BOC Week 5: Competitive Analysis

http://www.trentblackphoto.com/ this website looks very professional, the galleries open in separate page to play a flash slideshow with music. The photographer has his prices on website, as well as a Bio and contact page. When changing from page to page it is done with a nice transition that is appealing to look at. All of the information and pages have a nice connected feel to them. This photographer even has a page with what looks like hand written testimonial, which adds a great final touch to the overall website. This is a very competitive website will a lot of strengths.

http://sagalow.com/ This website has all the elements for a professional website, it has an about page, a blog page, separate pages for the different galleries and a contact page. The website starts out with an entry page with picture button options that look like they would take you into separate website, one for the photographer’s weddings site, one for the photographer’s commercial site, and the last one that actually takes you to a separate website. The first two options take you into a the photographic website that then has tabs on the top of the page that take you to the different areas of the website, just like the bottom on the entry page. Overall the website is a good website, the website looks and feels to me like it’s not a professional website, it feels more like an entry level website. This websites weakness to me is in the overall look and feel to the site being more a cookie cutter standard website.

http://blrphoto.com/ This website has a very simple but professional looking entry page that has options to take you to the photographer’s different web pages or sites. Unlike the previous website this photographer actually has different websites for their wedding and portrait work. They also have has a separate site for their blog. Each site has a very professional look and feels to them everything is easy to access and find, each of the photo sites has flash players with music to showcase their photographic work. Overall I think this in a strong professional photography website.

http://waynewallace.com/photoblog/ This website looks more like a glamour site to me. The look website is in the blog style rather than a professional style site. The photographer has all the information you would need in professional website like contact information, pricing. The site has different tabs for an about page, a portfolio page, a product and services page, and a for photography only page. Overall I think this website is a little weak on the professional style, yet a blog it is interesting and the photographer still comes off as being a professional.

After looking over these websites and other I have a better Idea of what my website should look like if I want to be taken seriously and to be looked at as a professional.