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Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

12/18/2007 11:41:30 PM · #1

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

I like it though in firefox the bottom 1/3 of the page is just grey. If the entire page is smaller than the browser window size maybe don't stretch it to fit. (stretch is probably the wrong word but there seems to be just too much blank space at the bottom that appears to be part of the page) -- gallery pages

Also, when I navigated to the nature gallery for the first time, simpleviewer hung trying to load the first image and only showed the first four thumbs. When I navigated away and back it worked find. Who knows what's causing that?

;o)

ETA: No menus on the head shots and portraiture pages and only home in the menu on the children gallery page. Are you in the middle of creating the complete menu like in the nature gallery?

EEK! I am so sorry, I have been messing with it all day and randomly switching out things and you probably just caught it during a time I was uploading and deleting stuff. Sorry! It is all calm now.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

12/18/2007 09:20:05 PM · #2

CalamitysMaster00

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

12/18/2007 09:00:46 PM · #3

Sorry, I had to test that banner and didn't realize it was as big as the universe. :(

CalamitysMaster00

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

12/18/2007 08:59:33 PM · #4

;)

12/18/2007 08:59:08 PM · #5

It probably runs faster because your browser saved it as a cache so it can just pull it up really quickly. That works too...I am going to try to make the images smaller so they might be read faster

Sonifo

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

12/18/2007 08:20:16 PM · #6

Originally posted by lovethelight:

How can I make the loading time less?

I clicked on it again and it is running fast now. Must have been the server. I really like it! Great website and photos to go with it!

slaakso

Olympus E-510

Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital

12/18/2007 05:39:42 PM · #7

I am amazed at how your site has transformed and become so beautiful. The time to load when first viewed is a touch slow but the images that you have running are enough to keep my interest intact. Great images and website in my opinion.

12/18/2007 05:00:21 PM · #8

How can I make the loading time less?

Sonifo

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

12/18/2007 04:39:45 PM · #9

Nevermind..read it above the prices.I am wondering why your inside shots are more than the outside shots?

Love the site, but it does take a little longer to load the newer site than the older. I always give up and leave if it takes to long.

Message edited by author 2007-12-18 16:41:22.

Venom

Canon EOS R

Canon RF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

12/18/2007 03:28:11 PM · #10

The new layout is a very nice improvement over the old one. Great job on design and layout. BB

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

12/18/2007 03:27:41 PM · #11

Originally posted by sea2c:

Site looks just grand.

All I want to know is how the heck you got Simpleviewer to play so nicely with your site. For the life of me I can't get it to sit properly in my template. Always got an inch or so at the top all the time.

HAHAHA it took WEEKS of poking and prying at the code in an html editor....it gave me HELL! I had to redo my base website about 4 times before I got a basic layout that the simpleviewer could fit in...it is not easy..

sea2c

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 I

12/18/2007 03:15:42 PM · #12

Sinky

Nikon D300

12/18/2007 03:12:59 PM · #13

...all these niggles and nitpicks ( although I know they're well meant ).
To me, your website is stunning........slick, crisp look and feel to it all, great photographs, and an overall very positive impression.
Well done..........you're impressive all round.

salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

12/18/2007 02:57:43 PM · #14

It looks fine to me both in Firefox and Safari. I can see the whole image.

Originally posted by lovethelight:

I set it to no scrolling because I wanted it to be fixed. In my Firefox browser it is smaller than my window but looks fine. I am not sure how to check it in other browsers because I don't have any. Can you not see the whole thing or is it just smaller than you would like?

ps. I fixed the prices and locations links

Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Canon EOS

12/18/2007 02:48:28 PM · #15

MWitt

Canon EOS-5D

12/18/2007 02:28:35 PM · #16

Hi Claire,

First off, great looking portfolios!

One thing I noticed, and it doesn't look like anyone else mentioned this, is that when your portrait pages are viewed in Firefox there is no scrolling to see the entire page. Your pages get cut off at the bottom on a monitor set to 1024 X 768 and the web browser set to an even smaller size. You might want to consider checking your work with both browsers since they both get used the most. Otherwise, great looking site.

12/18/2007 01:13:15 PM · #17

Thanks for the suggestions, I am still almost constantly switching out pictures, I was just excited that I finally got the slideshows and stuff working. I will check out the link problem.

I can put the meat and potatos in alternate text. Would it be found there? I can't really not put it in an image file because I wouldn't know how to font, size, color and perfectly position it like it is. I am still really new at this.

Thanks bunches!

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/18/2007 06:57:10 AM · #18

I *LIKE* IT! :-)

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

12/18/2007 06:42:25 AM · #19

nice evolution.

once in your simpleviewer galleries, though, your contact link is broken. if you are using subfolders, you simply need to put a ../ in front of the page reference (ie, should be ). or any number of other ways to solve the problem...

i personally don't subscribe to the idea of putting meat-and-potatoes info into an image file the way you have your location/pricing/contact info. none of the search-bots can read it, which means valuable information about you is not going to be found.

for the most part, you have really strong images in your opening slideshow and in your galleries. you need to go back through them, though, and weed out the weaker ones and the ones that simply are simply redundant. for example, the one of the girl sitting on the rock; she has a rather awkward pose that stands out as being very, very different from your other stronger images. also, if you have 10 very strong headshots that give an example of what you're capable of, you don't need to present 40 headshots after you've gotten your point across.

just my 02 ;-)

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/18/2007 05:27:43 AM · #20

edit
I HAVE COMPLETELY REDONE MY WEBSITE

I took many of the suggestions I got here and made a new layout for my site.
-New background color to make it easier to read
-New flash slideshows to make popup free picture viewing
-simpler home page (a bio page is coming but it may take a month or so because I don�t have access to my boyfriends computer for a while)
-Addition of a photoshop retouching section which can be found on the prices and locations page (it can�t have its own page until I can add it with a program my boyfriend has) I would like opinions on whether or not you think it works well on that page or should have its own separate page

My web design recourses are VERY limited so it takes a lot of work to get ANYTHING changed, so I am really happy with what I have done so far. I am working on getting the site name to be simpler, but that involves getting my dad�s help since he is the one who owns the domain I am using.

Click here to see my NEW SITE LAYOUT at www.clairemcadamsphotography.com

Click here to see my OLD LAYOUT

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

12/08/2007 06:47:33 PM · #21

Originally posted by lovethelight:

My website is www.clairemcadamsphotography.com. I did buy my own domain, it just is hosted by my dad's site so it switches to something else after you type in www.clairemcadamsphotography.com. What popup? I don't have any popups and if I do then that is a problem and I have no idea where it came from. I will work on the gray, the lettering is a tan color right now, not white.

Thanks for the suggestions!

- If you pick a category (say portraits) and hit the first image, it opens a new window with the image [I am FF]. I have a patholgical hate of any pop-up's (along with auto on music & some other stuff) :-).
- To make the domain and hosting location a little more hidden, go into your domain host and see if they offer a frame-forward rather then just forward as you have now. A frame-forward will leave your url and not swap to the real location. The lower status bar will still show the real location but it just looks a little better.
- Most hosts will also allow auto forward of emails, so if you don't want to host your domain or mail at least have *@yourdomain.com forward to the yahoo email so inbound emails can use the real addy... outbound would require some hosting, so you will have to stick with yahoo for that.

Message edited by author 2007-12-08 18:49:38.

Bebe

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/07/2007 03:15:20 PM · #22

You have beautiful images & a nice layout. Whenever the page changes for me, I get a distracting blue-gray background before the page finishes loading & it turns to black. Was that intentional? I love the black background.

samchad

12/07/2007 03:07:28 PM · #23

Font is still tough on the eyes. I would pick a font a little thicker throughout the entire letter. Headshot image 16 and Nature image 1 are both phenomenal by the way. I would vertically center align the few horizontal images on the headshots page.

My site's got a problem with fonts too. They're too small. Just not had time to correct it all yet.

Phrase: "Your Headshot is one of the most important tools for an actor". I would change to either: "The headshot is one of the most important tools for an actor" or "Your headshot is one of your most important tools".

I have a few more points, but they are SO minor. Generally I think it's a lovely site. Would you share your lighting techniques with me by PM?

12/06/2007 02:01:02 PM · #24

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III