It is done. On Saturday Night, (and technically Sunday Morning) - I photographed yet another wedding, and I'm kinda over it. It's time to share with you all the progress that I've made on my photographic rebuild.
The new site is now on my testing domain, and it has some some cool bits of text that I wrote with the intention of attracting other jaded creatives like myself, while still maintaining appeal to the general public.
Will it work?
Well, considering it doesn't appear on Google at all, that's not a great start. I'm not a SEO master, and that's bound to be a problem. Perhaps I'm searching for the wrong terms, or SEO is not compatible with the language I'm using.
That's okay. I just want it to be a nice little portfolio website with a tinge of attitude. The same attitude that I normally uphold when I'm shooting people. (With a camera, I don't have a gun, let's make that totally clear).
The site is designed to be simple. It is really just one HTML page, but with a few different elements woven in. First there's the gallery, which doubles as the home page and bio.
Then there's the text of the bio, which really only works as an image. I hope you'll read it.
Then finally, there's a contact form, which leads off to my email, and more images, with a side dish of more attitude. "This could be you."
Then finally, there's the footer, which everyone will probably ignore
It is here in the footer where I'm a bit more insidious, listing TFP terms, publishing a plain language model release, and being transparent with my contract.
Then, if people want, they can also follow me on traditional social media like Facebook and Instagram, which is where most of my business has come from.
However, if you're in Adelaide, South Australia, and my business happens to come from this yabbering about on HIVE ( as long as it isn't a wedding (unless you're willing to pay me literally thousands of Australian dollars) - then I'd be incredible ecstatic.
If you want me to do something anywhere else in Australia, let's still talk, and I'm bound to charge you travel fees or demand to crash on your spare couch, bed, or a warm pile of rags on the floor in a corner.
I'd say I don't take up a lot of space, but that would be a lie because I'm 6 foot 2, and 110 kg. Also, I'll eat all your food. But you will get some good photos, maybe.
So, photography lovers out there, am I doing this website / personal branding or marketing stuff right?
For so long I've tried to get my images to speak for themselves, but that hasn't been very successful in allowing me to amass great fortunes so that I might purchase professional level camera bodies, lenses, and a warehouse in which to put tens of thousands of dollars of lighting gear and props that I might lure clients into in a bid to get their money in exchange for images.
Am I doing it wrong? Or am I on some sort of righteous path toward photographic nirvana?
Please tell me.
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Thanks as always for your time!