Specialens – The Wedding Photographer Directory

4 thoughts on “Specialens – The Wedding Photographer Directory”

1. Hello. Ok for the first question:

   Visit https://www.specialens.com. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn on the site and eager to navigate through it? Why or why not?

   I think it’s an eye catching site. Nice color, nice layout. Yes I am drawn to it and want to look through it.
   The pictures are pretty and make you want to look.
   Use the search tools to apply your criteria. Was the process straightforward? Did you understand how the Price Range works. After selecting city, did you notice that there is an link for “more options”?
   Very straight forward. It took me a minute with the price range but then I figured out to slide the little diamonds left and right. Yes I saw the more options link and I got two options, local or available to travel.

   Is it clear that if you click on the photographer’s company name it will take you to their individual page?

   Yes I saw that if you click on their name or the picture you will get to their page and what they charge. I wish there was a way to get back to the home page by a home tab or link though. I had to keep clicking my browser back botton to get back from the photographers individual pages.

   Please share any additional feedback/comments you may have.

   Some of these photos are absolutely breathtaking. Vey nice site. There are some of the countries that have no photographers listed. I think this site just needs more content and navagation back to the homepage.

    

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    What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn on the site and eager to navigate through it? Why or why not? My first impression of what I saw was”Wow,Nice” I was immediately drawn to the site because of it’s clean and fresh layout. There was not so much information that you lost sight of why you were there.

   Use the search tools to apply your criteria. Was the process straightforward? Did you understand how the Price Range works. After selecting city, did you notice that there is an link for “more options”?
    Yes, the process was very straightfoward. I wanted a photographer in Liverpool, and a price range that was in the “average price range,” and was shown information for the minimum pricing, average pricing as well as their maximum price range.

   Is it clear that if you click on the photographer’s company name it will take you to their individual page?

   Yes, It was very clear if you clicked on the photgrapher’s company’s name it took me directly to the indivdual page with information containing their Portfolio
   , Video’s, Pricing, About Tab, and Contact information. 
    

3. Visit https://www.specialens.com. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn on the site and eager to navigate through it? Why or why not?
   Will when I first went to the site, I thought it look great! I see no thing that would make it hard for users to run the site. The site is pretty. I would give this site a A+!
    
   Use the search tools to apply your criteria. Was the process straightforward? Did you understand how the Price Range works. After selecting city, did you notice that there is an link for “more options”?
   
   Yes, That was easy. And The site looks really good. And they did a good job creating the site and designing the site also. I think this site will do all right. My opinion there should be no change what’s so ever.
    
    
   Is it clear that if you click on the photographer’s company name it will take you to their individual page?
   
   Yes, They have the website set up just right. I like it. I rate it a A+! I hope the site continues to turn out good. And hope for the best.
   
   
   
   

4. Visit https://www.specialens.com. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn on the site and eager to navigate through it? Why or why not?
   What I noticed right away was the site being laid out in almost solid white with the only color coming from the picture. This drew attention right to the picture, which is the point of the website — to get wedding pics. It was a nice contrast; the white of the site seeming to represent a bride’s dress color while the picture had a slight aged look to it, inferring a  lifetime of togetherness. Either I’m reading too much into it, or you have some clever people working on your site. The page is clean and crisp and takes you right to a gallery of products without having to click on anything. I’m not planning on getting married, so the product is not for me; my only curiosity would be in the talent level of the photographers.

   Use the search tools to apply your criteria. Was the process straightforward? Did you understand how the Price Range works. After selecting city, did you notice that there is an link for “more options”?
   I understood the price range, though it might be easier to put in a min/max bar for better clarity. I would have wanted a separate bar for each figure. (instead of a static max). It was a simple process, but I admit, I totally glossed over the More Options link until reading about it in the questionnaire. There’s no need for the link; just put the extra two options right in the main box. It’s not terribly intrusive.

   Is it clear that if you click on the photographer’s company name it will take you to their individual page?
   No. My first impression was that they would have an on-site profile with contact information or that I would have to go through you to contact them. Okay — I see what you mean by “individual page — yes, I thought I would be taken to a profile page like the one I pulled up.

   Please share any additional feedback/comments you may have.
   Fill your wedding articles area with a LOT more content. IF you’re going to have that area, it needs to be fleshed out, and able to keep interested parties on the site and thinking about wedding photos. Allow interaction, perhaps making the site a bit more social. Brides-to-be love to talk about the big day and a forum or ANY sort of involving and personalized content might get a small community going.
   When I see “specialens” in the copy, it looks awkward –  like something weird you would call your little ones. I think it should only be used in the logo, where the dual l’s are apparent. Otherwise, print it as “Special Lens” in the text. Just an opinion.
   Add a “recommend” button so satisfied clients can pass along a good review and build traffic for reputable photographers.
   Make a template page where people can plug in information on what kind of pictures they want. You could go all out and make it a planner type page they could come back to and refer to to track their wedding day progress. Another reason to keep people coming back. This page could be sent to a photographer so he/she has an idea of what the client wants.
   4 Simple Tips To Capture The Best Wedding Pictures”
   Don’t take this the wrong way — and it may just be a mock up — but the writing quality here is substandard and a bit awkward. Make sure to have an experiences ghostwriter/freelancer providing you with material unless you have a solid writer on staff. these articles reflect the professionalism of your site
   Good luck; I hope this helped.
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