Web Site

Davy-Kelly · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

Hello out there,

I've been loving photography for around 4 years now and one day I'd love to get into Pro wedding photography... Sooooooo..... I thought that I'd get myself a web address www.davykelly.co.uk

I've done some work on it but it's still got a way to go yet. The photo's on there are ones that I have taken while asisting another photographer at the weekends. It's a bit of a mix match, more of a dream than a reality, but hey it's a start.

I'd love to know what you think.

All the best, Davy

PS, I know that there is something not quite right about the address as I had to forward the site to the address that you'll see in the address bar, but I'm sure that's something that I'll be able to sort with a little help from one of my geeky computer mates

Davy-Kelly · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

PPS I'm doing my first wedding on my own in July and I'll be posting the pics on there as the brides family is in Oz.

tlc · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

nice stuff. i would shorten your home page though. i have been told people hate having to scroll....

picturecrazy · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

Your site is simple and easy to navigate and has a consistent look to it through all pages, so that's good.

Your image on the homepage is 409kb!!! That's huge! The first thing I noticed was how slow the first image loaded. You could probably get that down to under 100k without much quality degradation.

In the service industry, people aren't sold on products, they are sold on PEOPLE, and their belief and trust in you. So your About Me section should be all about YOU and your PERSONALITY, not your statistics like name, age, birthday. You like fishing? Say it. You have a passion for woodworking? Say it. You smoke weed? Well... don't mention that but you get the idea...

In your gallery, the reflections are nice... but when you start updating your gallery, it is going to be a pain to maintain that look. Also, people generally expect to see a larger version when you click a photo.

picturecrazy · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

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Originally Posted by tlc

nice stuff. i would shorten your home page though. i have been told people hate having to scroll....

yes, that is true. Design it for a 1024x768 or 800x600 screen size with no scrolling.

bcap · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

I noticed you used iWeb for the website, very nice.

What you'll have to do is make a web-ready image of your images and drag them into iWeb, as when you drag the full res images into iWeb, it grabs those and doesn't compress them at all. Hence the large image sizes.

Nice site though, I love iWeb - very simple and easily navigational.

Great job and best of luck!

Davy-Kelly · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

Cheers guys, I have made a few updates but still have some way to go I fear.

Davy

turaund1 · 12th of March 2007 (Mon)

i like the home page but thats as far as it would let me go. Just as picturecrazy said people dont like to scroll in photography sites. I read it in a book(I dont know which one). I like the pic on the home page

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#1
Davy-Kelly Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Broughton Astley, UK Posts: 215 IMAGE EDITING OK	Web Site Hello out there, I've been loving photography for around 4 years now and one day I'd love to get into Pro wedding photography... Sooooooo..... I thought that I'd get myself a web address www.davykelly.co.uk I've done some work on it but it's still got a way to go yet. The photo's on there are ones that I have taken while asisting another photographer at the weekends. It's a bit of a mix match, more of a dream than a reality, but hey it's a start. I'd love to know what you think. All the best, Davy PS, I know that there is something not quite right about the address as I had to forward the site to the address that you'll see in the address bar, but I'm sure that's something that I'll be able to sort with a little help from one of my geeky computer mates __________________ "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is life" - William Faulkner - www.davykelly.co.uk

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#2
Davy-Kelly Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Broughton Astley, UK Posts: 215 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Web Site PPS I'm doing my first wedding on my own in July and I'll be posting the pics on there as the brides family is in Oz. __________________ "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is life" - William Faulkner - www.davykelly.co.uk

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#3
tlc Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a texan living in london! Posts: 1,743	Re: Web Site nice stuff. i would shorten your home page though. i have been told people hate having to scroll....

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#4
picturecrazy soft-hearted weenie-boy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alberta, CANADA Posts: 8,357	Re: Web Site Your site is simple and easy to navigate and has a consistent look to it through all pages, so that's good. Your image on the homepage is 409kb!!! That's huge! The first thing I noticed was how slow the first image loaded. You could probably get that down to under 100k without much quality degradation. In the service industry, people aren't sold on products, they are sold on PEOPLE, and their belief and trust in you. So your About Me section should be all about YOU and your PERSONALITY, not your statistics like name, age, birthday. You like fishing? Say it. You have a passion for woodworking? Say it. You smoke weed? Well... don't mention that but you get the idea... In your gallery, the reflections are nice... but when you start updating your gallery, it is going to be a pain to maintain that look. Also, people generally expect to see a larger version when you click a photo. __________________ -Lloyd BOUDOIR WEBSITE: The BOUDOIR - Edmonton Intimate Boudoir Photography Lifestyle Website: Night and Day Photography - Edmonton Studio Family Maternity Baby Child Wedding Photographers Facebook \| Twitter \| Gear

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#6
bcap MR. PP Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Niagara, Ontario Posts: 7,364 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Web Site I noticed you used iWeb for the website, very nice. What you'll have to do is make a web-ready image of your images and drag them into iWeb, as when you drag the full res images into iWeb, it grabs those and doesn't compress them at all. Hence the large image sizes. Nice site though, I love iWeb - very simple and easily navigational. Great job and best of luck! __________________ Bryan Bryan Caporicci's Personal Blog Niagara Falls, Ontario Wedding and Portrait Photographer - Bryan Caporicci Photography

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#7
Davy-Kelly Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Broughton Astley, UK Posts: 215 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Web Site Cheers guys, I have made a few updates but still have some way to go I fear. Davy __________________ "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is life" - William Faulkner - www.davykelly.co.uk

12th of March 2007 (Mon)	#8
turaund1 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 110	Re: Web Site i like the home page but thats as far as it would let me go. Just as picturecrazy said people dont like to scroll in photography sites. I read it in a book(I dont know which one). I like the pic on the home page __________________ Your Photography is good grasshopper Turaund, but you can still learn from the MASTER

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