A Photographers Journey from the beginning
Design work
Aside from all this wonderful thinking, I should start working on some design sketches. Mainly the “branding and design” aspect of the site. It actually is difficult to start processing this part of the site when I haven’t figured out how I want to orient this hobby of mine. I don’t want to limit the site to showcase solely weddings, engagements, family, portraits etc. I want to acknowledge the artist in me. Those aspects are just a very small portion of what I do. In the meantime I have a flickr site that I will attempt to start using more.
As for the site – I will divide the site into three. One for clients that are interested in the wedding/engagement/family/portrait work. Another site that will showcase the “other” … which will enable more creative freedom. Finally, a site that will be this blog. I will then use the flickr as a means to gauge feedback from other photographers to help improve my work.
Some foreseeable challenges are:
- Creating a cohesive theme amongst all three sites, but each with a distinct look and feel.
- Finding an easy back end product that will allow maximize workflow and ease for updates
- Creating something and not being terribly self critical of my work
October 29, 2009 - 17:34
Angeline:
I have read your blog. Sorry I didn’t respond to you quickly. I’m in anticipation of your finished product. Do you know much about web design, or graphic design, as well as photography? How much do you know?
with love,
-ben
October 30, 2009 - 09:38
Hey Ben,
Thanks – wow! It is great that someone reads this. I’ve been dabbling in web design/graphic design/photography since Junior High. I know your basic HTML, CSS – and some basic java script programming. I use Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign (more for print related work) a lot…I wouldn’t consider myself a pro, but I can navigate and problem solve quickly
I am hoping to have something maybe manageable up before I leave for China! (but really I can’t see things moving past then.. more on an update then)