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The Monk posted:You have some great landscapes, but they are drowned in a sea of very uninspired music and whatever photos. Focus your port around those landscapes. Listen to this man, because he's right. Paring stuff (that you like) down is hard, I know because I'm right in the middle of it myself, but our portfolios will be better for it.
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Excellent feedback, thanks guys! As is probably quite obvious the landscapes are what I love doing and the music stuff is my attempt to make money on the side. I've condensed all the music stuff into one 'Events' category now.
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Nov 12, 2013 12:18
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Set up a portfolio site with koken over the weekend. Pretty straightforward to set up, and even has a Lightroom plugin for publishing! http://garywalkerphoto.com
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Nov 12, 2013 12:23
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Because why not. Was looking for a way to show family/friends/strangers my work. http://www.garretthetzel.com/
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Casu Marzu posted:Because why not. Was looking for a way to show family/friends/strangers my work. I generally like it, nice an big. But maybe as the opener don't throw mixed color and black and white at me? It just seems so: "Hey here's random stuff. Decide what you like best yourself!" Maybe chose one image and display that, your current favorite for example, then cycle through it periodically. That also will keep the page looking fresh.
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Nov 15, 2013 03:19
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VomitOnLino posted:I generally like it, nice an big. Yeah, I was debating if I wanted to put up a splash page. I'll probably look at what I can do this weekend.
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How many folks have a photo blog on Tumblr or something in addition to their portfolio sites? I set one up the other day and have been enjoying curating a new shot each day.
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Casu Marzu posted:Yeah, I was debating if I wanted to put up a splash page. I'll probably look at what I can do this weekend. Splash pages and Flash both make me close a photography site without looking at it and I've had friends say they feel similarly.
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ZippySLC posted:How many folks have a photo blog on Tumblr or something in addition to their portfolio sites? I set one up the other day and have been enjoying curating a new shot each day. I set one up recently and I feel like I've been missing out on tumblr. It feels unique to me and I feel like users actually post amazing content. I don't get that feeling with Facebook because people over share and/or post boring crap. Tumblr is awesome. mr. mephistopheles posted:Splash pages and Flash both make me close a photography site without looking at it and I've had friends say they feel similarly. I actually wrote to one of the major portfolio site companies about their use of flash was why I turned them down and went with squarespace. Can't remember which but 90% of their themes used it for slide shows/galleries. the_lion fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Nov 16, 2013 |
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the_lion posted:I set one up recently and I feel like I've been missing out on tumblr. It feels unique to me and I feel like users actually post amazing content. I don't get that feeling with Facebook because people over share and/or post boring crap. Link? Mine is here.
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I've just done a major revamp of my portfolio site here: http://www.thamjingwen.com/ Changed the entire theme, removed some categories and photos, and then added new photos, categories and pages. Also linked it to my blog which is using Tumblr as well.
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Nov 17, 2013 00:11
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ZippySLC posted:Link? I have two tumblrs. Looks like you found the other one already, the photo blog one is here: http://ryanbarlin.tumblr.com/
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Tried out the Metro UI / Win 8 and thought; "wow, this could work perfectly as a gallery." http://gallery.rafaelfyen.se/ So I mostly did it to get off my rear end and do a personal website project. But halfway through I discovered that I had photos that fit into a theme, my hometown. It's not really super-focused, but it's a start at least. I'm thinking about doing a project around leisure time outdoors in Malmö, during next year starting from January. My city has a lot of parks, outdoor gyms, and play fields for soccer and what-have-you. LAchristus posted:Just got myself a new site, so why not show it off! Click link for food, lifestyle and portraits. Mega Itch fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Nov 17, 2013 |
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Nov 17, 2013 12:15
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Splash pages and Flash both make me close a photography site without looking at it and I've had friends say they feel similarly. Agreed. You will lose a lot of visitors with a splash page (this random site claims 25%).
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I like tumblr a lot but I feel really isolated. It's a great looking platform to share pictures but I don't feel like I'm interacting or engaging with other people in the right way. :'(
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Paragon8 posted:I like tumblr a lot but I feel really isolated. It's a great looking platform to share pictures but I don't feel like I'm interacting or engaging with other people in the right way. :'( Keep going! Post good pictures, don't rant, tag the pictures well, but most importantly keep going. Also don't self promote. (e.g. spam flickr or portfolio links all over) Let yourself be discovered. I've been going at this for 1,5 years now, posting pictures almost daily when I can. It's now recently come into a phase where I get so much new followers and likes and mail that tumblr consolidates these updates into one big digest for me. Oh, I also have created a new portfolio site, although the image sequencing is still debatable. http://manuelvandyck.com
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Paragon8 posted:I like tumblr a lot but I feel really isolated. It's a great looking platform to share pictures but I don't feel like I'm interacting or engaging with other people in the right way. :'( How often do you post pictures? I've been finding that I've been getting more engagement (like maybe 2-7 likes or reblogs) on images depending on how I tag them. VomitOnLino posted:Oh, I also have created a new portfolio site, although the image sequencing is still debatable. Your work is really, really nice.
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I've been on Tumblr for a few years, and I've got around 170 followers now. I just upload stuff straight from flickr which includes all the tags, along with iPhone pictures of cameras and processes I'm working on. It's kinda funny, I'll look on my flickr stats and see a bunch of hits from Tumblr and follow where the linked page is and see 100+ likes/reblogs, but I'll typically get 5-10 per photo on my own Tumblr posts. The most I've had for one of mine on Tumblr 60ish. And I post probably 2-4 times a months depending on how much I shoot. And here's my tumblr: https://www.mrstudent.tumblr.com I'm glad you posted your portfolio, I'd only seen a few of your shots here in there, they're fantastic.
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Just followed some of the cool dudes that posted their tumblrs. Paragon8 posted:I like tumblr a lot but I feel really isolated. It's a great looking platform to share pictures but I don't feel like I'm interacting or engaging with other people in the right way. :'( Have thou a link? Would like to see! For me, it's just about sharing but also like other blogs- sharing and reblogging other people's genuinely good content. The complete opposite of self indulgent "i'm eating" or "i'm currently pooping" facebook/twitter stuff. My guess is like ZippySLC said, people also find you through the tags. Maybe you can do some searches for similar tags and follow people with similar content/interests.
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http://jrcky.tumblr.com Already following quite a few of you in this thread so I figured I'd post my Tumblr as well.
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Updated my site, still adding some work to the design portion but the photo stuff is done. Lemme know your thoughts!  http://www.francography.com
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That scrollbar is awful. I can't use any of the normal methods I normally use to scroll right: right arrow, click middle-mouse then pull right, or drag window scrollbar. It actually took me about 20 seconds to even find it.
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David Pratt posted:That scrollbar is awful. I can't use any of the normal methods I normally use to scroll right: right arrow, click middle-mouse then pull right, or drag window scrollbar. It actually took me about 20 seconds to even find it. This is good feedback, do you think if i added something like this http://css-tricks.com/snippets/jquery/horz-scroll-with-mouse-wheel/ it would alleviate your problem with it?
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I was going to mention the scrollbar, but didn't know how to bring it up without sounding like a jerk. I guess the right scrolling photog portfolio is the "thing" now, but it drives me up a wall. Right scrolling on a website is just about the most unnatural thing to do.
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somnambulist posted:Updated my site, still adding some work to the design portion but the photo stuff is done. Lemme know your thoughts! Scrolly bar issue aside, In the port I would take out the dogs, the dairy products and one of the ladies clutching her head. Not that they arent good photos, but they seem a bit jarring thematically in what's mostly people and redundant in the case of the head clutching ladies. I would make a different set with the product type shots, just because the audiences for products and model photography would seem different enough to me where mixing loses the attention of both.
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I just set up a new site on square space - http://www.calypsoraephotography.squarespace.com. I'm working on transferring my domain over so hopefully that happens shortly. Do you find the mouse controls confusing? I have the option of having it say "next/prev" but I'd prefer to leave them off if it's pretty intuitive. Also I have way to many images in my wedding gallery so I have to thin that out a bit.
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I really like tumblr for posting photos. It gives you a lot of freedom over presentation, and number of notes feels like pretty honest feedback, at especially compared to those group badge comments on flickr. That being said, if you look into who reblogs your stuff, you'll see some pretty weird poo poo, at least if you are me. My link: https://www.maskineriet.tumblr.com
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Zhe posted:I really like tumblr for posting photos. It gives you a lot of freedom over presentation, and number of notes feels like pretty honest feedback, at especially compared to those group badge comments on flickr. That being said, if you look into who reblogs your stuff, you'll see some pretty weird poo poo, at least if you are me. I may not be seeing it for some reason, but I don't see a "follow" link anywhere on your page. edit: never mind, had to refresh the page a few times to get it to show. Trendy MySpace User fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Nov 24, 2013 |
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I've just updated my site with one of Squarespace's new themes, along with a bunch more content. I do like the full-bleed index page in this theme: http://www.tdjames.com
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Spedman posted:I've just updated my site with one of Squarespace's new themes, along with a bunch more content. I do like the full-bleed index page in this theme: Owns.
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Yea, it looks sweet. What res were the photos when you uploaded them? They look great on my work monitor.
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Mine's here: http://justin-kent.com/ I need to add a bunch of more recent event photography as that's really the only thing I shoot that pays anything these days. At some point I really want to take the jump to A Photo Folio and get a little more serious about seeking out more paid event gigs.
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Santa is strapped posted:Yea, it looks sweet. I can't remember the resolution, but they're all exported at 150dpi and kept to under 1MB. Squarespace does a great job of keep file sizes low and quality high.
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Browsing this thread has always made me want to put up a site of my own one day. Since I was sick the last couple of days, I put this together: http://brianmk.com/ Still needs a bit of work (there really isn't anything on my contact page, for example) but I like the direction it's going.
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oh poo poo, I've been away from the dorkroom so long I've forgotten what threads I've replied to. Sorry! VomitOnLino posted:Keep going! Post good pictures, don't rant, tag the pictures well, but most importantly keep going. Also don't self promote. (e.g. spam flickr or portfolio links all over) Let yourself be discovered. Generally I do mostly post my own work - directly to tumblr but I have an instagram feed. I do my best to caption and tag well. I range 1-2 likes with about 100 when I shoot a more known model. I feel uncomfortable at reblogging other people's work as I don't want to cause any confusion as to whose work it is. the_lion posted:Just followed some of the cool dudes that posted their tumblrs. smread.tumblr.com !
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http://fullerfotos.net I really need to update it more  I keep my flickr decently updated-ish http://flickr.com/tomfullerMy wife's http://fullerimage.net she does a much better job of maintaining her site.  fake edit: Cliffs on tumblr? I've looked at it but could just never really get in to it.
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http://afimages.net added a blog, woohoo! VV for some reason, AdBlock hates me, have to disable it to see pretty much anything on my site
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Duckjob posted:http://afimages.net Literally none of your portfolio photos load. Edit: They don't load in Chrome, but they do load in IE. RangerScum fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jan 28, 2014 |
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Paragon8 posted:I feel uncomfortable at reblogging other people's work as I don't want to cause any confusion as to whose work it is. That's why I rarely reblog anyone else's work and if I do, I make some commentary about it, to make sure people know I didn't take it.
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alkanphel posted:That's why I rarely reblog anyone else's work and if I do, I make some commentary about it, to make sure people know I didn't take it. I see a number of people with original photography Tumblr accounts and then separate reblog accounts.
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