Wedding Photography Re-Design

It's has a nice feel. But here are some things that I believe could be improved upon:

1. I use IE 8 with capibility view on, for most browsing. I also checked IE6 and IE7. There is an alignment issue. I have attached a pic for reference. I also viewed the site in FireFox the alignment is fine. But the question is the target audience - what do they use?
2. White Background - I believe that the white background behind the text takes away from the flow of the design. With this being a site for a wedding photographer, the text should be fancy and elegant.
3. Somerset, Dorset etc... - Why is this information important? Is this the service area?
4. Text color throughout the site is too light. Make the text darker for readability, especially the blue text.
5. The site lacks a style of elegance that is typically associated with weddings.
6. Research - If you haven't already take a look at other wedding websites for ideas.

I like the scrolling of the images along the bottom. It is a very nice touch.

Viewed in Chrome under Ubuntu 10.04

A few comments

1. its nice and clean - but also a bit boring to be honest (sorry)

2. the pedant in me would have the arrows and the thumbnail disappear on pages with only 1 image http://photography.designsessions.co.uk/weddings/6/4

3. To be honest when i clicked on the scrolling images i thought i would be taken to a page were i could scroll or click through all the images not just be presented with a couple from a particular album

4. font size on menu text is a bit small

5. 5 I'd like to be able to manually scroll through the images at the bottom - i have the choice of painfully slow or stopped.

6. logo is clean but a bit bland

7. your client does portraits as well as weddings yet the homepage is the weddings page - what if i'm looking for a photographer to do a portrait and don't notice the little link at the top - header text should also reflect "wedding and portrait photographer"

8. language of "I commit " on prices page is a bit odd - it sounds aloof - and for my wedding day i don't want someone who is going to be aloof and potentially rude. Make yourself sound friendly and warm yet professional.

9. on prices page i want to see some examples before I part with £950 quid

10. if alterbnative priced packages are available what are they? tell me or i'll find a photographers website that says £500 for the half day

11. testimonials is plural yet you only have one, and i want to see a photo of andy and claire

12. i know it opens you up to spam but i would like the email address on the contact page to be a clickable link - the choice of colour makes me think it should be clickable

I really like the simplicity of your design. Everything is straight to the point and doesn't have any unnecessary clutter. With that said I think you could do a few things to add more interest and approachability.

• I think if you added a very faded picture of a happy couple to the background it would give it more appeal without taking away from the minimalistic feel. It would help in filling all that screen real estate.

• I really want to just be able to look through all your pictures on your portfolio without having to keep clicking on the link at the top. To be honest the individual album thing has always kind of annoyed me.

• Your prices page doesn't really tell me much. It would be nice if there was some kind of description under each of those things listed, or better yet some examples of what you're talking about.

Other than that I really didn't see much else to be improved upon. Nice work.

Overall, you definitely have the right idea. I think portfolio sites should be to the point. Here's my work, you like it or you don't. That being said, there still needs to be something that makes it pop. I would try changing the colors of the text a little. If anything, they need to be darker for sure. But try to find somewhere to add just a hint of color to liven it up a little. But so far, you're off to a good start!