After having a look at some active websites, I've compiled a list of things that I think make a good website. It's essential for a photographer to have a website in this day and age, so people can browse through their work and find out what they're all about. A photographers website will possibly be the first thing a potential client sees, so first impressions are important.
Easy navigation
If your website is difficult to navigate there is a major risk viewers won't even bother to try and work it out. Having easy navigation through your website will make for a positive experience overall. Users will be able access specific areas they want too, and avoid any pages they don't want to look at. Navigation is possible the most important part of your website, so making it easy to use is vital.
Up to date content
Photographers are constantly making work, so why shouldn't they update their website regularly? Having work that is years old on your site, may mean it is no longer relevant, and could be taking up space you could use for newer work. A website that is updated perhaps once a week at least, shows potential clients that you are actively working and making an effort to share this work enthusiastically.
Clear information
Most information on a photographers website is either their contact details, or descriptions of their work. How is a user going to know how to contact you if that information isn't clear cut and easy to read? Keeping information clear is simple enough to do, and the websites I've looked at have managed this by keeping their backgrounds white and their text black.
Image size
Some of the websites I have looked at don't quite comply with this aspect. A photographers website is primarily for displaying their work, so the image sizes are important. Having small thumbnails to show a lot of images at the same time, is fair enough and a sufficient way of giving users a choice of where to look. However, at some point these small images need to be seen bigger. By big I mean they need to take up almost the whole screen, as this is really the only way to do the images justice.
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