Help! LOL I think my portfolio site is on photo overload

[Janie]

If you happen to be bored...

Its so hard to have an objective eye on your own photos and i've added a lot of images to my online portfolio. They are in groups though, since I have various purposes and styles, so each chapter is aimed at a specific audience. Been working on it for a few months though and i'm ready to poke my eyes out.

Can anyone tell me if there are any photos you hate on here? I won't be insulted, just trying to make it feature some of the best in the categories. Portraits consist of concerts & musicians as well as business and children and pets. Some of my landscapes slipped in there and are being moved, but the stupid computer locked up while I was doing that, so they are still there for now.

I'm down to the photos that my friends and some clients like, but still think maybe it should be weeded down more. Some slower connections it takes too long to load.

This is my main site: http://janehaas.com and this is my mini-embedding site: http://janehaasphotos.com which I can attach in emails and on myspace, etc.

Thank you for any input! I work on other sites all day, but my own end up the hardest! LOL

[Frog]

You have some nice stuff there, Janie.
I did notice that your interior architecture shots,(appear to be real estate for sale shots), seemed rather flat but if being used to sell real estate then I guess they are fine.
I really like a lot of your portrait and people work but noticed many outside shots were taken in rather harsh light.
Navigation is a bit strange on your site and was disappointed that I couldn't go back after the album finished.

[livin4lax09]

i agree, you have some very nice stuff.

However, the navigation is a little clumsy. There should be a way to quickly navigate between pages.

I have a fast computer, but even on mine the graphics were slow. I'd imagine on a slower computer it would end up painfully slow.

The thing that struck me about the architectural photography, especially the HDRs - they are great images standing alone, but if their purpose is to document and sell real estate, I wonder how realistically they actually portray the space. I also didn't like that you couldn't scroll between images, they just did their own thing.

You asked for input Hope that helped.

[BlueRob]

Miss Jersey
First of all I do like you site, its quite different from what I usually see around, I´m always in favor for "different".
On the other hand I feel that being a photography site it should have and easier way to see thumbs of the pics in some sort of grid array and clicking them to zoom on them. I guess this will make more viable to have a wider range of examples. Hope my vague description helps some how.

The only pic I did not like is one with some sort of Robin Hood guy holding a sword

Great Job Jersey :thumbsup:

Edit....forgot to add that I liked very much your style displayed on the "fairy" section...great!

[Janie]

Okay, I hate the sliding ones - i have it on there now and they are a pain in the butt! Going to experiment with other styles!

[Janie]

Okay, so after making changes to my site, I lost my web connection before I could preview them so it was screwy the past few days. Well, it's all fixed now, controllers on all galleries!

[w.slayman]

Janie,

Your site is much better now especially for me, the most computer illiterate member. Some really great photos, IMHO you should have two sites one for architecture and one for everything else.

[Janie]

I used to have two sites but it became too confusing because everyone likes to look at all of my work so they whined about having to go to two different sites. You actually can lose work doing that - just because someone is interested in architectural style photos, doesn't mean they won't be interested in a portrait or fine artwork photography, and vice versa. When my sites were seperate, I had designers and realtors ask me why I don't do portraits - the link to the other site was right there but they don't click! LOL

The architectural photos are a mixture of my magazine shots, real estate and interior designers showcases. Didn't want to separate those because then everyone thinks you do nicer work for some than others - actually, the interior design and kitchen designers rooms are a lot nicer! lol

[Frog]

Much easier to navigate.
If I were a customer, I would want to be able to go directly to what I'm interested in.
Opening your site, I would have no idea that there is 'fairy tale' category, or portraits, or architecture unless I leaf through the album.
A clickable table of contents would be good.

[Janie]

Hmmm, maybe tabs like a portfolio might be good along the side, I'll figure out a way to do that to keep to my book look! Thanks!

[Ridgetop]

Janie, I like the design of the site. I think an ability to quickly jump to a new category in the portfolio is definitely needed. To fit the style maybe the first page could be a table of contents along with a "continue" button. The uniqueness of the site grabbed my attention and held it. I wanted to turn the pages which is very good. I have to agree with one of the earlier comments that the portrait section Gallery of my art photography pictures #16-20 are shot in awefully harsh light. Not sure if reflectors or fill were used, but there is a lot of shadowing. If you were aiming for that look then ignore me . One thing I just noticed as I moved through the pics is that I just realized you can grab the pages to turn them. Awesome. Only other comment is from my wife looking over my shoulder. She loved your "Fairy" shots but said one thing kind of funny. "OMG, what is sticking out from that fairy??" My reply "Uh honey, that's her legs. She's sitting and hovering." :blush2: