Creating a Website in WIX PART III - Researching Artists' Websites

 In this post I will be looking at the websites of other photographers in order to see how my own website should look like.

1. Brandon Woelfel - https://www.brandonwoelfel.com/photography-1

The style of this photographer is quite similar to mine, therefore I thought that I can learn a lot from his website.
His page is very clean and simple. There are no unnecessary options or pages. What is great with this page is that his photos are right on top of everything. His photos is the first thing you see, therefore you can quickly decide if you like his work or not.


His menu bar has a lot of subpages but all of them are necessary. 
I like how the entire page is in one simple and clean theme. 





2. Jessica Kobeissi - http://www.jessicakobeissi.com/

Similarly to the previous website this one is also very clean looking. I also like in this website that you can see that photos are the most important thing. We are attacked by the pictures right from the start which is great if you are looking for a photographer to hire.


Her menu bar is a lot simpler then the Brandon's menu bar. I also like that only the most important subpages are visible and the rest is hidden in the '+Extra' category.


The rest of her website is also very clean and minimalistic.


The thing that I will not take as an inspiration is Jessica's bio. I find it too short and not detailed enough. She is a very popular photographer and because of that she can write such short bio, but I think that I have to write something a bit longer.



3. Ana Hell - https://www.anahell.com/

Ana Hell is a Spanish artist and photographer. I find her work very interesting and inspirational. Her page just as the previous ones I very minimalistic and her photographs are on the first plan. 



Her bio is a bit more extensive than the other ones. It is longer, but not too long, therefore it is an easy, quick read from which you can learn a lot, because of a lot of condensed informations included in this bio.




In conclusion, I have learned a lot from these websites. Now I know that the simplicity and clear message of the page is the most important. The photographs have to be the most important part of the page since this is why people will visit the website. As for the bio, it cannot be too short, if you are not a very well known artist, but also it cannon be to long, because then no one will read it. It is very important to find the good balance in this. 
I will definitely apply the knowledge I got from these websites in my own website.

Comments

  1. Zoe Van-de-Velde1 November 2020 at 16:45

    You have written surprisingly little here as research - you needed to discuss in more depth the websites design, how they work, navigation etc essentially user experience and how this informs your work on your website - more needed!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Aga Ward4 November 2020 at 13:00

    It's great you look at so many websites. What I would di is to add a little comment under each screen shot with your opinion.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Major Project TERM III - Dream sequences in film Research

Image
In the last part of my research connected to this term's major project I will be looking closely into different dream sequences in cinema. I will analyse how different filmmakers are visualizing them in their own visual style. I will be looking at four films in which we can either see a dream sequence or the majority of the film is a dream. The four films being, ' Spellbound ' (1945) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, ' Inception ' (2010) made by Christopher Nolan, ' Anima ' (2019) created by Paul Thomas Anderson, and finally ' Wild Strawberries ' (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. Spellbound (1945) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Spellbound (1945) dream sequence Probably the most recognizable dream sequence in film history, and for good reason. The scenography created for this sequence was done by Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist artist whose one of a kind visual style can be easily recognized in every frame of this scene.  While the style does not appeal...
Read more

Sequential Photography - research, study, and final artwork

Image
You could say that the origin of sequential photography, as important by itself, is also the origin of cinema. Not the Lumière brothers, but Eadweard Muybridge can be recognized as a pioneer of film. Edweard Muybridge was an English photographer. His fame started when in 1868 Eadweard photographed Yosemite Valley in California, but today he is famous for initiating a new photography trend which is our today's topic. Sequential Photography 1 Sequential imagery is a photographic technique of taking many following pictures in a short period of time. It can be used for a variety of reasons, ranging from showing movement of someone or something to telling a compelling story. An actual origin story of the pictures above is interesting in itself. Eadweard Muybridge wanted to prove his friend that horses during gallop are pulling or their legs at the same time. Because of this trivial bet we now can enjoy films and TV series. Sequential photography 2 First set of my sequential photos I too...
Read more

Major Project TERM III - Production and Post-production PART I

Image
As of now I completed three days of shooting, and shot around 30%-35% of the needed footage. It takes more time than I anticipated but I think I will finish everything on time. I cannot really shoot outside during the weekend since there is a lot of people on the streets at night during these days, so I have to go out during the weekdays. It slows the production a bit since now I have most of the interior shots done, so the only things I need to shoot are outside. I also understood quickly that making everything by myself is far more difficult and complicated than I anticipated. There are some shots which I imagined in my mind that are not looking as good when I shoot it. Nevertheless, focusing on the positive I have finished shooting and editing first page of the script. The entire editing process with the actual edited part of the film at the end. You can view it here. This part ranges from the beginning of the script to the first scene on the second page. Shooting around one to thre...
Read more