Looking for critique on my new website

H I just totally revamped my website let me know what you think!

Thank you,
Alan
www.marinelliphotograp​hy.com

Simple, yet it instantly grabs my attention............L​ovely images. The only "flaw" I would suggest is that your "About" page is in all upper case and, personally, it isn't a "natural read" to me, although it may not bother others.

bidkev wrote in post #16470550
Simple, yet it instantly grabs my attention............L​ovely images. The only "flaw" I would suggest is that your "About" page is in all upper case and, personally, it isn't a "natural read" to me, although it may not bother others.

Thank you so much on all points!

You might want to read by SEO link in my sig.

I agree about all caps. VERY HARD TO READ!

Hikin Mike wrote in post #16470611
You might want to read by SEO link in my sig.

I agree about all caps. VERY HARD TO READ!

Thank you

Nice site. If you are trying to attract brides, you might go with a white background and a softer color on your logo. Right now the site feels a little techy to me. It works great though... displays your work well too.

mostly nice, but I'd toss the grey box behind menu items, find a different way to mark where somebody is at. Change color of font, a red line underneath, something like that.

And don't have all text in CAPS, it's very hard to read. We don't read letter by letter, we read pretty much by image recognition of words. It's unusual to have EVERYTHING IN CAPS which makes things much harder to read. Stay with the norm, much easier to read and on the eyes. Besides that caps are considered YELLING online.

Also keep your logo on the images the same and in the same location. Jumps around (which means catches attention where none is needed) and should be consistent.

Great photos and I like how the logo and text boxes overlap like things on a table. I'd just change those things.

Here are my thoughts:

1) The images in your landing page seem to have a black, transparent layer causing the exposure to drop. If that's not that case, then most of the images are underexposed. Also, I see MUCH better images in your wedding gallery than what you chose to put on your landing page.
2) As phantelope mentioned, I'd lose the grey box behind the menu items. It's a little confusing. I'd change the text color or something.
3) On your About page, there are some gaps within your paragraphs (at least on my screen, I'm using Google Chrome). It looks like someone went into your paragraphs and hit "enter" at random spots. You also use "we" (Marinelli Photography) and switch to "my" and "I". I would pick one and stick with it. There's also a bunch of minor errors in the paragraphs (capital letters where it shouldn't be, missing periods, etc.). I'd take a look at that one more time. I can point out where I see them if you need me to. This also applies to your other pages.
4) On your "Testimonial" page, you created a link to your FB page everywhere Alan Marinelli shows up. I wouldn't do that. One, the link doesn't open up a new tab but replaces your current window. Two, they're already on your website. There's no reason for them to go to your FB page.
5) On your "Contact Us" page, there are several numbers (814-835-8211 218-9860 873-0040). Are the last two numbers implying the same 814 area code? I'm not sure what they are.

Hope that helps!

My suggestion is to have links to your social media accounts in the footer and it will be displayed on all pages.

HiepBuiPhotography wrote in post #16471650
Here are my thoughts:

1) The images in your landing page seem to have a black, transparent layer causing the exposure to drop. If that's not that case, then most of the images are underexposed. Also, I see MUCH better images in your wedding gallery than what you chose to put on your landing page.
2) As phantelope mentioned, I'd lose the grey box behind the menu items. It's a little confusing. I'd change the text color or something.
3) On your About page, there are some gaps within your paragraphs (at least on my screen, I'm using Google Chrome). It looks like someone went into your paragraphs and hit "enter" at random spots. You also use "we" (Marinelli Photography) and switch to "my" and "I". I would pick one and stick with it. There's also a bunch of minor errors in the paragraphs (capital letters where it shouldn't be, missing periods, etc.). I'd take a look at that one more time. I can point out where I see them if you need me to. This also applies to your other pages.
4) On your "Testimonial" page, you created a link to your FB page everywhere Alan Marinelli shows up. I wouldn't do that. One, the link doesn't open up a new tab but replaces your current window. Two, they're already on your website. There's no reason for them to go to your FB page.
5) On your "Contact Us" page, there are several numbers (814-835-8211 218-9860 873-0040). Are the last two numbers implying the same 814 area code? I'm not sure what they are.

Hope that helps!

Thank you so much I can see I have some more work to do!

i have another question how does everybody feel about having music on your website.There seems to be mixed opinions on it and I just wanted to ask here.

Thank you

Amarinelli wrote in post #16472817
i have another question how does everybody feel about having music on your website.There seems to be mixed opinions on it and I just wanted to ask here.

Thank you

Absolutely HATE music on a website. I will leave before I even find the off button. I doubt you'll lose customers if you DON'T play music, but I bet you WILL lose people if you play music.

Hikin Mike wrote in post #16473028
Absolutely HATE music on a website. I will leave before I even find the off button. I doubt you'll lose customers if you DON'T play music, but I bet you WILL lose people if you play music.

Thank you Mike I have been hearing that from a lot of people

Yea, music doesn't go well. Unless your work is EXCEPTIONAL, I'm either going to find the mute button or leave the site.