My New Site - Remarks Welcome

Hi,
I'm new here and would very much appreciate your remarks/comments you wish to share in order to help me be a better photographer and have a better site.

P.S - praises are also OK

Here is a sample:

I don't like the header. Feels non-professional looking. But still a good way to present your works.

JuvarAbrera wrote in post #15793001
I don't like the header. Feels non-professional looking. But still a good way to present your works.

Thanks Juvar
I appreciate that and I am indeed working on a new logo..

The link didn't go anywhere for me. Just a blank page.

ozziepuppy wrote in post #15793027
The link didn't go anywhere for me. Just a blank page.

Copy and paste the link?

Looks good. Navigates easy.

Link didn't work for me. Tried copy/paste and got a pop-up saying:
"Windows cannot find 'http://‬www.ranofekphotography​.com'
Check the spelling and try again."

Weird... I've never seen that before.

NewCreation wrote in post #15793174
Looks good. Navigates easy.

Thank you

P.S - fixed the link..

Good job! Simple yet functional

bikfoto wrote in post #15794860
Good job! Simple yet functional

bikfoto - Thank yoy very much

The logo looked fine to me everywhere except the home page; there it was on a lighter page wide banner, whereas on the others it fit well with the black. I find the font choice for the menu headings at odds with all the other text; I would change them to match. Other than those small points it looks good, and you have some nice photos.

Good luck

I'm a professional photographer, I've been to national awards, and I've spent time looking at the winners. I haven't entered any myself, but I know the standard of work that's produced. I say this so you know my context, and what I'm comparing your work with - the best in my country.

Design, header, and typography all amateurish to my eye. The lion photo on your home page is out of focus.

I'll say this as nicely as I can... your work isn't at a professional level, and probably won't be without a few years more development. Focus, composition, posing, lighting, they all need work. They're not bad photos, they're just not professional level. I would be surprised if you sell any images for any worthwhile amount of money.

If you want to sell a landscape image you have to make images that most people can't even imagine taking it. If someone can stop their car and take a photo in the same place then the image you show has to be exceptional. Some great landscapes are taken at sunrise, fewer at sunset as people can take sunset photos themselves as they're awake then. Many are taken in inaccessible locations. I know of one photographer who went back to the same location multiple times per week for three years to get the image they wanted.

That pier photo isn't good. The pier (or dirt, or whatever it is) is difficult to identify. It leads the eye, but it leads it nowhere. Shadow detail is poor. The sky takes 1/3 of the image but it's not an interesting sky. Most of the image is dark blue featureless water.

Keep practicing, keep asking for critique (on individual images, not all of them), you'll improve.

RanO wrote in post #15794412
Thank you

P.S - fixed the link..

No you didn't.

I agree with the others.

Spats139 wrote in post #15797934
The logo looked fine to me everywhere except the home page; there it was on a lighter page wide banner, whereas on the others it fit well with the black. I find the font choice for the menu headings at odds with all the other text; I would change them to match. Other than those small points it looks good, and you have some nice photos.

Good luck

I think I'll change the header on the landing page and think about the fonts.
Thank you

tim wrote in post #15797994
Keep practicing, keep asking for critique (on individual images, not all of them), you'll improve.

Thank you Tim, this is exactly why I build and shared my site - I do think I have a lot more learning and practicing to do before I will be able to sell my images for more money. Up until now I only took pictures for fun so I appreciate your comments.
With your comments and others' on the forums I will be able to improve.

I do think that I have some good ones on there, as others have wrote, though

Thanks again,
Ran.