. Looks like you just threw in all of your keywords just because. If you're going to use your keywords, make a sentence of them, not a string of pointless words.
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Old 24th of August 2011 (Wed)   #5
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I'm in the middle of redesigning my site. Here's a few things:
Look at other photographers sites and see what is working.
Text on your site should have a point other than trying to get a higher ranking on search engines. That's what your home page looks like.
Larger images and fewer words. You are selling pictures, not a novel.

I don't want to sound harsh or overly critical but, you have some nice stuff on your site-use them.
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