Building a website to showcase my photography, looking for some feedback?

The layout and navigation seem good. I applaud you for NOT having annoying, band width eating intros and flash graphics or goofy music playing. I can easily get back to any point on the site, well it appears that is how it will work. In it's incomplete state it is hard to know for sure.

The red text on the grey background over on the left menus is somewhat difficult for me to read. I would prefer white or black text.

Also your statement. "CGIPix is an observation that Nikon, Canon and the rest no longer make cameras,

they make computers that you can attach a lens to"....

....is interesting but the grammar is incorrect. It should read, "CGIPix is an observation that Nikon, Canon and the rest no longer make cameras, they make computers to which you can attach a lens".

Sorry to nit pick on that, but you would be surprised how many people would pick up on that and immediately judge your professionalism on it.

Interesting that you know people are going to steal photos anyway, so you give instructions on how to do it!

Good work though overall. I like it.

steve

Good, clear concept, and well-organized, as the first responder wrote.

To your question of colors, I am a fan of a neutral background color, black, white, or gray. If you find that a bit too boring, as some do, a much lighter shade of a color than the orange you have selected would compete less with the photographs that you want to highlight. The orange key's well off of the clouds, but is too strong.

Your use of multiple border colors is also distracting - the page would benefit from more consistency, here.

(I know the challenge of these decisions, as I have been tinkering with my web site (http://improve-your-digital-photography.com/answer... I have gone the opposite direction in terms of color and have probably erred on the conservative side. I'm still tweaking.)

Fonts are easy to read, and it looks as if you have changed the red font on the menus that the first responder pointed out - at least I am not seeing them.

I didn't see the next/previous navigation, so cannot comment.

Bottom line for me is that the site concept is very well thought out, but more conservative use of color would benefit your objective of displaying your rich array of photographs.

Please drop me a line to let me know what changes, if any, you make. I'd like to see your progress.

Cheers,

Ted