Photography Website Creation

eeyore · #26 (**permalink**) 09-01-2009, 02:16 PM

Also using alamy (et al) doesnt give you a web presence you are simply displaying your photos on their website.

and as regards selling them alamy etc are selling photos for stock which as jeff says is a market very near saturation. Most people who sell from their own websites are selling either prints of their images or their services as a photographer.

galanthus · #27 (**permalink**) 09-01-2009, 04:09 PM

Agreed re stock sites not your own. I have pics with one but with my own website I can charge how much I want and have all of the profits

If I eva sell any

I have a lilydel.com with clikpic but I also have a link on that site to my lilydel.co.uk one and also popped one in for WAB

JeffH · #28 (**permalink**) 09-01-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by swampy

Hi, I'm a newbie to this site ......

Sorry swampy, forgot to say it in my earlier post - welcome to WAB

Jeff

Birder101 · #29 (**permalink**) 20-01-2009, 06:27 PM

I'm looking into the same, will watch with interest!

amerrett · #30 (**permalink**) 21-01-2009, 07:47 AM

I use JAlbum as it is simple to use and comes with a great selection of themes. Also you can cut and paste the index page into something like macromedia to edit the theme itself.
Its also free.
Here is my very simple website created with JAlbum

Photography

Andy

swampy · #31 (**permalink**) 21-01-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffH

Sorry swampy, forgot to say it in my earlier post - welcome to WAB

Jeff

Thank you for the welcome JeffH.

Ruth Daniel · #32 (**permalink**) 21-01-2009, 02:57 PM

Some wonderful images and ideas here for web-sites free or otherwise!
I only "point & click" but love taking photo's especially landscapes and have a few of my images in this blog; My photography Blog.

cutecoot · #33 (**permalink**) 22-01-2009, 08:17 AM

You've got some great pix on there, Ruth - love that one of the reservoir in winter! Also the one of Aira Force reminded me of when I was there in July last year and was so difficult trying to get a photo of that bridge without people on it! Such a lovely walk all the way along to that waterfall too

Ruth Daniel · #34 (**permalink**) 22-01-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cutecoot

You've got some great pix on there, Ruth - love that one of the reservoir in winter! Also the one of Aira Force reminded me of when I was there in July last year and was so difficult trying to get a photo of that bridge without people on it! Such a lovely walk all the way along to that waterfall too

Thanks Jan.

Aira force is a wonderful walk isn't it? and yes difficult to get a shot without folk getting in the viewfinder! lol!

mtraylen81 · #35 (**permalink**) 23-01-2009, 11:49 AM

I use JustHost, got my domain name free for life with them, and unlimited uploads.

Built the website from scratch, but they do have templates you can use.

Matthew Traylen

Ruth Daniel · #36 (**permalink**) 23-01-2009, 01:14 PM

You have some beautiful images on your site Matthew......I especially like the landscapes,the Bluebells being a stunning picture!

cutecoot · #37 (**permalink**) 26-01-2009, 07:07 AM

Great pix, Matthew, and good to see what sort of quality you can get with a Tamron lens ... you've got me googling for prices .. I'm very tempted!

mtraylen81 · #38 (**permalink**) 26-01-2009, 03:47 PM

Cutecoot, What camera are you looking to use it with?

Mine was with a D40, and even though the images are ok, i had no end of problems with the built-in auto focus motor stopping mid focus!

I found it was also quite noisey. however for £150 from Jessops it not bad for a 1st telephoto lens.
I have recently bought a Nikon 70-300mm VR lens for £300, Needless to say it was money well spent. will upload some images taken with soon.

Thanks for the comment.

Matthew.

Birder101 · #39 (**permalink**) 27-01-2009, 10:03 AM

Hi Matthew,

I'm toying with buying the 70-300 VR lens also, it would be great to see some of your pictures.

Thanks

Paul

mtraylen81 · #40 (**permalink**) 27-01-2009, 11:31 PM

Birder101, below is an image with the Nikon 70-300 as requested.

Sorry about the background but i was looking straight up with a bright sky.

Hopefully i can get some better images over the weekend.

cutecoot · #41 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by mtraylen81

Cutecoot, What camera are you looking to use it with?

Mine was with a D40, and even though the images are ok, i had no end of problems with the built-in auto focus motor stopping mid focus!

I found it was also quite noisey. however for £150 from Jessops it not bad for a 1st telephoto lens.
I have recently bought a Nikon 70-300mm VR lens for £300, Needless to say it was money well spent. will upload some images taken with soon.

Thanks for the comment.

Matthew.

I have a Nikon D40 too, Matthew .. slightly put off by what you've said, but then for just over a hundred quid (I've seen some for less than £150!), maybe its worth putting up with a few niggles .. don't think I can afford 300 for a Nikon one at the moment

mtraylen81 · #42 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 08:53 AM

It can be a bit of a pain, but for the price i have captured some great shot IMO.

I still have mine, even though its in the box! As it does have a useful 1:2 Macro feature at 200-300mm.

Bear in mind my was ex-display, so that proberly comes with its own problems.

mtraylen81 · #43 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 08:55 AM

Oh Cutecoot,

Just a quick footnote, make sure the lens has the built in motor, otherwise you won't be able to use the auto-focus on the D40.

Ruth Daniel · #44 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 10:10 AM

That's a wonderful image of the GSW Matthew.....the angle makes it especially different,well done!

mtraylen81 · #45 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 11:54 AM

Thanks Ruth, i was a bit disapointed to honest, but thats just me being over critical i think.

Ruth Daniel · #46 (**permalink**) 28-01-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mtraylen81

Thanks Ruth, i was a bit disapointed to honest, but thats just me being over critical i think.

lol,yes I think so,I'd be well chuffed with it!

cutecoot · #47 (**permalink**) 29-01-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by mtraylen81

I still have mine, even though its in the box!

Well, if its just lying around in a box Matthew, you could always send it on to a good home ... I think I might know of one

Thanks for the extra tips/info .. was wondering about the motorised bit (I'm not that 'up' on lenses and saw 'motorised' in the product spec on the one I saw on the net, but didn't know if I needed it or not, or if it would be ok for my camera! So now I know

Interesting about the macro, too.)

eeyore · #48 (**permalink**) 29-01-2009, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by cutecoot

Well, if its just lying around in a box Matthew, you could always send it on to a good home ... I think I might know of one

Thanks for the extra tips/info .. was wondering about the motorised bit (I'm not that 'up' on lenses and saw 'motorised' in the product spec on the one I saw on the net, but didn't know if I needed it or not, or if it would be ok for my camera! So now I know

Interesting about the macro, too.)

nikon left the advanced foccussing module out of the d40 to keep the price down - this means it will only work with a small array of nikon glass (and an even smaller array of third party lenses) you can get a complete list on the nikon website.

blt111 · #49 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 06:24 PM

Hi, getting back to website creation, thought I'd add an option which hadnt been mentioned before. A really easy tool to use is the web mobule that comes with Adobe Lightroom 2. It comes with only a few customisable web templates but you can dowload many more opensource (free) ones which are great and look very professional. They come complete with shopping cart and checkout and use paypal, google checkout etc etc. They really are easy to set up and customise to your own liking. Lightroom costs in the region of £200 but it's well worth having. The only downside to these sites is that many use flash to display the images and that means that the images are not searchable on google (to my knowledge)