please review my new website

[mark_zawila]

<p>I have just finished (almost) my new photo website. I would really appreciate any feedback, The site is designed to be a commercial site so please review in terms of a site for getting business. <br>

Many thanks in advance </p>

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[Charles_Webster]

<p>A link would be helpful.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

[mark_zawila]

<p>Oops, sorry..<br>

<a href="http://www.markzawila.com">www.markzawila.com</a></p>

[umesh_bhayaraju]

<p>It is good but IMHO I prefer black webpage ...so that the pictures have some depth.......<br>

when i go to portfolio and click on any pictures, the webpage seems load very slowly.....not sure !!!!</p>

<p>best of luck</p>

<p>cheers</p>

[mark_zawila]

<p>thanks Umesh for the feedback. I haven't found any problems with load times myself and I have tried it on my computer at work which is really slow, I am based in the UK I dont know whether this could be a server issue??? I might be completely wrong tho.</p>

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[nathan_meador]

<p>It is pretty slow for me, here in the States. Kind of an odd mix of pics to start....girl making funny face, glass of water, over-exposed kids at play, watches, woman, raw meat...not sure they really tie together. I think your product photography seems like one of your strongest areas. I like some of the portraits, but several are blown out too much for me. If you are trying to get business with it, I'd lose the 'personal' stuff; potential clients probably don't care to see your vacation photos, though many are good. I agree that black or a dark background would be better than white. You lose the impact of the photos you have here that have the white backdrops. I'd also redo the intro set, maybe take out the raw meat at least.</p>

[mark_zawila]

<p>thanks for the feedback</p>

[fuccisphotos]

<p>Load time was too slow for my liking. Not achingly slow, but for an opening page, I want it to pop open right away. On your retouching page: <a href="http://www.markzawila.com/retouch.html">http://www.markzawila.com/retouch.html</a><br>

If I was a customer this page doesn't really give me much faith in your abilities of retouching things, a before and after shot vs. a random cyan box overlay over a glass would tell me much more.<br>

Putting under webdesign, under construction, seems a tad bit ironic. Seems like you don't even have the time to put up a thing saying, we do web design, ask us for more info. If you don't have info on it now, putting up a place keeper is a bad idea. Looks unprofessional to have it go to under construction, ESPECIALLY on your webdesign tab!<br>

Like your portfolios page though =) Got some nice images in there.</p>

[justin_setchell]

<p>I dig your stuff. I do think for "jack of all trades" kind of photographers it does more good to have different sites for your different styles. I've read that clients find it more distracting to see a site with....well so much clashing art styles. Yea site and lay out look good and you've got my attention.<br>

<a href="http://www.setchellstudio.com">www.setchellstudio.com</a></p>