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mdante99 said:
In recent months some awesome wedding photography websites have
been launched. I am compiling a list of such websites.

Nowadays big is in, many of the superb new wbsites are full screen.
Also light color seems to be in.

Here are some which are awesome.

http://www.thebecker.com
http://www.dougboutwell.com
http://www.thorsenphoto.com
http://www.heavenlyportraits.com
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Thanks for the post; inspiring web sites; very polished web whiz-bang but appropriate.

PS: The link #3's syntax was a little whacky...

Cheers,
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Zane
http://www.pbase.com/devonshire

Nikon D2x & Fuji S2
 
mdante99 said:
In recent months some awesome wedding photography websites have
been launched. I am compiling a list of such websites.

Nowadays big is in, many of the superb new wbsites are full screen.
Also light color seems to be in.
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pls define 'full screen' - do you mean 1024x768? or larger? smaller?
mdante99 said:
Here are some which are awesome.
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I had issues with all four of them..
mdante99 said:
http://www.thebecker.com - too much flash intro.
http://www.dougboutwell.com - moved, why would I bother clicking a link?

http://www.http://www.thorsenphoto.com/ - flash intro and 'enter' is a link that opens in new window..
http://www.heavenlyportraits.com/ - too slow..
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I am on fast Cable connection and all four were too slow to load, too much flash, I got bored waiting... to be fair, I did not dig into the galleries or portfolios - I was stopped at the gate by the opening scenes...

now, I am not looking for a wedding photog, but if I were, I would be turned off by all four of these.. particularly the one that has moved, and does not provide a 'redirect', but does provide a link... not good business.

Cheers,
Scotty

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My XT IS Full Frame -- APS-C/FF of course!
 
You need high speed internet connection to see these sites, and a newer monitor. That is how almost all of the pro wedding photographers are making their sites.

The rationale is that they must show big images to get those who can pay. Most brides see these sites at work where they have high speed connection.

The net zero crowd which still makes up about 30% of the population, is not really their customers anyway.

I don't necessarily agree or disagree with thid thinking, but that is the thinking among medium to high end wedding photographers.

Mark
 
I am not saying that I am 'awesome' but I am proud of my overhauled logo, biz & site. http://www.johnmagnoski.com

And yes, big is in (although my site is a bit smaller than the others), as well as a full 'multimedia' experience. Clients love the music, motion and emotion these sites deliver.

I book half my weds through WOM and the other through my site.
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John

'Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it.
Autograph your work with excellence.'
 
John:

You have a beautiful website; good work.

Who designed it?

How long did you have it?

The fact that it is full screen, did it make any difference in your business? Increase, decrease or no effect? Did you get any feedback?

Thanks

Mark
 
mdante99 said:
John:

You have a beautiful website; good work.
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Thank you!
mdante99 said:
Who designed it?
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It is a bludomain.com template that I customized a bit.
I highly recommend them, they are awesome!
mdante99 said:
How long did you have it?
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I have only had it since June now but business has picked up a lot since I reworked everything. Also, I added blogging to keep things fresh for the clients.
mdante99 said:
The fact that it is full screen, did it make any difference in your
business? Increase, decrease or no effect? Did you get any feedback?
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As I said, business increased for me. Also, it helped me get into the WPJA which delivers more 'qualified' clients to my inbox. When I call them they are ready to book, I don't even have to meet them in person anymore. I still meet them of course since I consult with my clients, but I collect my $1k down payment over the phone to book their date. After 6.5 yrs in business, not meeting and waiting for the deposit is a huge time/money saver...

As for feedback, yes. Many 'pros' hate my site (and those like it). Clients love it, especially older/existing clientele. I have gotten so many compliments from my target market, but from other 'pros', I have gotten complaints. Mainly on forums and a few in emails. Oh well, they don't buy my services anyway...

Take care,
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John

'Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it.
Autograph your work with excellence.'
 
Yes, but someone didn't quite do their homework right. It doesn't display properly on Maxthon / x386, since it cannot move to full screen in this program. I'd also have it tested in Firefox and Opera.

...and yes, I'm being helpful. I love the site overall, but agree with the comments about high speed internet!
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Jon Stewart
 
Too much flash, too many scripts. I spent a couple of minutes just configuring my very-protected browser to render the pages. (Allowed flash, JS, etc.)

OK, most people don't have their browsers locked down like I do, but even after all that, I still had to wait for the flash to load, did not have the control I wanted, etc.

I bailed straight away. Just because whiz-bang is possible doesn't make it a good idea.

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dpreview & pbase supporter
http://www.pbase.com/digirob
 
Greetings

If I'm correct and I think I'm, this person shoots with Leica range finders and B&W film. He doesn't do color. I maybe wrong but I don't think so. He does excellent work. You/we could all do the same quality of work if we wanted to/tried.

Enjoy
Roger J.
 
Jon Stewart said:
Yes, but someone didn't quite do their homework right. It doesn't
display properly on Maxthon / x386, since it cannot move to full
screen in this program. I'd also have it tested in Firefox and
Opera.

...and yes, I'm being helpful. I love the site overall, but agree
with the comments about high speed internet!
--
Jon Stewart
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Are you referring to me/my site?

I have little control over which browsers will play my site by the way, it all comes down to user error or how they have set up their system.

I use Firefox, IE, Safari and Opera and have no issues with it on my end.

But most of my clients are either using IE, Firfeox or Safari... And they obviously had no issues since they are contacting me.

I have no doubt you are being helpful, and I appreciate it (again, if your comments were directed at my site)

And fwiw, I am not nearly as savvy as the rest here, and I apologize for my ignorance but I have never heard of or used Maxthon...
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John

'Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it.
Autograph your work with excellence.'
 
I don't understand the fascination with Flash on basically every photographer site I've seen. It is not necessary, brings a fast computer and connection to their knees, and the annoying loading, music, and everything else is like sensory overload. I prefer a nice, clean, easy to navigate site with a portfolio and some basic information. That's classy and "classic".

-Ryan
 
Ryan Thomas said:
I don't understand the fascination with Flash on basically every
photographer site I've seen. It is not necessary, brings a fast
computer and connection to their knees, and the annoying loading,
music, and everything else is like sensory overload. I prefer a
nice, clean, easy to navigate site with a portfolio and some basic
information. That's classy and "classic".

-Ryan
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Yeah, I don't understand why these photographers put so much effort into making themselves stand out from the masses by creating a unique identity and website that clients will remember. Don't they know they could just set up a smugmug account and be done with it? Just look at their work. Their business is obviously failing.
 
Bosom tilting the shank said:
Yeah, I don't understand why these photographers put so much effort
into making themselves stand out from the masses by creating a
unique identity and website that clients will remember. Don't they
know they could just set up a smugmug account and be done with it?
Just look at their work. Their business is obviously failing.
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It's hard to argue with success. If a photogs' flash-laden site attracts customers and drives sales then it's doing it's job. I just personally don't like them. Sites that flash me excessively are either bypassed or the flash is stripped by my browser (where possible).

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dpreview & pbase supporter
http://www.pbase.com/digirob
 
The website for one of my company's brands is a moderately busy site - we average about 20,000 visitors a month with about 200,000 pageviews. The tracking software that we use allows us too see what types of connections are being used to access the site - and so far, in the last year we have seen a drop in dial-up users from about 20% to about 15%.

The use of Flash used to be a hotly debated topic in our marketing department, but once we saw the numbers the pro-flash people quickly won. That's not to say that we have a 100% Flash site, but we no longer think twice about HTML/Flash hybrid pages.

These guys are at the top of their game, not only with a camera but with marketing themselves. I guarantee that every single one of their perspective customers has a broadband connection, because they are marketing a high-end service.

If my company was marketing a high-end product (in our case, boots), we would have no problem throwing HTML completely out the window. It's all about knowing your customer, and I imagine that these guys don't have any trouble filling their schedules...

BTW - If you haven't guessed, I really like these sites...
 
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