Web designers often browse through portfolio websites of other designers for inspiration and ideas that can be used in their own work. Photographers, like designers, have a need to display an attractive portfolio for their websites visitors, and many photographers have excellent portfolio sites. In this post I’d like to take a look at 25 of the best. This collection is based on the quality of the portfolio site itself, not necessarily the work being displayed inside the portfolio.
Piotr Kulczycki Travel Photography
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October 13th, 2008
Awesome selection, definitely worth a Stumble! And now I also know who took the photos for that cool Prison Break poster.
October 13th, 2008
I hope someday I can get my website so cool as some of these…
October 13th, 2008
Really cool stuff, thanks!
October 13th, 2008
Christina O’Brien Photography looks awesome
October 13th, 2008
Wow cool. I loved looking at these photography portfolio sites. Here’s another good one…
http://www.mattclaytonphotography.com/
October 13th, 2008
Absolutely top class…….
also check the website of one of India’s top photographers: http://www.dabbooratnani.com/
October 13th, 2008
Those are nice, but my favorite photographer’s portfolio is http://www.lifeisartphoto.com . Beautiful work and really nice design. Very cool that their designer could take the grunge look and apply it to a site that specializes in portraits and weddings, and make it work so perfectly.
October 13th, 2008
I just finished my site after a lot of tweaking and experimentation with Smugmug. You can see it at http://www.adamsheppard.org
Big fan of Smugmug and their community!
Adam.
October 13th, 2008
From this list I only knew C.S. Ling Photography, which is a stunning piece of art. She just rules big time.
I’ll check the other ones you included to see how they rank up. By the screenshots I can see some great works.
October 13th, 2008
Very nice - Focus on photos is very ideal for this industry
October 13th, 2008
This is a terrific post! Thanks so much for sharing!
October 13th, 2008
Amazing selection!
October 13th, 2008
Noah Grey Photography, awesome photog, nice backstory, great site…
http://www.noahgrey.com/
One day mine will make a list like this, if I ever put one up
October 13th, 2008
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October 13th, 2008
wow, great set of photo sites… I am always looking around at photog’s sites and blogs but had not come across any of the ones you listed, thanks.
October 14th, 2008
Great list, thanks!
Does anyone know what typeface is used in the menu of Eric Ryan Anderson website (the third one on the list)?
It look really cool but couldn’t detect it with WhatTheFont..
Ciao!
October 14th, 2008
good work, great set, thanks!
October 14th, 2008
ic!,
WhatTheFont would have been my suggestion. If that didn’t work I’m not sure what to suggest.
October 14th, 2008
I use to work for a photo lab, so I saw a lot of websites and photo work. This collection is fabulous. They are all great sites. Thought I would tune you in to another great pair. Jeffery and Julia Woods are fantastic photographers with a very unique eye. Take a look!
http://www.jeffreyandjuliawoods.com/
http://www.portraitlife.com/#
October 15th, 2008
Thanks for including my website in you list. Much appreciated.
Great list with some stunning sites.
October 15th, 2008
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October 15th, 2008
Definitely a fan of CS Ling and Piotr Kulczycki after going through these. Nice work. Martin Lawrence too.
I too am an artist who uses photography. My site is built in Django - part of the Python framework. What’s nice is each image is given a distinct (and understandable) web address. It also allows cross-referencing across details like cameras, lenses, apertures and film.
http://planckstudios.com
I’d not be surprised if more photographers/visual artists start using Django to power their sites in the future.
October 16th, 2008
One more great roundup! Bookmarked for inspiration!
October 16th, 2008
Wow, glad to see that ours made the list. Great looking sites and some very talented photographers there as well.
October 17th, 2008
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October 19th, 2008
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November 5th, 2008
Wow, I can’t believe we have had 2 websites included, Robert Dann & Andrew Gransden - thank you so much for including these in your list.
John Stirzaker
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November 9th, 2008
Great work John. Andrew Gransden’s site is probably my favorite on this list.
November 10th, 2008
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November 10th, 2008
Thank you so much for including C.S.Ling Photography in the list. I’m very honored!
Thank you Hector and Jonathan as well. Glad you like the site
November 11th, 2008
Nice collections. Can you tell me any flickr photo website where i can download for free?
November 15th, 2008
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January 11th, 2009
Wow! John Morris gets my vote. Some stunning imagery there. This is really a great source for inspiration.
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January 20th, 2009
Cooooool !! Here is the another web http://www.chasejarvis.com
really creative photographer
January 20th, 2009
all are great designs, so very difficult to pick 1. thanks for this nice post.
January 24th, 2009
Love this post - combined some of the elements of a few of these sites as the foundation for my own site. When can we see a new list?
January 24th, 2009
A second list may come in the next few months, but I don’t have enough examples yet.
January 29th, 2009
Wish I had seen these before I had my site built. It could have been so much better. Next time.
The new list should be just as interesting.
January 31st, 2009
Thanks for sharing the beautiful websites
Here is another that i really love
http://www.artanphotography.net
thanks
Barbara
February 3rd, 2009
Nice selections, makes me want to redo my portfolio site.. and start doing more photography!
February 7th, 2009
Really great photographer, but the question now how to get similiar result with the professional protographer. Is there article to produce photo contrast like pro? tq…
February 7th, 2009
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February 21st, 2009
Just take a look and see if you think this could be added to your 25 best black and white!
February 23rd, 2009
all are great designs..good
February 23rd, 2009
I did mine through squarespace which is pretty easy, though I’d like to upgrade my package so I can change a few things. But I’d be grateful for any feedback, good or bad.
February 24th, 2009
Are you serious? Some of these sites are shit, to say nothing of the work.
February 24th, 2009
Take for instance, Eric Anderson’s site…which not only loads all the images in a gallery at once, but does so on a horizontal strip that requires side scrolling, something that is abnormal behavior for a website (since most scroll wheels do NOT support it)
March 1st, 2009
Actually all of those designs look cool. C.S. Ling Photography is my favourite. And as an alternative champion Mark Velasquez Photography.
March 2nd, 2009
The best website I have ever seen is…not to mention his work is amazing!!!
http://www.evaankheraj.com/
March 5th, 2009
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March 18th, 2009
Thanks Brady, you’re right that site should win top prize!
March 18th, 2009
Some of these sites are stunning!
March 18th, 2009
Fashion Editorial Photographer.
Beautiful Artistic Portfolio!
March 18th, 2009
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March 20th, 2009
Are you serious? Some of these sites are shit, to say nothing of the work. hımm?
March 21st, 2009
Thanks for doing the research and publicizing it, has saved me some research time myself :). So thanks again!
March 24th, 2009
Some excellent work - we specialise in websites for creative businesses’ and in particular photographers.
Some of you may be interested in seeing our latest clients website (his work is unreal!).
http://www.garrodkirkwood.com
We strive to work with like minded, creative people, so if anyone is impressed by our work we would love to hear from you.
April 3rd, 2009
Wish you had described why you thought these were the best. Withhout that explanation, it’s almost meaningless other than eye candy to look at!
Beth
April 9th, 2009
There are some great sites here. Worth a thumbsup on Stumble. Here is another for anyone interested.
http://www.JoLiuPhotography.com
April 9th, 2009
Here’s another good one:
http://www.grovepashley.com
April 13th, 2009
Amazing selection of sites. - Arunabh Das
April 14th, 2009
Nice classy designs, nice inspiring work. Gives me something to think about as I design a site for my portrait work.
April 15th, 2009
These sites are better at promoting web design and not so good at that but are horrible promotional vehicles for photographers. The sites are twitchy, over-designed, confusing, have bad navigation, too much flash, too large jpegs. I can’t imagine why anyone would consider these the top 25 when in fact they should be used as what not to do on a photography website. Photographers do not need flashy flash based sites nor too many words. A site should be simple, compact and easy to navigate and a web designer should not take over the site - it is supposed to be about photography. This is why I learned xhtml and did my own site.
April 15th, 2009
Hi James,
I agree with your points regarding the over use of text - I feel a photographers site should be image led. The simpler the better.
Let me know your thoughts on one of our recent sites:
http://www.garrodkirkwood.com
Cheers
April 15th, 2009
James - I don’t agree with you. Photography sites today are pushing the envelope when it comes to interactivity and fluidity in design and these sites epitomize those principles. - Arunabh Das
April 15th, 2009
Hi, I wasn’t talking about interactivity and fluidity in design. I feel they are both very important aspects when designing and building a Flash site.
By simple, I mean a minimal approach to design “less is more” - you can still achieve a an exciting and interactive site without having too much going on.
My main point is regarding the over use of text and other transitions which can take away from the actual photography.
James
April 16th, 2009
Nice list. Striking website designs and beautiful images. I agree with the general tone of the discussion above. And Tewfic El-Sawy (the travel photographer) just wrote a great post on with a similar emphasis - the notion that simpler sites, using large visually impactful images not only look better but sell better for pro photographers. That’s definitely the trend. Here’s the article:
http://www.photocrati.com/larger-to-sell/
In case anyone’s interested, I’m also reviewing the best website template providers over at DSLRBlog.com. And Photocrati, along with WP-Blogger, will soon be releasing a new series of photography Wordpress templates that take into account the same kind of design principles above.
Erick Danzer
April 17th, 2009
Photography sites do not need to push the envelope for web design, they need to show pix fast and simply before art buyers get bored and move on while waiting for the flash to move elements around only to reveal a site navigation that is hopelessly confusing. Check out my site: http://www.jamesmaystock.com. It’s simple, compact, no flash and you can look at a ton of photos in seconds. I wrote the code for the entire site and designed it. I want to promote my work, not CSS and cutting edge web design. I could easily make a flash based website that makes me look all the rage but why would I - I am a photographer. Yes I know the scans suck but I’m digital now and scanned the slides will eventually disappear.
April 17th, 2009
Check this out - it’s a survey of 550 art buyers Photoshelter did. Speed and simplicity is the essense. Buyers are not looking for design ideas but photos is a quote. A site that does not load in 5 sec. loses 14% of these people.
http://blog.photoshelter.com/corp/2009/03/photography-webites-what-buyer.html
April 17th, 2009
James,
How many times do you have to talk about how great your site is in the comments of this post? Once is sufficient and all the links will be deleted if you leave another. While I agree with your point that you want to promote your work and not “CSS and cutting edge web design,” there’s also something to be said about having a website that looks professional. Many of the sites on this list are not Flash-based and still manage to do that.
April 17th, 2009
A site that has confusing navigation and is slow to load is not professional, it is self-indulgence on the part of web-designers at the expense of the photographers. Web designers should make a site that serves their clients and not the other way around. Unfortunately about 2% of photographers write xhtml. If you’re going to be so touchy about people who have a different point of view then why have an open forum - all you need is a mirror.
April 17th, 2009
James,
I’m not touchy, I didn’t even design the sites in this post. All I’m saying is that this is not the place to promote your own services. If you want to post your opinion on the subject of the post and the sites mentioned, that’s great and I appreciate the feedback even if I don’t agree with it. But when your main point is that all of these sites suck and yours is great, and when you link multiple times to your own website, that’s not the point of the comments section.
I agree that a site should have clear navigation, no argument there. However, I don’t think a portfolio site needs to be the fastest-loading website. A very high number of visitors now are on high speed connections and sometimes you have to decide who you are targeting. It’s not uncommon now for website owners and designers to acknowledge that dial up users will experience a slow loading site.
April 17th, 2009
I don’t think my site is great and I only linked to it one time. My site looks like what it is, made by someone who knows code but has no experience in web design. I think most of the 25 sites actually are very elegant and in much better taste than mine. The point is one of subservience to a client. I have a macbookpro with 4 GB of RAM and high-speed internet and those sites in general were slow to load and normally I would have left the sites. I was not promoting my own services. My site is strictly a business card type site and I do not use my site to promote my services to people I don’t know. I was just showing it’s compactness and speed.
Having acknowledged my site is not particularly designed well, it is also one of the fastest sites that show the most photos in the shortest amount of time out there. If speed is not king it should still be topmost in a designer’s mind. Little things like using image text instead of html text and no width/height in the code hurt speed and SEO. To me, making the client’s need No.1 is the essence of professionalism; web design is not fine art. When it comes to sites for photographers the biggest annoyances are clumsy navigation, waiting for the site’s elements to move around and load and slide shows I can’t control. If ESPN or MSN took as long to load as some of the site’s above, they wouldn’t even exist. Obviously good taste, elegance and a creating a certain tone is important for some photographer’s and templates are odious. To me it’s a simple issue of a web designer taking a back seat and not over designing a site as if it were a fireworks display.
Go Chelsea, Man U and Gunner’s. Down with Barca.
April 18th, 2009
James,
You only linked to your site in the comment once, but you had already commented and referenced your site, and it’s linked to your name.
Anyway, I’m not disagreeing with your points that load time and usability are key issues. But one thing I think you are overlooking is that these sites are probably exactly what the client/photographer wanted. I agree with you that a designer should be more concerned about the client’s best interest than with making a pretty or fancy design, that’s absolutely true. But I think you are assuming that these sites are the creation of extravagant designers when in actuality, this is probably exactly what the client asked for. You might be surprised at what most clients want on their websites. I don’t think it’s always an issue of the designer “taking a back seat.” A designer is getting paid by a client to give them what they want. I designer can give advice, but ultimately it’s the client’s decision.
April 18th, 2009
I agree with James. Load times and usability are really important. - Arunabh Das
April 18th, 2009
I resent the inference in James May’s postings that when someone commissions a web designer to work for them that the design is completed with very little input from the client. We chose our web designer, Brian Coult, because we liked his current designs and wanted something built of a similar nature - (www.martinlawrencephotography.com). The build was run as a project where each step of the design and build was signed off to our satisfaction before further work was completed. OK, so one of the things we wanted was a fast loading site but NOT completely at the expense of a good design that was pleasing to the eye, had excellent navigation and would allow us to hold a customer’s interest and keep him returning time after time.
There is much more to a design than just throwing images up on a screen. I had already accomplished that myself with our previous website using my limited knowledge of html. Unfortunately, this does not attract search engines it’s the code behind the site that does that and, in this competitive business, no hits - no sales. What Brain brought to the table was a flexible well executed design that has allowed potential customers not just to browse our images but also to get information about photography in general through the use of tips and locations that we are more than happy to share for free with our customers. What James seems to have overlooked is that these 25 sites are not just in the business of stock photography. Our business is far more diverse and, with the introduction of things like courses, has allowed us to continue to see an excellent return for our website investment even during the current financial situation.
I’m afraid that it’s no use having a site that runs like a whippet if no-one can find it. The provision of excellent links and keywords gets a site higher in the Google rankings and that means more business which is the main, but not the only, aim of our site.
April 18th, 2009
Hi Sheila,
Thanks for the feedback and sharing from your experience.
April 19th, 2009
Sheila your site is very nice and I guess I should’ve been more specific. I shouldn’t have said all 25 sites. I mentioned SEO so you were wasting your breath on that one. If by keywords you’re talking about meta then that is a waste of time. My site is a business card site and is not meant to be found at random. If people do, fine, it’s not important. I enjoy not paying $1,500 and $50 an hour everytime I want to put on something new but that is not an issue for others. How could I be so stupid as to not realize a wedding or advertising site is not stock - give that one a break because I addressed the issue when I talked about setting a certain tone. The bottom line is that photographer’s are not doing very well in general when it comes to sites but that is no one’s fault. Photographer’s are already overwhelmed with a digital work flow and cannot take on xhtml but they would do well to read a basic book like The Unusually Useful Web Book just to understand the basic issues about web sites and that Photoshelter link is invaluable because photo buyers are surveyed specifically about sites; if photographers did just those 2 things, they wouldn’t have to be so careful about getting what they ask for. If I have a car built by an expert that expert should talk me out of wanting it to run on catsup. By the way, I would have to spend a fortune on SEO cuz of that James May guy on BBC and his stinking cars. I changed my mind - up Barca.
April 24th, 2009
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May 1st, 2009
As a Design Director/Creative Director I do have to agree with James about speed and usability. Most of us are in shops/agencies where we spend way too much time at work. If we’re not working we’re thinking about work or traveling for work. Often we’re traveling to photo shoots or video shoots. We don’t always have access to high speed connections and 20 inch cinema displays. So we’re relegated to laptops and WiFi connections when and where we can get it. Airport lounges, Starbucks, McDonalds etc. We are always pressed for time.
Yes, I care that the photographer’s website is professional in its design, as it affects my (conscious or unconscious) assessment of an unknown or a photographer I have never worked with. BUT, when I have to make the final selects/hire with/for a client and the photographers website is uncooperative (load time, excessive clicking to get to content, images too big to see on screen without scrolling) I skip it and move on to the next portfolio. You have only 15 seconds to make a good impression.
May 1st, 2009
BTW: Eric Ryan Anderson’s portfolio (and others like it) are perfect. No more no less than Art/Design/Creative Directors need. Loads quickly, images that fit on the screen, side to side scrolling to eliminate uneccessary clicking. I’m in I’m out and I see everything in 2 minutes or less.
Its all about the work, the photography itself, everything else is vanity.
The only thing that would make it better would be a downloadable .vcf card so I can add the photog directly to my address book.
May 2nd, 2009
I kind of like Anderson’s site too. Only 24,705 pixels wide - I should try that. Nice work too.
May 11th, 2009
You must also check out this website of the wildlife photographer based out of India : http://kalyanvarma.net/
I specifically like the long horizontal scrolls like this one : http://kalyanvarma.net/essays/ltm
May 14th, 2009
This is a great list. Thank you for putting this together. Some very nice photography and site designs.
May 14th, 2009
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May 21st, 2009
I agree with some of the points James may makes:
Loadup speed and navigation are obivously very important…
Yet you give your website as an example, and I dont want this to seem insulting, but you’re website is almost at the opposite end o the scale to the problems you mentioned with the other sites listed on here-its too basic, too home made. You imply that the website should be a business card-agreed, but if i recieved a card that looked like it had been knocked up in MS word on the home computer i’d bin it, and thats the probelm with alot of “home made” websites, they look homemade! A website is just an extension of a business card, a virtual one if you like, but it just has the benefit of being able to show much mroe infroamtion. So i think thats what the flashy websites are about-to grab and hold the attention of the viewer! you say this should be done with the photographs- agreed-but if this can be done in a fun/exciting way, then all the better.
In real life you wouldnt dream of handing a portfolio of pictures printed out on plain paper, no, you use the best glossy photo print paper you get. Presentation is key, and with such a saturated market as photography, we need to use graphic design to the best of our ability to get people on site and impress them-both with out photos and presentation.
On a personal level, and please see this a user feedback not insults, your website’s navigation is actually quiue confusing-i can click on the “Food Home Decorating” yet not “travel and documentary”. A hotmail email address never looks professional, and then the big “portfolio” button opens up a pointless image which requires another click to open up.
I do like the way when i hover over las vegas or thailand the image to the right changes, thats good. But surely this is too flashy for you, no?
May 21st, 2009
I agree that the Food Home Decorating link is a klinker but it’s a minor point and you may be someone who is easily frustrated. I’m not sure what you mean by “home computer” - xhtml code is xmtml code and a jpeg a jpeg, the computer is not going to affect the visual quality of how a page looks. I am also confused by your use of the term homemade - I would rather have a site that is utterly unique than a stereotype that looks like a thousand other site. I already pointed out that I’m not a web designer but a photographer who wants the flexibilty of having to shell out $50 an hour everytime I want changes made. I’m willing to sacrifice for that. You say my site looks homemade but try finding a site that uses disjointed rollovers as quickly and as effectively in terms of quick and clear and compact navigation as my site. I wrote every bit of code myself from scratch, there is no template involved and believe me when I say I could make a site that looks every bit as “tasteful” as the above sites but the fun of making your own site is that you can do whatever you want and being part of the crowd is not what I want. I never critcized sites for simple flashiness but for flashiness that is confusing, moves around, is slow to load and which smothers the photography. Some things are just done for fun and if it doesn’t get in the way then I’m all for it. My accordian image with the “portfolio” button was done for fun and if it’s a pointless image then maybe every image on the site is pointless. As a man who is self employed I have no interest in dealing with people who cannot separate the work from the presentation. If I wanted to deal with rednecks like that everyday I could do weddings. I actually agree that my site is not professional looking but my work is - it’s just a perverse delight in doing things my way and not how others think I should do them. I’m proud of my photography and that is the bottom line. It’s the first site I ever made and not bad considering. I also agree that both the design and the photos could be professional together but I don’t care - it’s unique and all mine. If you think my photo site is bad, check out my Bettie Page site - http://www.jamesmaystock.com/drawings
I’m hoping to win some kind of award for worst website of the year with that one. As far as the hotmail address goes: how shallow can you get? When I’m motorcycling across Europe or sitting up on live volcanos I’m shedding no tears on that one.
May 21st, 2009
James,
In reference to your statement about not wanting to pay a designer $50 an hour to make changes, with a content management system you wouldn’t have to. You could add new photos and create new pages without having a designer touch the site.
May 22nd, 2009
I’m not really sure how a content management system works. Would that be like Adobe Contribute? Anyway I already know xhtml - the issue seems to be why I would be happy with a site designed like mine if I could do a “tasteful” site. It’s all in the eye of the beholder once you get past funtionality and my site functions.
I like the leftnav I made in Illustrator - it’s completely unique as far as I know and I copied the idea from no one. I have never seen anything like it but obviously there are a zillion sites out there. Some people may feel the fact that my site looks like no others is a hinderance, others that it reflects an active mind. Who knows - I might wake up tomorrow and completely redesign the site on my “home” computer I built from scratch with toothpicks.
May 22nd, 2009
I really like this guys site and photos:
http://www.robertleon.com/
May 22nd, 2009
James,
A content management system is not really like Contribute, but the goal is the same, to allow a non-designer or programmer to manage a website with no problems. Each CMS works differently, but generally you’ll login to your site and be able to edit text or photos and add new pages and other basic functions. Contribute is software whereas a CMS will be integrated with the coding of the site in order to work. Some are simple and some are much more complex.
May 24th, 2009
Wow, thanks for sharing this beautiful list of these blogs. These sure are some pretty portfolios. I have to hand over the credits to them.
Thanks for sharing mate ! This will be going into my portfolio of collection jeje..
May 26th, 2009
check out Sandy Carson’s work… He’s awesome. http://www.sandycarson.com
May 26th, 2009
James, your photos suck, your website sucks. Go back to the 80’s you talentless hack. Maybe you should spend more time learning how to use your camera and less time on the internet. Just because your brain is too small and ideals too narrow minded doesn’t mean you can go ruin it for the rest of us. I have high speed internet and these sites all ran fine. What back water hole in the ground are you living in? Keep having fun taking pictures of shit you see in cheesy hotel books and ugly postcards. Do us all a favour and have a bath with your top of the line laptop, peace out douche bag
May 26th, 2009
KR,
Thanks for the suggestion, I like that one. I think I’ll include in part 2 on the topic.
May 26th, 2009
Ahhhhh. I seem to have struck a nerve among a member of the great unwashed mesmerized by a Wayang Kulit in Plato’s Cave.
May 28th, 2009
Good one James, using that fancy inner city community college speak on me. What will you do for conversation after all your trivial pursuit knowledge is gone? I’ll bet you are some douche who shoots with a 50D and a ritz camera plastic tripod. Your site and photos are horrible. I hate you for tricking me into looking at your photos. Now I have nightmares of your shitty work in my brain. What’s it like walking the earth with your walmart t-shirt tucked into your wrangler jeans? I know your type, you’re a shitty photographer so get over yourself you dumb fuck.
May 28th, 2009
Next time I spend 3 months in Bali, motorcycling completely around the island just for a lark, speaking Indonesian, naturally, and taking photos that are published all over the world every month, I’ll try and remember what a douche bag I am. I wouldn’t be surprised if your real name is a portanteau for “speak not do”. Good luck Dave.
May 29th, 2009
Hahahahaha, thats fucking hilarious. You actually advertise that you do web design on your website, hahahhahhahhahhaha. Holy shit that is fucking funny. You just made me and my friends day. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. What have you been published in? Perhaps you made your own shitty magazine too? Hahahhahaha, your photos are shit pal, next time your in bali let someone else take the photos your work is a disgrace to the beauty of that country. Is speaking Indonesian supposed to impress us? So you know how to talk like a douche bag in several languages?? Hahahhhahhhahahah….seriously you fucking suck. Learn how to shoot moron, take a look around you…at your fellow photographers. Can’t you see that your work is out dated, over saturated???? Zero compositional skills????? You are nothing more than a sears portrait studio hack. Have fun shooting kids against fake bookcases douche bag, hahhahhaha
May 29th, 2009
AHahhahhahahhaahhhahah….still laughing your such a fucking moron hahhahhahhaaha
May 29th, 2009
It’s “you’re” not “your” if “you’re” trying to scribble out “you are” oh wise one. Don’t put down people who speak another language when “you’re” not even comfortable with “your” own. You probably know more about shooting kids than I do if you know what I mean.
May 29th, 2009
Although I think “James May Is a Whore” is going a bit overboard with his insults, I do agree that James May’s website is one of the worst I’ve seen around the net. His pictures are awful too.
May 29th, 2009
Good-bye individual, hello walking, talking stereotypes. Broken websites that look great are still broken websites. Flickr pix passed off as contemporary are still boring look alike Flickr pix. Try auto-margining yer head - that might give you some balance. Don’t give yer mother any transparent gifs for xmas.
May 29th, 2009
I Love the photos on this one but I don’t realy like the layout of his website. Photography is just the greatest hobby ever !!!
May 29th, 2009
I challenge you to find a leftnav like mine on the web; when you do, look further and find a photographer who did it themselves. You’ll come up with 0. Just because you haven’t seen it before doesn’t make it a bad design which wasn’t a consideration for me in the first place - only that it be unique.
A fear of being ordinary is not the same thing as being special and leads to design that is complex for the sake of complexity which is putting lipstick on a pig when it comes to photography.
I have no fear of having a grid of thumbnails where they are all instantly available. Dressing them up by having a box appear where things whirl and it re-sizes itself is not in and of itself good design. The question is how it serves and not whether it mesmerizes people into thinking crappy photos are now great.
You don’t even know a template based site when you see it and certainly nothing about available light travel photography. I make it look so effortless one cannot see what’s going on until you try to duplicate it yourself. You’ll find you cannot. After the artistry you have people in Rio putting knives to your throat which happened to me. I have my camera here with me and I can’t speak to what happened to the thief. 6 of the Rio photos were taken in spots other photographers are scared to shoot in the evening. Then there is the scouting and languages and preparation and research and climbing volcanos and much more. Try it on for size and see how it fits. No coincidence you won’t see some of my Rio photos shot by other photographers since the sites are notoriously dangerous. My photo of the Parthenon is unique though photographed by every photographer out there.
Doing is quite different from vulgar criticisms.
I’ve spent full moon nights on Mount Abang, Batur Volcano and Agung Volcano if you even have the sense to know what that means. Try running up those by yourself and sleeping up there.
The saturation in my photos is called special light which most people don’t use because they can’t and my photos are more about sharing the experience of a place rather than trying to show how clever I am as a photographer. You got a lot to learn sonny and even more to do. Good luck catching up by flapping your lips.
May 30th, 2009
Check out Carlos Alonso’s work, he is a mexican photographer and he take very very nice wedding photos, and his site is awesome. http://www.carlosalonsobodas.com
May 30th, 2009
I love all these wonderful websites. There are some great ideas here. I am in need of some good insiration. I need to make some changes to my own website I find it so dark and dull. Any Ideas
http://www.yaeko-photography.com
I would like something that is a bit more fresh.
June 3rd, 2009
Here is another AMAZING photographer in southeast, Iowa. Her talent is unreal! She is a graphic designer and photographer.
http://www.jhannesdesign.com
June 3rd, 2009
Heather,
I hate the fact that the site forces a new window to open. That seems completely unnecessary. (Of course, that says nothing about the quality of work of the photography).
June 4th, 2009
I’m inspired by this photography portfolio and the layout…http://www.ianbancroft.co.uk/
June 7th, 2009
Some good sites there. May I shamelessly plug my own.
June 7th, 2009
While I appreciate reader involvement on this blog, the comments on this post are being closed because the majority of the comments aren’t very constructive any more. This certainly doesn’t apply to all of the comments that have been left, but I’m not interested in hosting any more personal attacks on each other.
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