Looks fantastic Floris. I'm always impressed with your work and the website really compliments your images. You are going to go far in photography. Keep shooting!
Posted by Steve Sieren on October 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Very nice, I took a quick look but will have to come back later on. Lot's to look at that's good thing.
Posted by Mat Malone on October 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Looks great aesthetically, Floris. Congratulations! The categories you have are good -- sometimes photographers pick really bizarre categories for their sites. I'm not sure about the gallery vs. extended gallery distinction... seems a little counter-intuitive to me although I think I understand your goal.
Posted by Mat Malone on October 7, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Oh by the way... what's the advantage of WideRange over SmugMug?
Posted by Paul Duval on October 7, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Echo the comments posted previous, I'll wander around more on the site but at first look it's impressive and professional.
Thanks Mat. The idea behind the galleries vs extended galleries was to make it easy for me to pick a limited set of 'show case' images, yet still have a huge variety of images on my site if you search/explore more.. I can always change it around later if it proves to be confusing.
The advantages of widerange over smugmug are many.... it looks much, much more professional IMO, the servers are a lot faster, it's a database run program designed to be search engine optimized, it has a shopping cart feature, much more customizable (through Jack/Jesse's services, a little more limited once it's done), I could keep going... but basically it's a completely different league - mostly in terms of the design/interface, but you do pay for it There's also a powerful admin tool that lets you upload images, change site pages, etc. very easily.
Posted by David Page on October 8, 2009 at 1:45 AM
Floris,
Congratulations. Looks very nice, with some very strong images. Very well done. I'll visit many times to enjoy your vision. Best Regards.
Posted by Derek Sedillo on October 8, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Very professional look Floris. Jack and Jesse are very talented photographers and do a great job designing websites as well. They are two of my favorites Colorado photographers actually. Well now that Jesse has moved to Montana I guess he covers that area pretty well too.
Derek
Posted by Robert Dayton on October 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM
A beautiful website, Floris.
Posted by Lon Overacker on October 8, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Floris,
Gorgeous site. Those guys at Widerange do a fantastic job. And to Matt's question, you get what pay for. Big differences between having a custom made professional site, vs. a canned service (although one can certainly "customize" Smugmug.)
I'm usually pretty nitpicky Floris and can usually find something to comment about that I thing would need need changing or added to a site... but I can't find anything, darn-it. It's a complete, professional, and outstanding photo site. I wish you the best with it and it bringing you continued success.
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The advantages of widerange over smugmug are many.... it looks much, much more professional IMO, the servers are a lot faster, it's a database run program designed to be search engine optimized, it has a shopping cart feature, much more customizable (through Jack/Jesse's services, a little more limited once it's done), I could keep going... but basically it's a completely different league - mostly in terms of the design/interface, but you do pay for it
- DMP
Congratulations. Looks very nice, with some very strong images. Very well done. I'll visit many times to enjoy your vision. Best Regards.
Derek
Gorgeous site. Those guys at Widerange do a fantastic job. And to Matt's question, you get what pay for. Big differences between having a custom made professional site, vs. a canned service (although one can certainly "customize" Smugmug.)
I'm usually pretty nitpicky Floris and can usually find something to comment about that I thing would need need changing or added to a site... but I can't find anything, darn-it. It's a complete, professional, and outstanding photo site. I wish you the best with it and it bringing you continued success.
Lon