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[nickbedford]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Left or right, not up and down: that's confusing.
Your site has a lot of black space "below the fold" and theres no reason for it: it ads scroll bars when they are not necessary
Ditch the buttons at the bottom: plain text or none at all.
Right now youve got sans-serif font (for your menu) and serif font (for your header/next/previous). Choose one or the other and keep it consistent. Use different sizes and weights, but dont mix them unless youve got a specific design reason to (Hint: Sans-Serif works best on a screen, serif best in print).

On your about page: Ditch all the coloured text (underline for links instead), and the buttons above the text box: they dont match the look of the rest of the site and look amateurish. While youre at it, change the A: tag in your CSS to a different colour: 0,0,255 blue is hard to read on black.
I'd re-read (or have someone read) your copy text on this page as well: it's got a weird two-sided style that is off-putting.

I still dont understand the "full shoots" link in the menu, nor do I understand the flickr link. FLickr is linked in your About page and the "full shoots" is just an odd name. THe contact link can go right out the window: it's in your about page as well. You could always put the contact stuff from the about page onto a contact page (likely the best bet).

I still dont like the fact that the visitor drops directly into your gallery and that the gallery is just a slideshow: some separation of subject matter would be nice. If you insist, at least have the slideshow be automated and allow the visitor to click to the portfolio page.

It's a good site (i especially LIKE the gallery system you have on the main page, just used differently) but it's got a few things that just dont sit right.

Wow you're really rippin' it up aren't you haha. I know about the menu/serifing. I gotta get around to making up button images using that font. I'm preferring the serif font myself.

Also, I agree about the left/right not up/down. Also I so totally need to get rid of the coloured links.

As for full shoots, what's not to understand? It's a link to my full shoot gallery. What naming would suggest? "Galleries"? "Photo Shoots"?

Not to be rude but your site could do with a lot of work

[nickbedford]

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[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by nickbedford

As for full shoots, what's not to understand? It's a link to my full shoot gallery. What naming would suggest? "Galleries"? "Photo Shoots"?

Not to be rude but your site could do with a lot of work

I just dont understand what "full shoots" means. If it means "photo shoots" or "specialized gallery" or something then call it that. "FUll Shoots" is meaningless.

Feel free to PM me your thoughts.