leopatrone Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I was talking to my web designer and he thinks my site should be a little bit bigger. He says my images are a bit small. What do you guys think? should my images be a little bit bigger? Is the information readable? I would like to know what all of you think. Thank you in advance. leopatronephotography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_glick1 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Personally, I love it. I wouldn't change anything about the base design. If you want an option for larger viewing, I might make the images clickable. Lightbox2 (http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/) is a really good script for setting up a clickable lightbox style gallery (just change the css style to match your site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_shanahan Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I think it's perfect. And the images are terrific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sunley Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 TRy a little more contrast in your text, it's not human friendly in font or color, besides, ALL CAPS SANS SERIF FONTS SUCK. Having images displayed in fixed sized windows is a waste when your web guy could be using percentages of the viewers screen is poor design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 While your images are very nice, I agree that they could do with an increase in size. Maybe its just a guy thing to say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietelizabeth Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 i love your site-- i think it's so unique and interesting. the only problem i had was reading the small text under pricing. as an artist i think the small images are super cool looking, BUT i'd love to see them larger so i can see more detail. they are really strong images and do fine small, but i can see how they'd totally "POP" if they were big. more attention grabbing i guess. you are really talented! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturesque Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I think you should leave them alone. The smallness of the images and the use of capital letters for text are part of the charm of the presentation, which says "slightly offbeat", "different", "arty", etc., something I think you want to preserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill_gately1 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I wouldn't change a thing. This site is great. I love it. The people are beautiful too. I completely agree with Nadine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_hall Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 don't touch it... don't even think of lifting a mouse...resist the temptation of tweaking... your site and work is top notch - outstanding quality, and CREATIVE in a sea of blandness! good luck to you, you deserve it. j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb2222 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 On a 1024x768 screen resolution your photos are a good size. On a screen resolution of 1280x1024 they are kind of small. Since most of your target audiance will probably be running at the lower resolution I would leave it the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi_halbright Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 <p>I like the size as it is. I agree that images appear a bit small for screens larger than 1024x768 but many of your prospective clients will have screen that size or smaller so that's ok. </p><p> My site was originally designed for much smaller screens and now I'm going to need to redesign it! </p> <p>Rudi</p> <p>Halbright Photography</p> <a href="http://www.halbright.com">http://www.halbright.com</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_moore Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I found the navigation confusing. Look a large commercial sites as a guide. I am not a fan of passwords for galleries. Never had anyone complain over privacy issues - even police clients. Larry Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.withheart.ca Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I really like the creative navigation. I was confused at first but I figured it out. I found the all caps in the informational areas (pricing) very hard to read though, but I loved it elsewhere. On my screen (19" I think) the small pictures looked nice. I felt like I was viewing art. I liked it! You have some beautiful images btw. :) Just my two cents. Good Luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpmojo Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I love your site, but if your web designer thinks he can make the images large without affecting the overall look and feel of the site then I would definately do so. At least a little bigger would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilambrose Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 <p>Leo, it's all relative to the resolution of the user's monitor.</p> <p>For instance, if I were looking at your site on a 1024x768 screen your pictures would be perfectly sized. But on a larger screen (e.g. my laptop with 1920x1200) your images are the size of postage stamps.</p> <p>I suspect your designer's advice is correct, and for many people your images will be too small. A good and cheap compromise is just to offer both hi-res and lo-res versions of the same site, with a simple stylesheet change to scale the site for larger images.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_moore Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 <<I really like the creative navigation>> If any part of a site should NOT be creative it should be the navigation. Visitors should NOT have to figure out how to move around the site. There are places for creativity - navigation is NOT one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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