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hi, comments and ciriticsm much appreciated

http://dotgerd.net/photo

I haven't much to say except; very nice. Can't think of a single thing I would change.

You've done a really nice job here.

1.)The site design looks decent and works nicely.
2.)I like the way you've arranged photos according to series and not category
3.)You better be posting some of those photos in the studio, it would be a shame if those were over looked.
4.)Thank you, thank you, thank you for using proper code. After I finished looking through the site I was thinking, "Damn, I've got to get him on something. I'm sure he blew it on the code," Nope. Still good there too.

Code is great. Design is great. Photos are great. The site is great. Its all great.

My only gripe is the a lack of navigation between full size views. Clicking back each time got old very quickly. Even browsing the images with tabs got old fast. If you add a "next" and "back" button between full size photos then you'll be golden. Again, good job brotha!

Off Topic:
How do you like your camera? I've been considering purchasing a Canon Digital SLR, because by judging from the specs it seemed like the right kind of camera for me. How much did it cost you and was it worth your money?

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Last edited by eljaysun, September 30th, 2005 01:06 AM (Edited 1 times)

Thanks for the nice comments!

As far as navigation between images is concerned, I hadn't considered it but I was considering a single view.php script to show the images instead of just linking to the images. I ended up putting it up as it is now in order to show someone a [for the most part] finished product but I think i will go back and use a script to show the pictures and i'll add navigation to it.

As far as the camera goes, I like it a lot. I dont know if I really needed the 20D as opposed to the rebel XT but there were a few things like the FPS, megapixels and the overal feel of the body that made me choose it. As a somewhat beginner, a digital SLR really affords me the ability to experiment with settings and get a feel for the manual function of the camera, whereas doing that with film would be a waste of money. My film SLR wasnt very good and at some times it was discouraging, with the dSLR it's much more fun and I can see improvements instead of waiting just to see things come out wrong.

the camera kit itself was about $1500 and after warranty, extra battery, 1gig memory, a zoom lens, filters and some other things it came out to be almost $2500. As I said I might have been fine with a digital rebel for less money, but I'm definately not dissatisfied whatsoever with the 20D and it will be paid off in a matter of time so for me it was definately worth it.

Wow, some nice stuff there man....No Hi-res pics? Or did I just miss them? My favourite shot (i think) is the one of the Golden Gate Bridge at night. The way it lights up the water below looks pretty sweet. You seem to have a good eye for getting some nice photographs. Good work. Maybe I just missed them, but what about links from section to section. Ie. Action to travel, or somthing like that. Right now you need to go right back to the start. Would be nice to be able to bounce from section to section without having to go all the way back to the start. Maybe I'm just lazy...

Thanks, thats a good idea, I'll think about a simple way to implement that.

I decided to just keep the images around 700px wide at the most, I figure they're just for display. If you'd like any high res copies I have them, but I'm not sure whether it's really necessary to put them on the site. Do you think I should have high res copies?

Last edited by gerd, September 30th, 2005 08:07 PM (Edited 1 times)

i think maybe you should say that hi-res copies are available somewhere...

very nice site, great design and very easy to use!

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