Design Production // Design for print and web - Photography website visual research

Jill Greenberg

This seems to be a fairly common web layout within the photography industry, there are many variations of similar themes, with the plain white back ground and small sophisticated logo and nav bar. 

The reason I like this one specifically is due to its fixed tool bar and logo which scroll down the page with you, the logo sits behind the photographs but the nav bar sits above which creates an interesting aesthetic.

I dont however like the placement of the photographs on the website, the spacing looks unnatural and it spoils the rest of the website I think. 

Mitchell Kanashkevich

I think black backgrounds suit photography based websites, I like the aspect of the large centered photographs which lead your focus straight to them. the rest of the website is nothing special though.

Brent Stirton

I think the size and placement of the nav bar on Brent Stirtons website works incredibly well, it 100% suits the taste of the website, looks great and forces the focus towards the photography, which is the aspect he is promoting.

Paolo Boccardi

This is my favorite website I have seen so far, I like the fact that a single image takes up the entire background with the nav bar fixed over the top, when you scroll up and down on the page the photograph changes but the bar stays still. It keeps the focus on the photography and is overall a really good looking website. 

I would like to use a similar concept on my website. 

Jessica Hilltout

I am not overly keen on this site but i think it has an interesting idea using the Polaroids and masking tape, which gives a more physical feel to the photography, but the type used seems a bit childish. 

Chris Phelps

The separate scrolling area for the website navigation is a little annoying but looks good as it has a slight opacity which allows the image to be seen through slightly, I also like the fact that it has a free scroll which (on macs and tablets and phones generally) you can scroll which ever direction you like, instead of having a set slide show as many other websites contain.

John Wright

This is another one of my favorites so far as again the photographs on the home page fill the entire background and the nav bar and links sit fixed on the top, it also has some other really nice loading and scrolling features which change through different pages.

If there is one piece of criticism I would give it is that the page layout changes a lot throughout the entire website, and each link that is clicked on the page changes to a different presentation style. so i tink it could maintain a little more consistency.