As part of this module, we need to create an online space for out portfolios. We had to research different platforms, and see which one would sit our work best.
These are some options:
Indexhibit
Square Space
Cargo Collective
- Research best photographers websites created with a template.
- Look at their features and what is relevant.
- Does the template link with social media? Is this important?
- What is the cost of the template/website?
- What is the advantage of having a website, rather than a blog?
- What do you want to do with your website? Marketing?
- What do you want it to look like?
- Have you looked at it on different formats? Online/Mobile?
- Can you enlarge images?
Idexhibit.org
– Jamie Simonds
Cargo Collective – Anna White
- Simple
- Thumbnail sized images·
- Images enlarge when selected
- No bio/summary
- Home page one image
- Image & Text positioned in left hand corner
- Has contact info
- Looks the same on a phone
Individual 25 Euros
Student,
independent, professional
Studio 75 Euros
Group,
collective, agency
Cargo Collective – Anna White
- Simple design
- Home page photo placed in the middle
- Images enlarge
- Bio/About/Contact page
- Project titles across the top of the screen
- Images large format
- Images scrolling from left to right
- Has a small description about each project
- Has blog attached, based on her archive
- Mobile version, same layout, lose project titles from top of screen
Have to apply for an account
Free – cloud hosting
100mb storage
12 projects
Square
Space – Paul Nicklen
- Images take up whole screen
- On a rotation between images
- Pages in top right hand corner
- Has Bio
- Links to social media
- Each page scrolls up and down with different images as background
- Has a FAQ page and a Journal
- Mobile version crops images to size of screen
$8 a month annually $10
month-to-month
Student Account 50% Off
Free Domain
20 Pages
Galleries
500GB Bandwidth