Blogs
The best are entertaining and informative, establishing the photographer’sexpertise and building a relationship of trust and credibility with potentialclients.
Teaching
Photographers are passing on their knowledge and experience to beginners andenthusiasts.
Selling
Photographers are promoting themselves and their work. Some stock photographerssell their photos through their websites rather than the big agencies.
Workshops
Many established photographers earn money by teaching, and promote theirworkshops on their websites.
Social networking
Many photographers have a page on Facebook, or a Flickr or Twitter account.
Flash
Flash-based websites can be beautiful and effective, freeing the web designerfrom the limitations of HTML and CSS. The downside is that they’re expensive tocreate, can take time to download and aren’t good for SEO. Often used by prophotographers who will send their url to interested parties and need aspectacular showcase for their images.
HUGE photos
Photography websites are naturally dominated by images. A recent trend is todisplay large photos for maximum impact.
Sophisticated design
Photographers are visual artists and need the design of their websites toreflect this. Good design often works in the background by making websitesquick to load, easy to navigate and search engine friendly.
Content over design
No matter how good the design, content is king. It may look pretty, but if itdoesn’t inform and entertain, your visitors won’t return.
Here, we compiled some of the mostpopular photography websites, all are very useful to all the graphic designer.
Bottle Bell Photography
Daniel Kennedy Photography
East Photographic
Jason Bell
Jeffery Salter
Jill Greenberg
Jonathan Glynn Smith
