Website Building

This week at uni, we had a group discussion in one of our lectures on website building for our own business. I found it really useful and have started to build my own - however it is an on going process and I'm taking my time to make sure that I do it properly.

Here are a few pointers and tips that I learnt from the session..

Pages on a website:

• Home page with the business name, logo, a collage/strong image, a mini bio.
• Gallery - Slideshow/Square images with some information. (Caption/Location & Credits.)
• Blog page - Direct link to blog so clients can read a bit about what you do from week to week.
• About page - Bio on who you are and what you do. 
• Contact - Email/Business phone number/Social media.
• Price List & Shop page.

Other important tips..

• All photographs should be watermarked with a logo. 
• A resolution of 100 dpi is perfect for MAC and PC viewers (also good because it means no one can print them from your website because the quality is rubbish for printing!)
• Mobile compatibility - so that clients can view the website on their smart phones.
• Large font, plain background and consistent colour theme/style.

A website is almost your personal spot on the internet to show off your work and what you do! You want people to remember your website & photographs so that they book you!

Most importantly it needs to be easy to navigate and not take too long to load up - otherwise unfortunately people will go somewhere else. 

As I said, I am currently working on my own website. I am using www.one.com and I am getting there :)

I will keep my blog up to date with how I am getting on with it & hopefully it will be up soon so watch this space xxxxx

Youtube Inspiration

When I am racking my brains for ideas and inspiration for new photo shoots and looks, I love to look around at all sorts of research. Pinterest, magazines, twitter etc. are all good sources and you can find some amazing stuff! However, over the last few months I have started to become obsessed with Youtube and have subscribed to lots of make up artists - who show all their tips and tricks for different looks. I also have subscribed to an amazing worldwide wedding photographer who also posts tips and tutorials on photography styles and more.

Here are a list of my top three vloggers!

1) Jasmine Star -  https://www.youtube.comofficialjasminestar



Jasmine is a worldwide famous wedding photographer who shares all her tips and tricks for the best photography and best way to run a business online for you to view as many times as you like. I have learnt so much from watching her videos, I would really advise everyone to take a look at her stuff :)

2) Zoella - https://www.youtube.com/user/zoella280390

Zoella is one of the most famous Youtubers around at the moment! She posts all sorts of stuff - sometimes just day in the life videos, some fashion, some make up and hair. I like to see the different ideas for fashion & make up and hair for various photo shoots of my own.






3) Nicole Guerriero -  https://www.youtube.com/user/nguerriero19

Nicole is my all time favourite vlogger! I have watched her videos for so long now and all her videos are mainly make up, hair and fashion ( my favourite! )
Her looks are really creative - especially at Halloween time and I have had so much inspiration from her tutorials for my own shoots. Even for Halloween this year, I loved her Evil clown couple make up so much that I made my boyfriend & I dress up this year as them (mwahaha.) If you haven't seen the photos, then go to my twitter page to view them :) https://twitter.com/danniellehphoto



Just a short post sharing my favourite vloggers with you :) I hope you like their work too and I will post some new work from photo shoots very soon! Keep up to date with me on twitter - @danniellehphoto or my Facebook page - www.facebook.com/danniellehuntphotography