New (Professional) Website

[lefty]

why do you ask?

Cuz I want one too

[mouse]

Female In Need of Photographer

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/crg/2061572806.html

[mouse]

Affordable Photographer Needed (San Antonio)

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/evg/2057878610.html


Hiring-Creative Photographer-Prefer w/ Studio! (San Antonio)

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/crg/2057645426.html

[honestfool84]

two of the links wanted TFCD... which = free. I'm not really interested in building up my portfolio anymore.

the last one, I'll give him an email.

thanks, mouse!

[nkdlunch]

yup looks like softcore pornsite judging by homepage.

and the girl looks underage

[honestfool84]

yup looks like softcore pornsite judging by homepage.

and the girl looks underage

i can't tell if you're kidding or not... and she's 19 years old in that picture.

[CuckingFunt]

the term "Portable Art" is in fact a made-up term... those pictures are actually all taken with my phone.. and i just wanted to show that i can take a somewhat OK image with my phone without having to have a $3000 camera with me, trying to showcase what little creativity that i have. haha. maybe i should change the name to "Mobile Art" instead.

in the photography world, the term "Commercial" is used for advertising photography, and that sort of work.. stuff that a Nike photographer or Gatorade photographer would do.

technically, yes, senior portraits are commercial.. but i do want to differentiate between the two. the reason the "Portable Art" section is grouped in the Portfolio section, is because i want to showcase those two specifically to an ad director, or ad agency.. and they can completely skip over the senior portraits section.

ideally (and eventually) i'll have separate websites... one for weddings, one for commercial (advertising) work, and another for senior portraits, for as long as i do that.

Keep it the way it is if you're happy, but I still think it's a confusing way to separate your sections.

As a photographer, I personally would not list any portion of my portfolio as "commercial" unless it contained images that had actually been used commercially. There are distinct styles that are often used in commercial and advertising images, but "commercial" is not an aesthetic style in and of itself. Additionally, your portfolio should advertise your talents and your diversity, not tell people how/where each image is supposed to be used.

"Portable art" is still confusing. "Mobile art" would be equally so. Calling your own work art can be tricky, for one thing. For reasons similar to the problem with calling your own work commercial. Just let the work speak for itself. Also, the le implies that the work itself is portable, which makes not an ounce of sense.

Again, were it my website, I would keep everything related to the senior portraits the way it is. It makes sense that you would want to keep that part separate, and it's easy as a viewer to understand why that section includes its own portfolio. For the rest, however, I would change "Commercial," "Portfolio," and "Portable Art" to "Portfolio," "Studio," and "Non-Studio" respectively.

[Shelly]

I like your pictures and it's nice that you're open to criticism so you can improve. Good luck to you and I hope you get your website exactly how you want it.

[honestfool84]

I like your pictures and it's nice that you're open to criticism so you can improve. Good luck to you and I hope you get your website exactly how you want it.

thank you, i appreciate that.

[honestfool84]

Keep it the way it is if you're happy, but I still think it's a confusing way to separate your sections.

As a photographer, I personally would not list any portion of my portfolio as "commercial" unless it contained images that had actually been used commercially. There are distinct styles that are often used in commercial and advertising images, but "commercial" is not an aesthetic style in and of itself. Additionally, your portfolio should advertise your talents and your diversity, not tell people how/where each image is supposed to be used.

"Portable art" is still confusing. "Mobile art" would be equally so. Calling your own work art can be tricky, for one thing. For reasons similar to the problem with calling your own work commercial. Just let the work speak for itself. Also, the le implies that the work itself is portable, which makes not an ounce of sense.

Again, were it my website, I would keep everything related to the senior portraits the way it is. It makes sense that you would want to keep that part separate, and it's easy as a viewer to understand why that section includes its own portfolio. For the rest, however, I would change "Commercial," "Portfolio," and "Portable Art" to "Portfolio," "Studio," and "Non-Studio" respectively.

i never really liked the name "Portable Art" much, anyways... so i did go ahead and change that to "Phone Art". as for the names "Studio" and "Non-Studio"; all my work is shot on location, in other words, not at a "studio"... and the "non-studio" section is purposefully meant to showcase my pictures from my phone. i see your point about the terms "Studio and Non-Studio", but i think i want to offer a phone section.


i do appreciate your comments, though. and i am actually changing the le from "Commercial" to "Portfolio", and then changing "Portfolio" to "Portraiture"