Website Creation Process.

Website Creation Process.

Link: https://www.tylerfowlerphotography.co.uk/

As part of my professional development blog, I was required to create my own photography-based website to showcase my work that I created both in the past and more recently, linking back to the research I did previously based on the websites of other professional photographers and what I think makes them effective. I started work on my website originally in February using the website called Cargo to help me make the beginnings of my website. However, I found this website maker incredibly difficult and complex to use and after some research into other places I could make a website I finally settled on using Square Space. I already knew from choosing my photographs for my Instagram account and my portfolio that I wanted my website showcase both new and old work, enabling me to focus on the areas of photography that I feel I have the most strength in – music, cosplay and editorial. From my previous research of other photography websites, I knew that I wanted my own website to have a very clear layout, easy to read fonts and typography that wouldn’t distract too much attention away from my projects but would also allow the viewer of my site and insight into my thought process and experience gained through each project I have worked on.  I also knew that I wanted my website to also have an ‘About’ page that would allow the viewer to learn more information about me such as the location I work in, my other artistic abilities – graphic design and digital art and painting – as well as a ‘Contact’ page that would allow other artists or future potential clients to reach out and contact me with any ideas that they had that would require me to work with them. I also wanted to ensure that I had a visible link to my social media (Instagram) photography page that also shows some of the same work shown on my website.


Whilst working on my website via Square Space I found a way to create my website pages into portfolios that allowed me to separate the images by each project which I feel has given my website a more organised and tidier layout without all the project blending together into one big mass of images. I feel that this will later aid my workflow when it comes to adding new images to my website in the future as it will allow me the ability to create new subpages to showcase that work as it’s own portfolio, which will enable me to go back and find other works easier but make it clearer for my audience who could potentially view my website to find the things that they are most interested in seeing rather than scrolling through a bunch of photos all heaped together. I also felt that by using the black background with white font makes my website look more professional as there’s no random uses of colour or types of typography that could make the pages difficult to read or view in the future.


Which then leads me to now, July. My website is up and fully published for viewing by anyone and I feel that I have made it clear and easy to use and navigate around my website for my audience or anyone looking to collaborate on future photography projects with me based on any of the themes showcased within my website. I have also uploaded the link to my website to my Instagram photography account and shared it to my stories there which should hopefully draw in a potential audience for my website. In the future I plan to upload further music, cosplay, and editorial based photographs to my website to keep it up to date with my future and upcoming projects and personal work.

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