Critique My Website and Photos

vitols

vitols

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Hey, I tried this earlier but i didnt get any feeback so im tryin again. I have been doing photography for a only a couple years now and i want to try to get my stuff out there. i know i need to go out and shoot more but what do you guys think i should try based on what i've already shot? How does my site look? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
http://robertvitolsphotography.squarespace.com/
Thanks guys!
 
I'm digging the photography and website layout - the "next image" feature is kind of hard to use - unless you click on the arrow it just goes back to the image sheet.

Also, be sure to make a contact page so people can email/call you?
 
its really easy to navigate and a simple design, which I like a lot

what you could work on is trimming excess "wieght"

this website shows all your best work, so you might want to go back and think "do I really want this photo to represent me?"

also one more little thing thats just me being weird but maybe when cutting down, if you decide to do that, make the photo pages have an even number of photos, heres what I mean:

Right now it looks like this, with empty space:

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when I think it would look a lot neater/professional like this:

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(sorry I used folders as the example, I couldnt find pics that represented that with photos :))
 
btw this isnt me saying your photos are bad, I really like them, I just think that websites with less amounts of photos showing more variety are more impressive. Variety is key
 
Agreed!! For example you had what seemed to be 10 pictures from one day, instead of a variety of only your BANGER shots. People don't want to sort through your 'ok' shots to find your amazing shots, that also makes yourself seem less professional. Not hating at all, just some ideas/thoughts!! I did notice when I was going through the pages of pictures individually there was no 'home' button or way to return to the homepage without having to go through all the pics with the arrows. Well good luck and keep up the good work!!
 
thanks a ton guys. i've taken all of your suggestions into thought and i will continue to work on everything. I've changed the website up a bit already so thank you. if any more ideas come to you feel free to post.+k to all.
 
thanks to 6.5 fps, i have plenty of worst images. haha.

but yeah man. like ski.the.east said earlier, gotta use stuff that i want to have representing my photography.
 
If you reference what professional photographers were using less than 10 years ago (1D) at 4 megapixels, and compare that to the state in which a lot of new photographers buy their first dslr, lets say the ever popular 7d, which is a whopping 18 megapixels. By these points it's really hard to justify that those professionals weren't taking higher "quality" (not resolution quality) back then, even against the superior technology of todays cameras. Food for thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS-1D
 
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