NJB Studio - your comments appreciated!

RokGeetar

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10 Feb 2009 - 10:48 AM

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Hello

Firstly, I am a strictly amateur photographer, just a beginner really. I've been trying to get a website together for a while, and I would like to get some comments on my latest attempt.

njbstudio.com

I use photium.com as my host which I can't recommend highly enough - easy to use, customise and maintain, and Will, the support guy, is top notch and very quick at doing any tweaks you ask for.

I'm trying to build up a portfolio and I realise that many (all?) of the photos on the site are sub-par, and as I get better I will replace most of them. I would very much like your thoughts on the website layout rather than the quality of my photos!

Many thanks
Neil

RokGeetar

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12 Feb 2009 - 12:24 PM

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Thanks Z, appreciated

Richsr (e2 Member)

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12 Feb 2009 - 1:05 PM

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Looks a good start however would suggest a colour picture on the front page to lift it a bit as it all looks a bit grey - good suggestion from Ian too.
regards Richard.

maggie9 (e2 Member)

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12 Feb 2009 - 2:14 PM

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really enjoyed my visit! very proffessional and slick, i really liked the homepage header ....all the best to you

PWhittle

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13 Feb 2009 - 10:12 AM

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personally not too keen on red text, and really when putting a website together people should (though very rarely do) consider accessibility standards - ie letting those with less than perfect vision read your site (not always easy for a photo-based site!)

There's also a lot of info on the front page. This is good for Google, but if you research web design (and design in general for that matter), people really don't stop to read text. Impatient people like me will have a quick scan, and if they can't quickly find what they want, they'll hit the Back button. If you use Google analytics, you can see how long people spend on your site - which can be quite shocking!

I think front pages should be easy to read intros and summaries - tell the viewer what the site is, and let them find info they may want to see.
Detail can then be added to the pages they have chosen due their relevance.

Just my thoughts - though I have put a lot of time money and effort into researching this to improve my own site.