Critique site please. Tear it apart if you want to :)

[Khaled]

Hi, I just finished rebuilding my site and I'd like to know what you think. It has taken me a long time because I couldn't decide what images to put in. After many trials I came up with a selection that I like a lot and that resumes my style rather clearly.

I tried to make it as simple as I could, I don't want to show too much as this will only be a teaser to show to prospective clients/editors.

What do you think of the pictures? Do you think that they follow each other well? What about the performance of the site, does it load correctly?

I'm really excited to start working again after a very long pause, even though looking for work is not the most interesting part of it, I feel just as nervous as when I started taking pictures for a living years ago.

Thanks for looking:

http://web.mac.com/chaka

Khaled

 

[bmattock]

I just get "the page cannot be displayed." Sorry!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[pesphoto]

Home page opened for me, but seemed to be taking forever to go to your gallery page so I bailed. I liked the image on the homepage, though kinda smallish.

 

[pesphoto]

Now the home page wont open for me.

 

[markinlondon]

I got a "proxy timeout"

Mark

 

[Khaled]

Man, I hate it! It was working fine a few minutes ago and now I can't get in...

Please try again a little bit later.

Thanks.

 

[pesphoto]

Building websites can be a big pain in the you know what. I'll check it again in a little while.
Who knows, could be your server having an issue.

 

[ywenz]

HTTP Status 504 -

type Status report

message

description The server received a timeout from an upstream server while acting as a gateway or proxy ().

 

[Khaled]

I just checked the .mac website and it gave me this:

Some published HomePages are loading slowly, or not at all. All other .Mac services are unaffected.Last Updated: 4/25/2006

I'll update the thread when they fix this.

Thanks to all.

Khaled

 

[pbjbike]

Nice site! Great images, nice sequence. Keep it up!

 

[pesphoto]

Yup, working now. Very ineresting work. My only criticism is that I'd like to see more.

 

[jasonhupe]

what is your experience so for working with the mac web program? Has it allowed you to do what you want so far or is it limiting? I am interesting in using mac to make a web page. Thanks

 

[ywenz]

works now. great photographs, although I'm not so sure about the site design.

 

[pesphoto]

works now. great photographs, although I'm not so sure about the site design.

I have to agree. Especially the personal work. The photos are so interesting and kinda dark and mysterious, but the site seems a little sterile in design.

 

[boarini2003]

I loved the pictures, especially the ones in the "personal" section. I would say that the site layout and graphic design is average, nothing really amazing, but not bad. Took a while to load. Overall, I thought the side is good, especially the photos.

 

[Jocko]

I have to agree. Especially the personal work. The photos are so interesting and kinda dark and mysterious, but the site seems a little sterile in design.

I agree completely with Wyenz and Pesphoto. The photographs are absolutely fascinating and testify to a profoundly independent vision (I also very much liked the Leonard Cohen quotes) - but the washed-out setting seems empty, diminishing, not framing the superb images. Some subtle colour might be called for. But none of this alters the quality of your work.

Best wishes, Ian

 

[robert blu]

the site works well, I tried to send you an mail, if you receive that works as well! It is very simple, which is quite ununsual today and it can be a way to stay out from the crowd where everyone else is.
The photo of your personal work are really great ! bravo
robert

 

[enochRoot]

i don't think the design should get in the way of the photos (and it doesn't). a stark white background works well for the subject matter. personally...i would like to see the photos larger though (the popup versions). also...i don't think other members' comments regarding the design are very helpful. constructive criticism is better than blunt declarations about the design not being good. it helps to weed out subjectivism.

 

[Khaled]

Well, finally working!!! 🙂 Thanks for your comments. I used iweb to make the site, it's deceivingly simple to use, you can customize a lot of things without ever seeing a line of html. I'm sure there are more capable programs but for me is more than enough, the only downsides that I see are that you have to use the .mac service and that you can't duplicate templates so you have to start everytime from the ones that Apple provides.

I tried to make the site as simple as possible, I didn't want the design competing with the images but I admit it's a little sterile. What would you suggest to make it better?

Thanks again.

 

[pesphoto]

i don't think the design should get in the way of the photos (and it doesn't). a stark white background works well for the subject matter. personally...i would like to see the photos larger though (the popup versions). also...i don't think other members' comments regarding the design are very helpful. constructive criticism is better than blunt declarations about the design not being good. it helps to weed out subjectivism.

smarty pants...hehe