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Old 07-09-2009, 04:05 PM
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Hello everyone! I would love critiques on my photography! good and bad is welcomed! please let me know!

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Old 07-09-2009, 04:17 PM
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Hi, You should post your pictures on here for people to see.

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Old 07-09-2009, 04:18 PM
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I've just had a look at your website, your photos look good, but the website runs pretty slow so I left it.

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Old 07-09-2009, 05:48 PM
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Well I would love to see your work but WOW is this site taking it's time to load I have highspeed broadband and sitting here watching a lil blue line running up and up and starting again .. my advice loose the flash site or offer a HTML version..

ahhh loaded now

ok I can be harsh but it for your own good ..

1 Nav bar is HUGE drop the size down and get a colour that matches the site better as the highlight
2 although different the viwer seems to block the page when viewing large try to get it to cover the oage with a diffuse dark colour so it is not just sitting over the page (use lightbox or similar)
3 add a bit about each gallery and mayeb condense them to one age selection rather than a whole nav bar full of the same .. so have portfolio with a drop down menu to the options.

Your shots are great ry getting a player that auto runs them on the post so they play rather than have to be run through. nice pics nice site layout just a few tweaks to get it spot on
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:47 PM
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I detest flash sites.

Your site takes way too long to load.

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Old 07-09-2009, 07:51 PM
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I detest flash sites.

Your site takes way too long to load.

My $.02
Thanks for the warning that it's flash. I won't bother to look.
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:59 PM
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I detest flash sites.

Your site takes way too long to load.

My $.02
Please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Re-work your flash. Optimise it, re-design it, or my personal favourite: kill it with fire.

I have a C2D Q6600 proc, 4GB RAM, GTX 280 and running Chrome, the fastest browser out there. And your site runs like a slideshow.

Your gallery is unintuitive to navigate.
Your navigation is clunky and the white background suggests that I should be able to click anywhere in that area. But I can't.

Your text is pixellated and out of focus for 2 seconds while I load the page till it loads which puts me off and makes me think your flash is broken. Closer to the truth, it looks like you converted the text to an object and it loads the low-quality before replacing it with standard quality.
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I don't visit sites with Flash unless it is an accident...
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Old 07-09-2009, 09:36 PM
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I just visited your flash site... It was an accident! Stop using flash its horrible and all the garbage really detracts from your photos. I couldn't really judge as it was just so cluttered.

One small blessing, at least there wasn't any music!
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Old 07-09-2009, 10:42 PM
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Don't get us wrong, your photos are good from what I saw but the presentation medium (i.e. your site) is, not to put too fine a point on it, borderline unworkable.
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