Hi all! I hope yalls spring break went well!
For the websites based off of the syllabus, I was surprised at how much I appreciated the minimalistic websites. I usually like the complex and graphically intriguing websites, although I noticed it was more helpful to have it minimal to avoid distractions from the works. I also like the websites that had many options to get information on the artist.
Although I did not like the websites that were hard to navigate or did not have many easy options to look around the site, I also did not like the bold-colored font websites.
My questions are...
Do the artists ever exclude any of their artworks, or do they show all of the art on their websites?
Does one have to have a lot of money to have a website?
Does one need absolutely need a website as a photographer? or can they just use social media?
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Hey Emily,
ReplyDeleteI agree I can appreciate the simpler layouts of some of the websites. It allowed me to be attracted to the work without any distractions. All though, yes, there were a few that were creative in their designs.
I’m going to try and answer your question based on my experiences with what I have read and was told by instructors. I am sure we will discuss this and get more info on Thursday.
No, you should not include everything. You should cull through and chose the best work. You do not want any viewers to lose interest, be overwhelmed, or be turn away before they see the potential you have. This does make it hard on us to choose because we are attached to our projects, but we go through this every time we meet to go thru selects for our final critiques, right?
It can, but there are a lot of free options also (they are some listed on the syllabus). It really depends on what your wanting you webpage be for. Personally I am essentially setting up an online portfolio and using Adobe Portfolio (which is included with the monthly creative cloud), the one thing I did pay for was a domain because I didn’t want the extra in the url name. For example without paying for the domain it would be alisonrmiller.myportfolio.com but now it will be alisonrmiller.photography.
This I can answer from a personal aspect. While yes you can strictly do social media as there are several photographers who do, it looks professional to have a website. Especially when you go to submit for a show, gallery or potential client and you have a nice layout they can browse through. Still have the social media as a day to day and have it linked on your site. When I submitted to an open call, I personally felt unprofessional and very amateur by giving my Instagram rather than a site.