There it is ladies and gentlemen!
My new website
In all it’s glory and splendor!
Now i’ve got the presentation that fits the service/product.
http://weddings.jarviedigital.com/
Thoughts
I would have preferred a non-flash site.
But only a site like this was feasable at this time and situation.
I know that it loads slow for some and flash is annoying to others.
But i went into it knowing that it wouldn’t please everyone and that some of the slow connection people will be specially annoyed.
I’m still going through the text trying to simplify and edit it shorter.
What I love
I love the large picture size
I like having music to add an atmosphere
I love having the pricing done.
I like the simply layout and fast connection to my blog and fan page
The slideshow seems to be a very popular feature.
I’m suprised by how many people actually go through so many of the pictures.
STATS
It took dozens of hours to pick the style i wanted
It took well over 20 hours to pick the pictures I wanted for the site
I have over 800 pictures on the site.
Which is good for me…
I started with let’s say 200,000 pictures
I brought it down all the way to 2,400 of the best
And worked with other photographer friends to get it down to 800
There are 16 unique galleries located in 3 main portfolios
The background is a picture i took a couple months ago.
I’m still searching for music
Right now I have 2 italian rock songs and one english song.
PLANS
I am still planning on adding a separate site to represent all non-wedding photography stuff.
I plan on setting up similar photo sites for some of my photography associates and then linking them to my site.
HOW WILL IT CHANGE THINGS
It will be interesting to see how it changes things.
I’m still the same person and the same photographer but now it’s easier for people to see the pictures.
How will the reaction differ.
PRICE CHANGES
With the change of website I thought it would be a good time to unvail the new 2009 prices.
I couldn’t bring myself to raising the prices much higher. So on my “Budget” weddings I went up like only $200
But I added in higher end wedding productions with more substantial budgets.
Those are much more expensive than my previous wedding packages.
But it isn’t just me working on them.
It ends up being a substantially good deal and perhaps for what is offered an inexpensive option.
COST EFFECTIVE?
In actuality when you consider the time these advanced productions will take and the amount it costs to do them and to split with the other photographers and employees it will actually be more cost effective to just do budget wedding more often.
But it’s not all about the immediate return… I think these advanced productions will be new, exciting and lots of fun.
WORKING TOGETHER
I decided to offer these more advanced packages because I knew I had other photographer friends that I would feel comfortable working with.
