YOU ASKED FOR IT, YOU GOT IT!!! (Rapid Fire Website Critiques)

[@Donny_B]

Thanks for the critique, Jared. You made some valid points. I honestly expected much worse.

[@patrickccreation1115]

I like the format of the vidéo but as almost 80% of the traffic on a website is now from mobile device, you should include a section where you look at the website on a mobile device to see if it is as easy as the computer version to navigate

[@froknowsphoto]

good idea

[@jackbcasey]

Thanks for the critique!

[@ddraiss]

The average person looking at a website to hire a photographer has no idea what a tear sheet is.

[@Xirpzy]

Yeah I had no idea. Make it simple for average people to understand and navigate. I dont think its that difficult to get right. Also dont show the skills you are lacking. Cant write and layout text properly? Then keep it short or get someone to help you.

[@andrewehyang]

Its based on the targeted audience though. I feel like a news editor or someone looking to hire a photojournalist should know what a tear sheet is.

[@ddraiss]

​@@andrewehyangThe website he was critiquing was not geared towards photojournalism. The welcome page literally states "engaged, getting together with friends, having an event, throwing a shindig, ......"

[@thommysides4616]

Reminds me of a Spread Sheet.....whatever that is? Ha ha!!!!

[@randalalansmith9883]

When you use your photos as wallpaper, it tells me that your photos are like elevator music, versus music to listen to. If you want to include negative and positive space, and throw some text into a shadow, then that's demonstrating art direction. It's a serving-suggestion. But if you have to reduce the contrast of the image so you can read the text overlay, then just skip the photo as background. Save your photos for a gallery viewer, and only use B-roll for graphic design, like the header.

[@TheChiggerBug]

I like the idea that clearly successful photographers are watching Jared Polin along with me and trying to find ways to get better skills and better gear

[@HumidGamer]

Honestly pisses me off that videos like these don’t get more views. Information like this that can enhance your work and brand is so much more valuable than gear. Hopefully the masses will come around one day

[@EVMANVSGAS]

who the hell gives full info to see a photo gallery? I would close the page.

[@michaelmonti362]

Thank you for the feedback, Jared.

[@professionalidiot07]

i love these and the photo critiques

[@chiefdan209]

A little bummed that mine didn't make it since it's different from the others - it's not about trying to sell my services, it's about photos and stories. But so far there's some really good feedback.

[@froknowsphoto]

remember I got 2000 of these, I haven't seen them all and it's not like I looked at 2000 sites and was like....this one, this one, not this one, that one.

[@chiefdan209]

@@froknowsphoto Maybe I'll get lucky the next time around when my website has more stories. It's just launched in August anyway, so there's not a lot to it.

[@irutgers]

I love these sessions!!

[@thommysides4616]

I fully understood Patches "Publications" but "Tear Sheets?" Your average Joe is not gonna get the Jive Jared!!!!

[@LiveMusicVideos]

Great video Jared, hope to get selected the next time

[@phynx2006]

Travelled through Europe wearing a purple "I Shoot Raw" T-Shirt - Now there's an adventure 👍👍😎 Why do the fonts look so small i feel the font should be larger, especially on the home page. Black boxes with grey font, are you joking 😱

[@CaptnCameron]

Didn’t make it lol. Good feedback, still helpful to me.

[@alpha-xdr]

I design and build websites for a living, and seeing all these just made me feel like the art is there, but the execution is lacking.

[@FACTUALITY-1]

We didnt have websites in th 90's?

[@froknowsphoto]

nothing good

[@martharetallick1150]

@@froknowsphoto What? You didn't like Creating Killer Websites?

[@69mrwolf69]

Why is it when I make sites to try and sell they make the thumbnail smaller than the actual photo making it ugly?

[@ATGfanclub]

What should be used instead of “investment” in regards to the clients cost?

[@TheChiggerBug]

Day 3 of asking Jared Polin to review the RF 24-240 lens

[@MartinV.]

Great Video!!!

[@dtgenty1]

The amount of typos on some of these sites is appalling. I highly recommend some of you to reach out to an editor to proof your work.

[@anthonyscoggins8834]

I didn’t see the link to the darkroom description. I don’t need it but what happened to the link?

[@davidrichter4989]

Yes, yes, yes. If you have a domain, use your domain as your email address. Promote your business instead of Gmail or some other vendor.

[@TrekCZ]

Why photographers write about themselves in 3rd person, seems like a thing.

[@mannymakesmusic891]

My website isn't completed yet but it's out there

[@ColinGallagher]

I think Brett massacred his website after this..

[@S0umin]

38:47 I'm a big fan of strong women. So that is what I would like to see. 🤣

[@shakked95]

Fff

[@anthonyc1883]

Deeeee Hussssstler!

[@zmo190]

Every Photographer Website looks crap 💩

[@CatTerrist]

No actually, we dont need to talk about them at all

[@toryistatertot5394]

I see you are not only pushing squarespace but also trying to help photographers advance their careers. I found the video interesting despite the length. If you do get boudoir photos of you done please make a behind the scene video for the rest of us. ;)

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

45 minutes to critique websites? No thank you. really? lets go out and take photos. there is no shame to hire someone to spend the time to do the website while we focus on our key advantage, art=photos. what is next? lets critique photographers kitchens?

[@AaronJamesKeyes]

Did KZbin force you to watch it?

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

@@AaronJamesKeyes sadly, youtube does not let me filter "nonsense" videos from my playlist.

[@AaronJamesKeyes]

@@DanielRodriguez-fg5llright, but you’re not forced to watch it. Just don’t watch it. Easy.

[@MegiddoTheImmaculate]

The title gives a lot away. Are you auto playing videos?

[@toryistatertot5394]

actually I'd love to see photographers kitchens/houses. They'll either be totally trashed or have pretty good design.

[@monkeewrench222]

unpopular opinion: i would much prefer Jared critiquing photos and getting into the aperture setting and coaching the person rather than critiquing the design and function of a website because he has no legit credentials in web design or ux design and functionality

[@kylegoodman5196]

Most of these websites are designed with places like Squarespace, Adobe Portfolio, etc. He doesn't need to know web design or UX design to critique those. Very few photographers have experience in the kind of web and ux design skills to design a modern website from scratch.

[@MegiddoTheImmaculate]

Good thing those videos already exist.