My website went up earlier last week. This also was an assignment set as part of my university course. Although it would have been something I'd done anyway. A website seems to be an important part of being a photographer now, as a central place to show your work and provide additional information.

I did quite a bit of research into current photographer's websites and what professionals such as picture editors look for in a website. Simplicity seemed to be key in this area. The website should be easy to navigate, speedily show photos, have some information about the photographer and have clear contact details.

I already had in mind a very simple website. I wanted as few pages as possible in an organised manner. A great deal of photographer's websites appear to have white backgrounds, so I decided to go with black for mine, just to be different. Initially, I drew up and designed a four page website. However, I soon realised I could fit my content all on one page without it being too cluttered. Working on a budget, I registered my domain and used Apple's iWeb software to make the site myself and made a gallery using Lightroom 2 and put it all on the internet. 

As a first website I think it achieves what I wanted. I do intend to expand on it, with more galleries and to change the design a bit.

Go have a look and let me know what you think.