Comments on: Portfolio Website Design

By: JJ Reyes Photography

JJ Reyes Photography — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:12:36 +0000

Wow, great information you have provided! I will use some of this in my marketing. Thank you! I’m a quinceaneras photographer in the San Francisco bay area.

By: Zion Technology

Zion Technology — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:25:22 +0000

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We take special care for customized web application development, which are tailored to the client’s precise business requirements. We deliver incorporating rich internet applications combining our solid cross-vertical experience, technological expertise, latest trends and an inbuilt strategic framework based development methodology.
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By: Motti

Motti — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:43:47 +0000

Nicely done!

By: Motti

Motti — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:42:11 +0000

Thanks for the link however, again this monthly fees nonsense… :-(

By: Motti

Motti — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:38:58 +0000

I am going to purchase an HTML design from Creative Motion Design. Their HTML designs feel like Flash and look stunning.

One BIG problem I have with ,most of the companies you mentioned above is their pricing. It seems they all took business classes from the late Steve Jobs ((-:) who told them that photographers will keep paying, keep paying, keep paying…

One time fee is the way to go and for a few (few not $1,000 like some ask) hundred dollars you can get a great presentation portfolio (and a Store front to come with it).

Motti

By: Website Design Mumbai

Website Design Mumbai — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:16:08 +0000

nice designs

By: Paolo De Faveri

Paolo De Faveri — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:07:13 +0000

Great list Rob, your blog is always a fantasti resource.
Thanks,
Paolo

By: hkc

hkc — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:17:59 +0000

i’m looking for a website to print a 4kb pic – any reccommendations?

By: web design companies

web design companies — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:05:22 +0000

One company missed of the list about is Creative Motion Design. All of their flash designs come with iPAD and iPHONE sites incuded in the price. And they have recently started releasing so great looking HTML templates that look and feel like flash site!

By: Peter Knight

Peter Knight — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:34:04 +0000

The image quality will be the same in both flash and HTML. It is more about the presentation of the images, which flash does very well. One company missed of the list about is Creative Motion Design. All of their flash designs come with iPAD and iPHONE sites incuded in the price. And they have recently started releasing so great looking HTML templates that look and feel like flash site! http://creativemotiondesign.com.

By: Peter Knight

Peter Knight — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:29:48 +0000

Try Creative Motion Design. All of their flash designs come with iPAD and iPHONE sites incuded in the price. And they now have some great looking HTML templates that look and feel like flash site! http://creativemotiondesign.com

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By: Tolga

Tolga — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:25:45 +0000

Great info thank you so much!! =)

By: Marlous de Groot

Marlous de Groot — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:10:26 +0000

Great blog and post, i think a lot of will change with HTLML 5, th flash problem is than already solved in the browser.

By: Jason Joseph

Jason Joseph — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:32:48 +0000

Rob,
First of all I would like to say thank you for being here. I remember the late 80s’ and the early 90s while I was at SVA… info like you have here was hard to come by .. even WITH the resources I had at SVA. For this I thank you.
I don’t want to hijack this thread by any means… I’m working on my new website, and I came across this post.. I agree with you. In fact my site IS a WordPress template ( for SEO benefits) with significant modifications…. it implements FLASH galleries that actually convert to html seamlessly on iPad/phone/mobile devices.
I’ve got the best of both worlds and will share with everyone in a few short days. However… .. EMAIL…. what do people prefer… a LINK to email OR a EMAIL FORM? I’m interested in everyone’s opinion… and while this wasn’t the subject of the post.. I thought it may be of interest to those here reading…. I do hope.

Cheers everyone!
J.J.

By: Mike laing

Mike laing — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:02:20 +0000

A few reasons for NOT using flash.

EVERY art director I know has an iphone/ipad, which do not support flash. Really you want to make it as easy as possible for people to view your work on a whim where ever they are. Also Google can’t read flash so won’t be able to turn out your images in a search or rate it. These alone are enough for me to avoid flash like the plague! Also with HTML5 you will be able to do everything that flash does without any of the negatives. Flash in my opinion is on its way out. You could build a flash website plus an HTML site to avoid these problems but you have to ask yourself, are you a photographer or a web-designer? Personally the less time i’m messing about with my site the better, and without relying on people have the right plug-ins etc. I want my site clean, simple, easy to use, quick to update and available to everyone on every device.

Also I don’t believe flash makes a notable difference to anything but the ability to animate your website, which for me don’t out weigh the negatives.

By: janiana

janiana — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:59:18 +0000

haha ang panget fake epick fail

By: DancingKim

DancingKim — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:45:30 +0000

Hi there, i’m a professional dancer. i’d like to make a showreel with regard to my promotions. I also desire to use some animation. Can someone suggest me the best animation studio, but definitely not very expensive? I’m here for 3 months for a tour.
Love
Kim.

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By: Brian Carey

Brian Carey — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:08:54 +0000

Excellent website and thanks for the links!

Regards From Canada’s Far East!

By: Portfolio Website

Portfolio Website — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:21:02 +0000

Thanks Impressive & Comprehensive collection; also thanks Gary for adding another tool to the list.

By: Gary Wallace

Gary Wallace — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:29:46 +0000

To add to this discsuuion, here’s a new player thats offering a great service:

Pixpa – http://www.pixpa.com is an online service that enables photographers, artists and designers to showcase, sell and share their work with style and simplicity. Pixpa helps creative professionals create their personalized and professional web presence easily and cost-effectively.

Why Pixpa ? Here are the top 5 reasons:
Full creative control – Choose from tons of preset designs or create custom design styles. Switch designs and styles anytime.
Flexibility – Create photo and video galleries, slideshows or info pages, sell works, enable client proofing. Do more!
Awesome social media integration – Publish galleries directly on Facebook + Share and promote works on social media sites
Embed and include – Embed widgets, web pages or external assets within your website.
Honest Pricing. No setup fees. All features included.

By: Portfolio website

Portfolio website — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:22:52 +0000

Thanks for sharing this informative piece.This is really helpful.

By: wva

wva — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:51:08 +0000

Some very inspirational websites to use there. I agree with you that a portfolio site is the most important thing.

By: Michael G.

Michael G. — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:15:57 +0000

@Suzanne Sease, I have to agree with the above…thank you Susanne for the contribution as you have always provided valuable information and insight. I am hearing lately that besides the images it is about “vision” these days. Do you agree?

By: Michael G.

Michael G. — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:06:48 +0000

@Ellen Rennard, Keep it simple. Use http://www.squarespace.com or http://www.viewbook.com It has a backend for you to manage your images.

By: Michael G.

Michael G. — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:03:00 +0000

@Gary C,

I remember that era. I started using Flash since v.1 I can’t believe that website is still effin cool. But flash has become bloated and annoying these days. Flash should be and needs to be transparent. But, I believe that javascript frameworks & ajax is the future. I stopped using it since 2002 and see it’s demise and its use will continue to dwindle.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:41:31 +0000

Great post! Really valuable information, good examples and arguments. I would also suggest ReadyPhotoSite which provides flash photography cms websites for photographers. Check from http://www.readyphotosite.com/

By: Rob Cullen

Rob Cullen — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:32:03 +0000

Hi,

I was just on your website: http://www.aphotoeditor.com (Google search
“website design”) thought you may be interested in Association of
web design professionals. A global search directory for web professionals
such as yourselves.

We are at: http://www.awdp.org
Sorry if this not a convenient time.

kind regards

Rob Cullen
AWDP.org

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