Please, rip this apart and tell me what to change. Website.

kalum.ko

kalum.ko

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Hey M&A,

I'm working on a website, for myself. I'm not to great with design or anything, so it's lacking for sure.

I think it would benefit a ton if I could get some feedback on it.

I want to keep the style fairly minimal.

So far what I've heard is I should have my name bigger on the home page, so its my name that sticks out, rather than the playbar on the vimeo embed.

Other then that I am pretty lost.

i don't have photoshop so I can't really make a logo either.

Anyways let me know what you think!

Here's the link:

http://www.kalumko.com/

Thanks,

Kalum

 
I'm not sure if it's like this with anyone else, but the site is missing like 1-2mm on the left side...It cuts off some of the HOME button and some pictures in the different menus.
 
Make your "Work" section stand out more

i.e. Show tabs on the side of your home page (with most recent videos) of the different types of content.

It will make it more accessible and you'll get more clicks when they are the focus.That's all I've got.

I like the way you've got it designed; minimal, as you want. Maybe try a "Gill Sans Light" font, too. You could make it a bit larger at the bottom of the page. Also, move the black lines up/down a little bit further to create more space for the video that's featured.

Maybe incorporate the option (prominently) to have a black background as well?
 
I gotchya on some technical stuff.

1. On this page:

http://www.kalumko.com/sport

The far left image is cut in half and i have to scroll left and right as well as up and down to view the pieces. I assume this is due to monitor size (I'm on a 1366 x 768) but generally L to R is very obnoxious and bothers me.

2. http://www.kalumko.com/work.html

The black box/switch to white text is to quick, if possible make it somewhat slower so it feels smoother.

3. http://www.kalumko.com/wedding

The parenthesis that contains 2012 is split into two lines.

Looks like this:

( 2 0 1 2

)

4. http://www.kalumko.com/scenic

Same cut-off and left and right issue as in #1.

5. It might be a good idea to make the "HOMEABOUTWORKCONTACT

K A L U M K O

K A L U M K O | K O L A B O M E D I A"

at the bottom in a hyperlink back to the initial homepage because as of right now you need to re-enter the URL.

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I realize these are all silly details and don't necessarily relate to your design, but I thought they might help so why not. One thing I did notice was that certain titles could be in a somewhat bolder font as to stand out and highlight the media more.

 
That Demo Reel was the best I've ever seen, holy shitt that was so good. For the web site, I would keep where your name is now (under the video area) but add your name bigger in the blank space above the tabs
 
I don't like when people's About pages are in 3rd person, just seems awkward to me when It's a really personal website and the about isn't written by the artist.
 
First thing I noticed: when you click "about" you can't read what it says easily because it's tucked away and small.
 
As a whole the wesbite is just way too wide.

Not everyone is going to be on 20" double monitor setups. I'm coming to you live from a 13' in laptop. Your website is formatted for a much larger setup which I don't think is good.

Home: You need more than just the video. You need your name at the top for starters. You need something that grabs the attention of the customer before they click the play button. The tabs could be fine where they are is you shrank the page but not where they are now.

About: for this page, i would just use one pic/slideshow on one side and the blurb on the other. I think your second sentence starting with Rooted is still part of the first sentence so uncapitalize it. I would change "now branching into both commercial and wedding work" into something else. I don't like the flow. You are trying to say, "I primarily shoot action sports, but I do weddings and commercial shoots as well." Instead it gets lost in the artistry of roots in and branches. Root means where you come from or where you are, branches sound unimportant. I don't like the word choice. You need to address Dueck and Douglas are skiers. They aren't Kobe. They are not household names. They are in ski communities they won't help you outside of skiing. I don't like how your client list is part of your bio. I would want you to separate that.

Work: I really like the way you separated sport/wedding etc. in the sport section, your description for the winter reel is off compared to the others. Also, the leftover one has a larger font size. The links to the videos are broken, this is probably fault on my end. I would house them on a different page, it'd look cleaner.

 
Wow, that demo reel was amazing! The home page could use a little more content (than just the video). But I liked the layout and simplicity of the site as a whole. Damn I can't stop thinking about that demo reel holy crap
 
Thanks so much for the feedback guys. It's a ton of help! I'm trying to fix up and make all the changes today. I will post the modified version when it is up and running
 
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