When it came to designing my website I knew I wanted something basic, because the best websites always are. Initially I was going to go with a white website, with the images placed onto the white background. However I went for black because many of my images are dark and I think black engages better with the practise of nightlife photography by association. Furthermore I was going to write a mini ‘about me’ section on the home page revealing who I am and that I am taking nightlife photography etcetera. However, when it came to actually writing this diminutive passage it felt mundane, insufficient and effectively to no purpose, so I decided to leave it out. The website should speak for itself, there is my name on the home page, all necessary information has been put forth on the info page and the images on the portfolio page should be enough to give away what the website is representing anyway. So instead of having boring text no one is interested in, I decided to have none.
When it came to choosing the picture for the home page I really wanted to use a fun picture, because this type of photography is meant to be fun. The picture with the girl and the big green mask is one of my favourite images and I really wanted to use it for the home page. Unfortunately after I set up the website it become evident that this image didn’t match the rest. I took the photograph of the girl at a Halloween house party and even though it’s a party photo, it just doesn’t look like the rest aesthetically, it’s not dark and it’s blatant that it was taken in a house. I sent the link to a friend of mine who studies web design down south, I didn’t mention the image on the home page, just to see if she would and what she generally thought of the website. To not much of a surprise I suppose, she made a comment on the image of the girl with the mask being too different from the rest. I knew then that it had to go, Cheryl suggested photoshopping it to make it look like the rest, but I’ve never been keen on photo editing, so it just had to go.
I replaced it with the picture of the guy caught in a funny moment. I decided to use this picture because I think it looks fun and it’s the first thing you see when you go on to my website.
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