New Website : Keeping things Fresh!

It's important to keep things fresh, and because I'd had my previous website design for around 18 months, I thought it about time for a change and revamp!

The first thing I wanted to do, was make the new design instantly different, so opted for white instead of black. One of the criticisms I had of my old site was that there wasn't enough of "me" on it. Commercial clients hire photographers not just on their ability to create consistently good images, but also how they work with others and come across as a person. Based on this, I've added a Bio page and also put an embedded video on the home page to enable clients to build a better idea of who I am and what I'm about.

For the portfolio pages, I wanted to keep that large images, but I didn't want to use flash galleries this time. This is partly because I'm an iPhone user and flash is still currently unsupported.

Finally, to fit in with the new design, I've changed the template for this blog, and also updated my Twitter background.



I'd like to take this opportunity to thank a few people who helped with the new site....

Nick Cannons An awesome designer from my Art College days
Sean McCormack My first port of call for anything Lightroom related
Karen @ Mimique Digital A great webdesigner who helped code my site... she rocks!

Making the web work for you

Chase Jarvis recently posted up a video on his blog from a seminar in Dubai where he, David Hobby (Strobist), and David Nightingale (Chromasia) talk about the importance of blogging.



Check out the full post here

Website Redesign

I've just finished uploading my new website. I wanted to put more emphasis on the images, so now the front page has a large image which is selected at random using a cool javascript code I found on google.

It also has a direct link to this blog as well as to my videos on youtube, so should hopefully enable people to really get a feel for what I'm all about.

Anyway, if you haven't already, check it out and let me know what you think.

Social Networking

The internet is changing! It's not enough to have your own website anymore. The future is in ever changing content rich websites. Blogging, YouTube, Myspace & Facebook are the places to be seen!

Not only are they great for raising your own profile, but also for engaging with other people in the same field. This is great as it means ideas can be shared and knowledge gained in ways it never could before!