Photography Website Considerations

A photography website, like any other website, should enhance and improve your methods of doing things. You must consider what it is that you want your website to do for you. Just having a website for the sake of having one – can become a burden and usually a costly disappointment.

Begin by determining your website’s purpose. For example, do you want to show your photography work? Do you want to show your photography work for possible sales or for future clients and customers? Are you looking to extend your reach beyond your local community? Or, are you looking to extend your reach throughout the world? Of course, technology allows worldwide reach.

For the most efficient and effective photography website, I suggest that you also consider a website option that fits your style. For example, are you tech savvy? Do you have time to keep up with technology? Do you have time to learn how to keep up?

Photography Website Consideration - Automation and the Technology "Heavy Work"

There are many very bad choices for a photography website. Also, there are a great deal of very good options for a photography website that fits your personal style. For me, I don’t like to spend a lot of time keeping up with all the latest website technology. Yet, I want my website to be as automated as possible and as easy to use as possible for visitors. My website option has to include a web hosting company that does all of the technical work for me.

Also, I want to be able to access my website and be able to make changes and updates whenever I choose. I prefer easy-to-do-and-understand website controls. And I must be able to reach technical support when, and if, I need help.

Photography Website Consideration - Costs

Over the years, I’ve narrowed my cost options to three categories:

Free
Low-Cost
Cost-Effective

Photography Website Consideration – Decision Making

First of all, take your time! There is no rush. Giving thought to what it is you want your photography website to do is critical to the success of the website. Success of your website must be determined by you, the website owner, not anyone else. Every company will say that they’re good – and many of them are. Of course, many of them aren’t. That’s why taking your time will be helpful to your eventual success.

1. Take your time.
2. Consider the options that fit and support your style.
3. Be clear on what you want your photography website to do – display your work, sell to customers, expose you locally, worldwide, or both, etc.
4. Make sure that your photography website fits you, fits your style and fits your understanding of what you want the purpose of the site to be.

On a personal note, I place a great deal of trust and confidence in companies that offer me a “Risk-Free, 100% Satisfaction, anytime 100% unconditional money-back guarantee.” There is nothing scientific about this personal preference. However, such a “rock-solid” guarantee assures me that the company stands fully behind their product/service. Actually, I’ve never had to ask for my money back from a company that offers such a guarantee. For me, they deliver much, much more than they promise – and, as a rule, I've found a few that are always improving their products/services and tech support. I only use and recommend companies that meet my criteria.

Photography Website Consideration – IMPORTANT Caution

I personally offer this word of caution about offers of website instant riches and instant success on the internet. I am a “recovering get-rich-quick-scheme addict!” For years, I never met a GRQ scheme that I didn’t like! The internet and promises of success are prime territory for such schemes. You should only build a photography website or any other type of website for a specific purpose. Getting rich quick shouldn’t be the purpose of your website. Although the many promises offered on the internet sound reasonable and make promises of instant riches automatic – don’t be tempted. Their copy is brilliantly written (after all, they are funded by million dollar advertising budgets); the promises of exposed “secrets” is the lure; but, trust me, there is no “there there!”

Whatever your decisions for a website – take your time and be very clear on what it is that you want your website to do..

Building a successful photography website is very do-able. It isn’t instant. It isn’t automatic. It is very, very do-able.

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