So 5 years and FINALLY,
a new site
you have all been an insperation and I hope it shows
can you check it out , tell us if it works ok and what you think
we will go live as soon as we can

http://new.johnarcara.com/johnA/

awwww.....I'll miss that smiley guy!

I don't know ya, but I absolutely love it!

I usually turn off music instantly, but yours works so well with the slightly sassy but natural feel of your images. Love it indeed.

It's not gimmicky, which really appeals to me. Its cleanliness really matches well with your style and I love the double verticals.

I do always miss it when there's no "about" section, and I would love to see more info about the other non wedding work you do since you highlight it in your galleries. How much are your family/maternity portraits? Headshots and modelling work? Commercial stuff?

Even just a little line in your pricing page to contact you about those things would help.

Super fab, and I'm not a huge fan of flash sites as they all seem to look the same these days.

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I don't know ya, but I absolutely love it!

I usually turn off music instantly, but yours works so well with the slightly sassy but natural feel of your images. Love it indeed.

Thanks Sara. Thats the kind of input we need. We were thinking about not putting an about page....but I see your point. We're still working on it...
thanks again.

OK We added a few more things
check out the faq page!!!

Looks great.

I noticed one shot from your portfolio (a little girl in a red coat) that looks like a scanned print and it's a bit scratched up. There might have been a few that looked like that in the same location (I think it was "faces").

Also, on your pricing page, check for the proper way to spell DVD-ROM (I think it should be all caps with a dash, but I'm not 100%).

-Jess

I really like it. I like how each photo makes the background change, I never saw your old site so I can't compare. But looks good.
Is this Blu Domain? What template?

Loved that quote the second I heard it. Great show!

I think your site looks great. I also don't remember your old site for comparison. Just curious about a couple shots (like the church from balcony); are the edges intentionally blurry or is that something your lens did against your will? What lens did you use. I don't think it's distracting, exactly, just wondered if clients might find it to be an accident.

Not sure if you were planning to put more, but I'd suggest more images rotating at your home page. FAQ's - funny stuff!
Congrats,
Eddie

i love so many of your images!!! there was one trio that had two beautiful detail shots and one of a kid eating a bagel... the bagel seemed really out of place to me

loved everything else though

my .02$

WOW
thank you everyone for all of your responses we really need and appreciate all of them.
Jessica, that Is a scratch. I'm lazy. guess I better fix it
our old site is the link in my signature line below... http://www.johnarcara.com
And also eddie that is our awsome fisheye. I LOVE the bad ass distortion it gives. We use it sparingly...
and we are putting more on that home page
Ashley, We thought the bagel was alittle outta place as well but we thought the simaliar color tones brought them together, plus its soooo funny that the bagel is as big as the kid's head!!!

Awesome site and images.
I especially like the FAQ and contact pages. Very original.

SUX!


not.


Really good presentation. Well done!

J

Hey John,

I think the site is killer and the music to go along with it is perfect. I love your work and you do such a wide variety of photography. That is awesome.

One thing that kind of bothered me was in the "Faces" gallery was the fact that there would be a photo of a model in slinky clothes then a photo of a baby or maternity shot. my only suggestion would be to organize those so that it doesn't seem so random. maybe putting all the baby/maternity 1st, then the engagement photos, then the more model oriented photos...just so your not jumping all over the map there. other then that I love your site.

peace out

Hey Thanks Eric
I was thinking that as well, and we shoot soooo many different things but I only have 5 galleries. I didn't even wanna mix portraits with fashion, but we figured y not. I thought it might be weird having a baby next to a sexy image of some model as well. I would organize them but I'm afraid people wouldn't stick around to see the end, they might be like well i see maternity anmd protraits but I guess he doesn't do fashion

it looks good to me bro.....congrats.

i do agree though....in the faces section. it does throw you for a loop to go from a model in her undies, to a baby. (why the reality check so soon? let me have a minute dude.)

also, maybe it was just my wireless connection. but your blog took forever to load. so many images. is there away to put up a few, and a link to see the rest kind of thing? i really wanted to see them, so i let it load. nice work on there.

just my .02.......

I totally understand. So I had one of my other friends (female) to check it out too and she was kind of thinking the same thing. Her words were "Awesome photos, but they are all over the map". I think your photography speaks volumes and I also think that the website is sooo cool that people are going to want to look at every single image...hell I did. I wouldn't worry that people aren't going to stick around to find a particular style you offer, they will come...they will definitely come (think field of dreams )

E

John,
It looks awesome! I had looked at your former site several times and this one really rocks!

For some reason, it doesn't read this way on the website. It looks like "1 to 1". I don't think the font recognizes the 1/2.
"We usually arrive at the bride’s location 1 to 1½ hours before she leaves for the ceremony to capture the ‘getting ready’ before and after shots."

I just wonder about your starting price and if you are charging enough. Your work is fabulous! I would have thought you started at twice that rate.

Wishing you lots of success!

regina

That's a really awesome site John, and beautiful images....just yummy!!!

I agree with a lot of what everyone else has said. I love love love the song. I ADORE the way the background colours change to compliment the photographs. I think babies next to runway models looks a bit silly....could you split family from fashion maybe?

The only thing that bothered me (but no-one else?) is your logo/lettering. Because the lower case lettering is the same thickness as your verticle dividing line, to me it looks a lot like John Larcara! If there's one thing you don't want people to get wrong it's your name!!! Perhaps you could make the divide line finer. Does this not bother anyone else?

Other than that....it's brilliant!

Annie

THANK YOU ALL!!!!
Thats so very nice of you to take the time to actually give us all this priceless advice, and believe me we are taking all of it.


YEah
I'm gonna shotrten the blog I've heard thAT before
and we are going to change the faces page somehow
just trying to figure out the order
thanks man


Thanks regina. We just raised our prices for 2008, and for you to say that we should be more is like the GREATEST compliment. And how funny is it that we didn't see that in the proof read on the faqs. I'll take care of that too
Thanks


My wife Lovina said that as well but I didn't believe her. I don't even have a real type engine that I can switch fonts around with. Its kinda built into the site. I'm trying to think of something original to do with it though
and thank you


well now I'm all nostalgic

At least on my screen, on your pricing page it is *really* hard to see the up and down arrows (the up especially) to scroll the text.

Site looks great though.

Ha, nice song choice. I think I've heard that somewhere else.

Yes...we're copy cats I actually checked out your site a while a ago and your images are on BluDomains sample sites....I must say they are AWESOME!! and your site is great.

Excellent, John. Absolutely dig the new site. Congrats.

Awwww thanks. Ditto. Great minds think alike!

Hey everyone,
Thank you sooo much for all your advice
I think we actually took it all
AND WE ARE FINALLY LIVE!!!!!
check it out. And if theres anything else please tell us so we can fix it.
We are still adding images to the home slideshow