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12/14/2004 08:38:41 PM · #1

ok, I know I have been MIA for a while but I'm back in action! :D
I finally started building my website and I would like to know what
you guy and gals think!
//www.crippenphotography.com
It is still under construction so keep that in mind!
Thanks!

saintnicholas_25

Sony DSC-P73

12/14/2004 08:42:13 PM · #2

the links shouldn't be as gray cause that makes them blend into the background

the title on the other hand looks nice

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/14/2004 09:43:54 PM · #3

The title looks good.
As for links, may be you can change their color on 'hover' so that the links become prominent

12/15/2004 07:20:09 AM · #4

well it seems to be a consensus so far that the title looks good but
the links blend too much.
I was actually trying to get them to blend to a degree so that the
focus would immediately go to the images.

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon

12/16/2004 09:47:57 AM · #5

no one else has any opinions?

gusto

Canon EOS-7D

12/16/2004 10:07:29 AM · #6

I think your on the right track, like they mentioned above the links on the left might do better if they contrasted more with the BG color, maybe brighten them up a touch... Looks good though
Heres my site sort of an online business card approach

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/16/2004 01:15:43 PM · #7

thanks for your input, i guess others just aren't feeling opinionated.
...
...
I find that hard to believe, but ok!

tristalisk

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

12/16/2004 01:25:23 PM · #8

I like the look of it so far. I have to agree with the others however on the links. on a bad monitor like my work PC they almost vanish.

12/17/2004 02:59:53 PM · #9

Ok, I lightened up the links a bit,
take a look and see if that is better or
should I lighten a little more.
//www.crippenphotography.com

jemison

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

12/17/2004 03:12:09 PM · #10

Originally posted by gusto:

Heres my site sort of an online business card approach

fairly slow loading and background selfportrait is distracting and doesn't add much. I would like the option to see larger images.

jemison

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon

12/17/2004 03:13:34 PM · #11

Originally posted by superdave_909:

Seems like a good start. perhaps color on rollovers. Also, I think the grey background is a bit boring.

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

12/17/2004 03:48:02 PM · #12

Hi Dave and welcome back!

Ok I like the layout of the site but not too keen on the background. A black background would show off the photos much better imho.

Good luck

Mike

Blackdog

Canon EOS-20D

12/17/2004 04:25:08 PM · #13

I just get lots of page not found errors, are you working on the site at the moment?

Also a friend of mine, who is a web developer by profession told me never to use PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION notices of any kind.

Quote: "They are regarded by pprfoessionals as amature and the very nature of a web site means its always under developement of some kind, or at least it should be."

Unquote.

Just my observation.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

12/17/2004 08:49:33 PM · #14

Yeah I just found a problem with my links that I need to sort out,

and it is good to be back!!!
good point about the construction page thing, I had not thought about that!

cbeller

Nikon D300

12/17/2004 08:59:27 PM · #15

I noticed you are using images as the text on the Weddings page. If you are planning on doing this for the entire site, I strongly suggest against it. If potential customers have a slow connection and have problems getting the pages to load, because of all the images, they will leave.

Just my observation.

jonpink

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

12/17/2004 09:29:21 PM · #16

Right.

For starters, you have used images for nearly every single thing on the site. Whilst this makes life easy for you, you will never attract a single visitor to your site from a search engine. Not one, not a sausage.

Because there is no text, there is nothing for search engines to read, nothing for them to take out and add to their databases.

So if you want some custom, change every link and all your content to text.

Going to be a pain in the arse, but it will be worth it.

Secondly, the colors etc are nice, I like the BG color.

Also some links don't work. Try to get them working before uploading to your root directory as this only makes you look bad and unprofessional which reflects badly on you and your business.

12/17/2004 09:31:48 PM · #17

Yeah I was wondering about that, my problem is that I like the control
over the fonts that I get in photoshop. The problem is like you
stated, the load times. Do you think it would help if maybee I made it
part of the background in frontpage? or do you have another suggestion?

jonpink

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

12/17/2004 09:39:38 PM · #18

Even with images, there shouldn't be much problem with load times (for the text images) if they are made correctly.

You may prefer Fancy fonts, but I really would advise you think more about what your clients would prefer and not what you prefer.

Another way to convince you - what happens if you want to add or remove a word or sentance,. Your going to have to go back into photoshop etc and remake the image, then add it again into the site.

Also, if you decide to add a lot more etxt you will have to redo your site as it's all tabled images.

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/17/2004 10:01:52 PM · #19

12/18/2004 01:27:18 PM · #20

Originally posted by gaurawa:

David,
You are making the table to be only 1024 pixels wide. that's not going to work great if I have a larger resolution on my screen. You have this in your source-code

Either you can make this 100% or atleast make the background the same color as you have your table bgcolor. Else it looks really bad to have 80% of screen black and the rest white with nothing on it

Yeah, sorry about the white, I was skipping that step while working on the link issue. It will be fixed here shortly. I was making the bg the same color, but you mentioned using 100%, would I substitue the 1024 with the 100% to do that? I am using a combo of photoshop and
frontpage for this and for the life of me I can not get the page to
center for people like you and myself that use higher resolutions. It
always adjust left. Do you know how to get it center? I'm guessing it
will have to be done in code because the center commands in frontpage
are useless.

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

12/18/2004 01:32:03 PM · #21

Originally posted by jonpink:

After considering your points I think I will change to normal text, you
made a few points that I didn't even think about,..., thanks!

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

12/18/2004 05:13:53 PM · #22

Nice site, well done!

I'm not sure about your description of photojournalistic wedding photography:

You say:

We take a photojournalistic approach to wedding photography. Because there seems to be a variety of definitions for photojournalism when it comes to wedding photography, I like to explain what that entails. This approach to wedding photography tends to be a little more traditional. We try to catch people in there natural state, these photos are not posed. The only portraits that are posed are the formals of bridal party and the parents.

Although you say that your approach is MORE traditional, reading the rest of your text it seems to be that your approach is LESS traditional - less posed group shots, less pre-planned shots and more candid images in a reportage style.

I have also highlighted a spelling error - it should read "catch people in their natural state"

Hope this helps?
Kavita

Message edited by author 2004-12-18 17:15:04.

12/20/2004 12:59:20 PM · #23

Originally posted by Kavey:

thanks for pointing out the typos!

perhaps then I should define Traditional too. by traditional I mean
Ceramony, Formals of the bridal party, and then candid for the reception. I tend not to do the do the special effects, or the overly artistic. So this is more of a Traditional type shoot.

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/20/2004 01:22:26 PM · #24

Originally posted by superdave_909:

Originally posted by gaurawa:
David,
You are making the table to be only 1024 pixels wide. that's not going to work great if I have a larger resolution on my screen. You have this in your source-code

Either you can make this 100% or atleast make the background the same color as you have your table bgcolor. Else it looks really bad to have 80% of screen black and the rest white with nothing on it

Yeah, sorry about the white, I was skipping that step while working on the link issue. It will be fixed here shortly. I was making the bg the same color, but you mentioned using 100%, would I substitue the 1024 with the 100% to do that? I am using a combo of photoshop and
frontpage for this and for the life of me I can not get the page to
center for people like you and myself that use higher resolutions. It
always adjust left. Do you know how to get it center? I'm guessing it
will have to be done in code because the center commands in frontpage
are useless.

For centering you can modify your table like this

align="center">