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Here are the ideas I have for my logo.

Awesome Photography Websites

I was taking a look around at some photographers websites to get some ideas for own and here are a couple that really caught my eye.

Bottle Bell Photography

http://www.bottlebellphotography.com/

Bottle Bell Photography was set up be Ashley Lebedev. Several years ago Ashley changed the message she wanted to send with her photography. She designed her website to match her new style of photography. I really like the colors and style of this website. Whenever you click on the homepage an intro plays to help set up the mood of Ashley's photography. Having the page links at the bottom of the page is different but because the window is never really large. I would have liked to see more professional information about Ashley Lebedev, such as a resume and clients. The most distracting aspect of the website is the fact that the photos take a little while to load. I can appreciate having a large file to show the best quality but anyone with a slower internet speed than my own would get frustrated. Overall though I am very impressed with Bottle Bell Photography page.

Lara Jade

http://www.larajade.co.uk/

Lara Jade is a photographer that set up her business as a fashion photographer in the UK when she was young and recently moved to New York to set up a client base in New York as well as UK. Lara's website is clean and easy to navigate. When you click on a “book” you can see and scroll through the photos on the right hand side of the screen. The set up is a little unconventional but it works. If you want to see a certain image larger all you have to do is click on it. At this point I would have liked to see a separate window pop up but it takes you to a whole new page to view the image. Unfortunately some of the images aren't much larger than what is shown on the “book” page. Lara's site is very straight forward and simple which has it appeal. I would have liked to see an actual home page.

Paolo Boccardi Fashion Photography

http://www.fashionphotographer.it/index.html

There isn't a lot of information about Paolo on his website. The most attractive part of his website is that fact that when you are on the homepage and scroll down a whole new image slides up to take the place of the current one. I haven't seen a portfolio displayed this way before. Paolo's website is also very clean and graphically pleasing to the eye.  I just would have liked to see more information other than a birthday on his website.   

Skills Inventory

Name: Ashley Wasson

Department/Program: Photography

Are you graduating this Quarter? No

If not, current graduation date by Quarter/Year: Spring 2013

What Online Social and Professional networks do you have accounts with: Facebook

Website URL (if already developed or domain name purchased): I haven't purchased one yet.

What software experience do you have? (explain all that apply)

Photoshop: Extensive Knowledge

Illustrator: No

Dreamweaver: No

HTML/CSS: No

InDesign: No

Other: Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

Explain your objective for the class to the best of your knowledge: I would like to be able to understand the fundamentals of webpage design and set up so I can set up my own.

Publish web site? Yes

Revise and update current site? I don't have one published yet but when I do I would like to be able to maintain it.

Begin the process of a professional web presence? Yes, yes, and yes.