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Benk: my new website

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benk
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I made this in iweb...

I know it's nothing fancy but is a chance to get my stuff out there.

hopefully I find the time to figure out html and make a more professional one but this should do for the mean time..

feedback encouraged



Aug 2 2010 1:01AM
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chacharlie
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nice! i like the site design, and your photo choices. not much to criticize, its schweet.
Aug 2 2010 1:26AM
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1337
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I think it looks really good! I liked the layout and it the site worked very well for me. A couple of small thinks I picked up on:
-In your info section, under the "about me" header, you have the write up in 3rd person! I'd suggest either writing the paragraph in first person, or just change the header to "Bio" or "About Benjamin Krause"
-On the welcome page, the font for the section "Welcome to my site...Enjoy" meshed with the background and looked pixelated, like fonts did back in the early 2000's. I'd suggest changing that font just for that section to something more defined to clean it up, but that could also be my laptop screen.

Other than that, you should be pretty good! I really like a lot of your work by the way, I'm a huge fan of a lot of those shots.
Aug 2 2010 1:36AM
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TomC
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word man, the visible shots r good, just need more photos, good or bad just put them up and see how people react. like mine at powderpassport.blogspot.com
Aug 2 2010 1:38AM
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benk
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haha thanks for the heads up on the third person.. lots of great feedback. thanks
Aug 2 2010 1:44AM
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nkmo.
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Papyrus is the most terribly overused/shitty typeface. The shots are good, but change your header, it bugs.
Aug 2 2010 4:55AM
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cobra_commander
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papyrus?
Aug 2 2010 6:55AM
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freeskibum82
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nice but you should make your site 240px wider... 700 is too narrow for today's standards.. do 960 wide with 10px margins on each side.
Aug 2 2010 12:55PM
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Brock.
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precisely...

try and keep it original
Aug 2 2010 2:26PM
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Blandct
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^
Aug 2 2010 3:41PM
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chacharlie
Posts: 228 - Karma: 20
no....

he's currently making money selling photos and/or his photo services. the worst thing he could do is throw up any/all crap he has. its all about presentation.
Aug 2 2010 4:20PM
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TomC
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oh i didnt know he was sellin them. haha scratch that then
Aug 2 2010 5:13PM
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benk
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bump: took a lot of thoughts into consideration
Aug 19 2010 1:59AM
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PeterWojnar
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Under the "Action" section, you should organize photos by sport. Also the 3rd person... but that's been covered.


I really like your site, man, it looks great. Keep your selection of photos limited to only the best of the best, ignore the guy saying to post anything and everything. That's exactly the opposite of what you should do it you're trying to sell photos, and it looks like you've got that down based on your site at the moment.
Aug 19 2010 3:10AM
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