gsalas opened this issue on Dec 31, 2001 ยท 16 posts
gsalas posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 12:08 AM
Attached Link: http://www.dsgraph-x.com
I have been killing myself over this sight project and am finaly done... I think... This has been absolute hell for this dyslexsic... I absolutly hate HTML. But if you would all be kind enough to tell me what impression you get from it, I'd really apreciate it. Don't be nice either, I would like to know if you agree with the images I have chosen for the diferant portfolios, the webpage format, and if the over all impression looks profesional. There is alot of work on the sight I haven't shown here as well, so let me know what you think of the images too. Now maybe I can get back to posting. Well I guess let me know what you all think. Thanks, -Gabe-bevchiron posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 12:37 AM
I like the first page, fine art & fashion worked ok but I got page not found on the other links in both explorer & netscape...
"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)
gsalas posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 1:01 AM
I'm doing some unrealised late changes... It seems that my server is case sensative. i'll hav it fixed in a few minouts. -Gabe-
bsteph2069 posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 1:13 AM
Hi Gabe, The fashion, fine arts, product photography, the world through your lense, model protfolios, and company information links works. The others don't apprear to. Additionally the model portfolio of Tess link doe not appear to work. I think you first image when you enter the page is a tad too dark. I think a cross between the brightness of the product photography first picture and the one on you home page. Also some warning that the fine art section will contain beautiful bare skin could be nice. I don't know what you have in your archives but I think a greater initial range of images other that the glass one would be beneficial to you. Otherwise it looks like your sole clients are glass shops. In short arange the type of pictures such that there appear to be greater variety. One suggestion is not to have one page 70 percent filled with pictures where the subject is the same and the backdrop mis the same. You get the idea. You may also want to move the white background image to either the extreme start of end of the thumbnails. It will stand out BUT it's standing out anyway so it won't matter as much otherwise it's rather jarring to see. In short the second page I think was the best. I just discovered that some links works on the bottom and others work on the sides. Depending on which page one is one. You may have to check that. The marine stuff is really goo. I could spend hours looking at them. Anyway I hope I was helpfull. You are off to a almost perfect start. The bigest thing is that the links have some problems. Good luck. Bsteph
gsalas posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 2:04 AM
Hi all, the links should be fixed now. (If they still don't work for you, hit the refresh buton!!! I needed to.) bevchiron, I think it should all be in order now. Bsteph, First of all, I got all of the links working. The first shot is a tear sheet that got used for a cover to an iternational catalog, so that is why i chose it, but you do have a good point, let me see if I can find somthing to replace it if others agree with you. I agree about the glass, and that is just temporary, i haven't shot many product shots in digital, and am waiting for the slides to come back digitised, so when I get them, I plan on changing it a bit. I'll have to figure out some way to warn about the nudity as well, i just didn't think about it. where I come from that isn't much of an issue. Thanks, -Gabe-
bsteph2069 posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 3:58 AM
Hi Gabe, Trust me Nudity is not an issue!!! And I realize that it often occures with fine arts. But others may not be as understanding. Just wanted to point it out. BTW. There's nothing wrong with glass photography. I thought you also had jewelry photos as well. Just thought you should include them. Bsteph
bevchiron posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 4:00 AM
Links are working ok for me now. Haven't had time to have a really good look yet but I'm very impressed with marine & world through my lens so far. I like the dark picture on homepage : ) I don't think it's nudity that's the problem with fine art I think it's a misleading title, maybe you should call it life study? Just my opinion so far : )
"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)
Antoonio posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 4:32 AM
...damn nice pages you got there. And that personal section really kicks some serious butt. Well, everything kicks, but those personal pics kicks most. Someday, I'm gonna finnish my pages too, in someday. When cows can fly. .n
brittmccary posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 8:24 AM
What a nice job you've done! Your pages look great. And not only that they're also very easy to navigate. Very intuitive. And yes, Unix servers are case sensitive ;) I found that out the hard way too! lol Britt
gsalas posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 11:06 AM
OK first thank you all for the help so far. alhpa, you are a god... #1 I corected the m thank you I have an ofal time with things like that. #2 I also agree with you and have changed them. I never though about it, and I think it makes alot of diferance. i have a slow conection because of where I live and cant quickly go over stuff. I have spent up till now checking all of the links... #3 I would love to know how to do that. my dislexcia was killing me with HTML, so I wound up doing it in MS Front Page. It creates the link automaticly and I have yet to figure out how to change the properties of the new window it creates. I cant even add a back boton... If you know how to do it or anyone who does, i would love to know. #4 I am in progress of shooting other products they should be up in a few days, and I am also waiting on some slides I sent out to get scand, so I will do so ASAP. #5 Male models... I have been trying to find them up hear, and there non exsistant. I live in a farming comunity, and havent found anyone that would be interested yet, but I'm working on it. #6 I had no idea. I'll see what I can do, but again the HTML kills me. Though your examples didn't show up, so I'm not sure what to look for. brittmccary, Antoonio, bsteph2069, & bevchiron Thanks for the info, i was wondering how sucsesful the navigation was going to be, I'm glad that it worked the way I wanted it to. As for the "Fine Art" section, let me see if I can come up with a new name. i do have some juelery work as well, I may put up after newyears. Thanks all, -Gabe-
Slynky posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 1:02 PM
lookin good man. gotta love those pictures of yer raver friend man, ;0) ry
Finder posted Mon, 31 December 2001 at 1:05 PM
I only got a chance to give the site a quick, ten minute 'workout'. The first time around I couldn't get the liks from the Fine Art thumbnials to work, but then when I went back to the homepage and navigated agian, they worked fine. All the other links that I arbitrily clicked on seemed ok. One thing that I notice is that navigating through the links seems very 'snappy' -- I don't know if it's due to real clean coding, the lack of JAVA junk, or maybe you're hosted by a top-notch server. I'm suprised that the larger images load so fast (I'm running a 56K dial-up), yet don't show signs of over-compression. Apparently these images are very well optimized for online viewing. Very professional site. ..and dynamite photography! I noticed that the Fine Art figure studies are all 'one-light' (two?) setups, I would think that it would be good to diversify by including works that use multiple light sources.
billglaw posted Wed, 02 January 2002 at 12:32 AM
I took a very through look! It is fine site, congradulations. With the suggestions and comments above it will be great. I hope it generates lots of business
Caledonia posted Wed, 02 January 2002 at 11:51 AM
I am very proud of you for getting this together and online by yourself. Cheers to you. I was impressed with the whole thing but there are a couple things i'd like to point out. In the fashion section the shot of blonde Kate leaning on her arms on the rock doesn't seem to be a fashion shot to me. It would be better in your fine arts section or in her portfolio. Also the shot with Samaira and the glass doesn't strike me as fashion either. You have spelling mistakes in the World Threw my Lens. It should be Through and Lense. I wasn't sure about the title for Nature in Power. I think it might be better as Power in Nature. In your Power of Man I was disturbed by the first shot of the bloody hands. Knowing you I know what it means and why you took it but as part of a public sight I think you might want to take it out. Just my opinion. Those are your hands, aren't they? Last thing is at the very end of each page resources is spelled wrong. I agree with the comments about your product section. The glass is awesome but you need more diversity. How about my kilts and cape? Just a thought. I missed you over New Years. I hope you had a good time. LoL as always.
PunkClown posted Mon, 07 January 2002 at 6:43 AM
Gabe, sorry it has taken me so long to visit your site. Great stuff, I had a good look round and all the links seemed to work fine, you've done a really professional job. I'm putting a link to it on my site tonight (but don't expect much work coming from my site, I don't rate many hits!!) Take care. BTW you have an amazing talent with the camera.
gsalas posted Mon, 07 January 2002 at 10:01 PM
Hi catherine, thanks forthe spelling corection, I totaly missed it, i'm going to fix it when I get back, I have been at the fashion trade show Kate wanted me to go to in NYC, and meet with my agent. Punkclown, Thank you those are very kind words. I apreciate the support. -Gabe-