Critique on my image site?

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Hi all,
Wondered if it allowed to ask for opinions on my own website?
If so the link should be in my sig below..if this is not allowed apologies and delete this post asap!

Many thanks

Regards
Steve
 
Hi. Seems to load reasonably, but I'm not a fan of loading timers. Just do away with the visitor count - looks amateurish and very 1990s.
 
Nice images, but there doesn't seem to a focus or purpose to the site.. what do you want the site to do? It's difficult to offer constructive criticism without knowing what you want the site to achieve.
 
Your photos look fantastic and I think the gallery page works well. That said, when going through some galleries, you seem to have several of the same image repeated, only with various of crop or colour/BW. If I were you I'd decide on the best method for displaying a particular photo and show only that one.

I don't really like your logo either - looks like it was made using word clip art rather than 'designed'. Given that your images are all super crisp and sharp, your logo is in complete contrast to this.
 
Hi,

Sorry, I typed you out a long one and the site lost my login so I had to start again.

I would have it set up so that when you click on the slideshow at any point you go to your gallery. At first I didn't see your gallery and thought it was only a slideshow. Not very observant of me, but then some people aren't! Better yet put some of your best pictures from different categories and a bit of text as your homepage, have every image link to its place in your gallery and a bolder link into your gallery. People make their mind up quick and if the first photo in the slideshow isn't what they're after and there's no description they may just leave. The gallery works very well, though the categories could use some work to make it simpler/easier to find what you're after, if at all poss.

Your metadata keywords aren't excellent. And worse they're the description to your site on google, I presume because its all flash and you don't have the correct set up in metadata or a html version of the site. I find it helpful to search google using terms the kind of people I want to attract to my site may use, click on the first 3 and view their source, get ideas from their keywords. Keywords aren't as important as people would have you believe, but for the hour or so it takes to put down some good ones they are worth it. You can also check out their sites design and layout. This is of course if you want to attract people to your website to get work, I got that impression from your about page, but it seems like you're sitting on the fence a little bit. Personally if I were you and wanted work I'd go a lot stronger on the about page.

Check this site out: http://www.chrisgloag.com/ It has excellent keywords you could use variations on and the front page layout is very nice and gets the message across quick.

Sorry if I used any incorrect terms I haven't done anything web for a long time now.

Your photos are great by the way!
 
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Steve - I like the images but the thing that distracted me was the watermark whose location changed from Gallery to Gallery. I think if possible I would place it in one position and make sure that it is not overpowering or distracts from the image.
Also in the About you have a few typo errors.
5th line a Capital It.....change to lower case
7th line reads 'and a it'......delete the a
11th line a Capital If.......change to lower case
last line - should according read accordingly

dave
 
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Firstly THANKS VERY MUCH for all the imput so far!..some so obvious to me now..most seen through fresh eyes and many things I had never noticed!!..
Amazed that some of you have spent a fair old long time to send superb and helpful replies into the thread!..

What a helpful bunch you are!:thumbs:
 
don't know, but is the dog alive or not?

As people said above... the purpose etc?

Some fantastic images on there, and some very odd and strange ones but I think for honest comment and critique........ we need to know the purpose........


(and yes I know mine is pants, but still in the teaching myself and playing around stage!)
 
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