I think the project idea is the best. A project can be anything from a set of still photos to a video interview. In fact, I can see a place for a monthly project, or something that keeps new work in many forms coming onto the site. Instead of a static gallery, think of it more as a publication with new content, images, videos and more being curated each month or quarter.
Thanks for sharing this very timely article. I have finally migrated my infrastructure to a new host. I was mostly concerned with email and am now going to concentrate on the websites. Mine has been down for years (double disk failure in RAID 5 array that was backed up, but the backups stopped when the drives failed and I didn't notice it)
The photographers site's you shared are amazing. So unbelievably creative!!! Thanks for the inspiration ;) And the imputus to step-up my game as I get back into shooting.
Will you address how to incorporate video products? Like vlogs and interviews?? I have a few upcoming interview type sessions but I have no idea how to showcase those and what's needed
Thank you for all of this. Something I've been rolling around in my head to work on soon. The whole telling stories with images, as I'm writing more and more on Medium, I feel like it may be a good way to showcase images as well instead of the standard gallery view (yep, mosaic...). Feeling a major shift happening in what I'm doing and how.
For instance, I think photographers should be able to put together a good website for a client - EVEN if they don't code it themselves. There are lots of tools to facilitate that, and we explore that.
We do look at basic to midlevel design, but I don't look at particular tools (like Webflow) as each to their own when it comes to the tools. But we do discuss the approaches to web design. So if you understand the fundamentals, and the parameters of what can be done on the web, then getting it done is just software, and there are ways around that.
Everyone who takes the class will build a website - a good one - in the tool of their choice.
I think the project idea is the best. A project can be anything from a set of still photos to a video interview. In fact, I can see a place for a monthly project, or something that keeps new work in many forms coming onto the site. Instead of a static gallery, think of it more as a publication with new content, images, videos and more being curated each month or quarter.
Thanks for sharing this very timely article. I have finally migrated my infrastructure to a new host. I was mostly concerned with email and am now going to concentrate on the websites. Mine has been down for years (double disk failure in RAID 5 array that was backed up, but the backups stopped when the drives failed and I didn't notice it)
The photographers site's you shared are amazing. So unbelievably creative!!! Thanks for the inspiration ;) And the imputus to step-up my game as I get back into shooting.
Will you address how to incorporate video products? Like vlogs and interviews?? I have a few upcoming interview type sessions but I have no idea how to showcase those and what's needed
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I would feature them like a project in the project area.
Video clips should have their own subsection.
Animations should be mixed in to the stills until you have over 30 of them, then they move on to make its own channel.
Thank you for all of this. Something I've been rolling around in my head to work on soon. The whole telling stories with images, as I'm writing more and more on Medium, I feel like it may be a good way to showcase images as well instead of the standard gallery view (yep, mosaic...). Feeling a major shift happening in what I'm doing and how.
Yes, the shift is a lot more visible now.
As photographers grow their skill sets to include more forms of visual arts, the old way of showing just photographs is slipping away. Fast.
Great luck to you as you begin to redesign.
I say put everything on the table and take away as needed. You can always add stuff in as your offering grows or changes.
We look at several aspects of web design.
For instance, I think photographers should be able to put together a good website for a client - EVEN if they don't code it themselves. There are lots of tools to facilitate that, and we explore that.
We do look at basic to midlevel design, but I don't look at particular tools (like Webflow) as each to their own when it comes to the tools. But we do discuss the approaches to web design. So if you understand the fundamentals, and the parameters of what can be done on the web, then getting it done is just software, and there are ways around that.
Everyone who takes the class will build a website - a good one - in the tool of their choice.