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04/27/2005 09:47:02 AM · #1

It's not finished - I have LOTS of things to fix - but this is the basics of both the html and flash site.

I taught myself flash this past weekend.

//www.pictureinfinity.com/flashything/index.html
//www.pictureinfinity.com/htmlthingy/index.html

Thanks - anyone need a website? I'm cheap! lol
(mostly kidding)

M

Message edited by author 2005-04-27 09:48:33.

loz1

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

04/27/2005 09:50:35 AM · #2

I have always known you were cheap ;)

cghubbell

Nikon D300

04/27/2005 09:50:40 AM · #3

Very fancy with all the animations and sound... I don't know what the wedding demographic goes for in a site, but for me it's "how easily can I get what I came for with the minimum distractions".

As an example, one of the best designed sites to me is John Shaw's. But it's a totally subjective thing.

Either way, your site is definitely cool to watch, and I like the sequence you chose for the storytelling bit.

04/27/2005 09:52:24 AM · #4

Our site now //www.pictureinfinity.com is probably what you're talking about more. We decided that this didn't fit our consumers in selling photography - our old site has like 8 pictures plus the gallery and this one has all this fancy stuff PLUS 16 pictures PLUS I'm not done the gallery yet. :)

So we're selling image and it's hard on a static page to show as much.

M

loz1

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

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

04/27/2005 09:54:34 AM · #5

This probably goes back to your business posts, but how do you decide what fits your customers?

gusto

Canon EOS-7D

04/27/2005 10:07:25 AM · #6

Very nice, I like Flash it adds to a sites functionality.
Heres one of my sites, me and a few friends use it to provide online proofing and ordering. Its easy to use in regards to uploading photos... at the point you upload photos it creates all the thumbnails and watermarked proofs for you. Saves time when your uploading several hundred photos at once. //digitalproofs.net/ try the proof code:BABY4 this is from a baby pageant me and my nephew shot last weekend. On occasion we get a few good ones in the mix... these are the ones parents love to buy.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/27/2005 10:20:29 AM · #7

Thanks Gusto,

Actually I sell using Photoreflect, and it works really well for us - and adds the watermark too. :)

Loz,
We ask. What drew you in, what stunk about the whole thing (in nicer language). We ask and we view other websites. Those who are most successful in this business have flash and flashy websites - those who are not have sites that look like someone hand did it on Frontpage. (Frontpage SUCKS and you can almost always tell when someone used it).

M

puzzled

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

04/27/2005 04:21:00 PM · #8

Originally posted by mavrik:

So we're selling image ...

Mavrik, I think your site is great - you've clearly put a lot of work into it! So please don't take it the wrong way, when I say that the line you wrote above reminded me of this web page I saw today. I work as a consultant for a big Swedish company where image is very important. It's not at the place shown in this link, but nearly! Huh?

Travis99

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/27/2005 04:29:42 PM · #9

If you tought yourself flash in one weekend, and you can create all that from scratch, you are one in a million.

sage

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

04/27/2005 04:41:05 PM · #10

Can you say templatemonster.com?

//www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/7385.html

They sure have some nice templates.

Message edited by author 2005-04-27 16:41:38.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

04/27/2005 04:50:13 PM · #11

Originally posted by Travis99:

If you tought yourself flash in one weekend, and you can create all that from scratch, you are one in a million.

It's not from scratch - it's from a template. :) Definitely not as hard, but definitely not easy. And yes, I could do most of this from scratch pretty easily now.

Message edited by author 2005-04-27 16:50:33.

soup

Canon EOS-30D

04/27/2005 05:43:26 PM · #12

i might retract that comment - unless you know actionscript inside and out...

Originally posted by mavrik:

And yes, I could do most of this from scratch pretty easily now.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/27/2005 05:44:27 PM · #13

Originally posted by soup:

i might retract that comment - unless you know actionscript inside and out...

Originally posted by mavrik:
And yes, I could do most of this from scratch pretty easily now.

I'll second that. ;-)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

04/27/2005 05:57:39 PM · #14

lol Let's put it this way - there are enough of them in there that I can definitely make a site like THIS one again pretty easily. :) I've had to study how this one's built long enough!

sage

Canon EOS-20D

04/27/2005 06:08:02 PM · #15

If you can instantly pick up actionscript from working with a template such as this... and make another without using this template as a base... you should concentrate on flash actionscript development, not photography. You would make more money.

You should have just credited templatemonster.com to begin with, instead of posting as if it was original work. This discussion wouldn't be happening.

Imagine if someone had done this with a photo in a challenge...

Message edited by author 2005-04-27 18:09:39.

eostyles

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

04/27/2005 06:52:04 PM · #16

My website I posted today is original.

eostyles studios

Brent_Ward

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM

04/27/2005 07:47:28 PM · #17

My site has been up for awhile now, but totally my design. It was also a lot more simple to make then using flash and not as flashy...

loz1

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

04/27/2005 08:02:14 PM · #18

Originally posted by sage:

You should have just credited templatemonster.com to begin with, instead of posting as if it was original work. This discussion wouldn't be happening.

Imagine if someone had done this with a photo in a challenge...

I dont think it matters if he used a template or not. He never said that he didn't. Plus with most templates, even though you start with something, by the time you have spent several days on it, the template doesn't resemble what you started with. A hell of a lot of work still goes into it. Plus you need an understanding of the concepts to work it, and thats what was learnt here.

eostyles

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

04/27/2005 08:11:20 PM · #19

Thats a nice site. Did you do it yourself? I am going to add more to mine as I go. I just wanted to get the basic up as soon as I could...

Originally posted by MeThoS:

My site has been up for awhile now, but totally my design. It was also a lot more simple to make then using flash and not as flashy...

bledford

Canon EOS-300D Rebel