Victoria Risbon
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Website Questions:
1. Depending on what you do with your photography skills require different things to be put up, if you are planning on going in more than one direction is it better to have a separate site for the diffrences or just have two different categories on your site? For example, if I am doing product photography should I make a different section than something else like event photography, or make something entirely new? Is it even a good idea to have both on there?
2. When posting images to websites, is it a good idea to mark it with a water mark/ logo/ some sort of signature? Even if someone can not download your image, they could still scree shot/ screen capture it and have the potential to use it without permission if you don't want others just freely using your work. Is this something that should be worried about now or is it less concerning than other things?
3. Are there any good methods to choosing what works/ images to put or not to put on the website? Is it a good idea to go in and delete things from time to time to "de-clutter" or it just personal preference and to leave work up there for good is something that will not effect much.
At this stage in your career you probably do not have enough food photography to create a site just for that. Also you are limiting yourself as how much in food photo is there here? If you are have experience doing event photo you should put that on the site also. You will have different pages for the different topics. You could also do a page for Hampton. There could be some work for the city of Hampton and it might be your most fleshed out project. I would not put random images that do not tie to a project. If your site is for art you would only include art. If you site is for commercial that is what you put on it. In the years ahead you may specialize in one type of photo and have enough work for a whole site.
ReplyDeleteI do not think you need to watermark and find it very distracting. Especially at this point in your career it is doubtful anyone is going to be stealing your images. Coming off the web they will be small. You can put a general statement on the site somewhere that says all the photos are @ Victoria and no one can use them without permission. Google this for better language.
Hopefully you will continue to work and make more and better images. You will always update. Photos you make now in the very early part of your career will not be on your site in ten years unless you are not working. If in doubt take it off.