Looking for good examples of Personal Photography Websites

[TheBigE]

All,

I am looking to improve my personal website for my photos. As of now it is a just a place I "dump" my photos after post processing so they are ready for viewing on various forums (mainly CiC).

In general, I would like to improve the overall design and to that end, I realize that first and foremost I need to establish some goals for the website (Design, function, etc). I do not intend to have a blog, sell photos, etc. Just a virtual presence and a bit about myself and photo journey.

I would like to have some examples of what others feel is a "good" example of a personal photography website. Anyone have any examples or inputs they would like to share to help me develop a few ideas and formulate my goals.

Any other thoughts and inputs are welcome

Thanks
Erik

[Donald]

Don't know whether it counts as a 'good example', but you're very welcome to browse what I have at www.dmackimages.org. This is a site hosted by SmugMug.

If you find the thread 'Members - Point us to your website' you'll find dozens of links where members have listed their website.

[Mike Buckley]

When I first set up my website, I didn't include any information about myself. CiC members recommended that I add information about why I do the photography that I do or anything along that line that allowed a personal, perhaps informative connection between viewers and photographer. Consider doing the same on the strength of their recommendations if you haven't already thought about it.

A link to my website is automatically provided at the bottom of all of my posts. Many of us at CiC make that happen, so I encourage you to do the same.

[tbob]

Unless you have the desire and the skills consider a commercial website that will give you most of the bells and whistles you need. Not cheap, but in my case it was the best option as I have only basic internet skills. I did have a relative, who makes commercial websites, design and host one for me one several years ago. Not a great experience and disengaging to use my current site was painful.

The active site right now is the 500px (second link in my signature below) , I will eventually use Zenfolio as well.

[Shadowman]

Try searching some of the members websites.

[xpatUSA]

All,

I am looking to improve my personal website for my photos. As of now it is a just a place I "dump" my photos after post processing so they are ready for viewing on various forums (mainly CiC).

In general, I would like to improve the overall design and to that end, I realize that first and foremost I need to establish some goals for the website (Design, function, etc). I do not intend to have a blog, sell photos, etc. Just a virtual presence and a bit about myself and photo journey.

I would like to have some examples of what others feel is a "good" example of a personal photography website. Anyone have any examples or inputs they would like to share to help me develop a few ideas and formulate my goals.

Any other thoughts and inputs are welcome

Thanks
Erik

It sounds like you've already done a bit of webmastering. I've had my own site for many years, originally for watch collecting/repair/sales.

At one point I was getting too technical with lots of JavaScript and even an XML page or two. All that got in the way (too complicated), so I re-did it all in HTML5 with next to no JavaScript. Keeping it simple like that helped a lot - so I would recommend simplicity as a goal.

Here it is, nothing fancy . .

http://kronometric.org
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[Val Mansfield]

I use Smugmug and it has grown over the years to host my travel diaries in addition to photographs.

You can find it at cnxphoto.smugmug.com

[Ndukes]

Erick, mine, for what it's worth, is at www.ndukes.net. I designed it around one of Koken'n templates, see www.koken.me and is hosted by Blacknight Solutions (www.blacknight.com).
It works well as a means of publishing images with commentary and a small piece about myself and why I bother to do it at all. It is also easy to maintain. You need to be aware that the Internet is full of website images and hit rate may be disappointing. But I do get some feed back and had some images published in books as a result.
Hope this helps.

[rpcrowe]

I use smugmug only for stashing my images for addition to various other sites. However, smugmug.com has a lot of customization available...

http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/

[chauncey]

IMHO...the esteemed photography site is...https://1x.com/

[kaneohebud]

All,about myself and photo journey.

I would like to have some examples of what others feel is a "good" example of a personal photography website. Anyone have any examples or inputs they would like to share to help me develop a few ideas and formulate my goals.

Thanks
Erik

Hi Eric: For what it's worth, here's my web site using SmugMug:


http//:www.budralstonphotography.com

[Tina222]

I don't understand whether you started creating your website or not. In case you did, I guess, you need special plugins. But if you didn't, you just need to choose a proper way for your website creation. I recommend to take a look at these photography website builders. They can provide you with all necessary features, also it is really easy to work with them, especially if you don't have much experience and coding skills. Hope it helps!

[Manfred M]

I don't understand whether you started creating your website or not. In case you did, I guess, you need special plugins. But if you didn't, you just need to choose a proper way for your website creation. I recommend to take a look at these photography website builders. They can provide you with all necessary features, also it is really easy to work with them, especially if you don't have much experience and coding skills. Hope it helps!

Tina - If you look at the date of this thread was started, the question was posted over 2 years ago.