Recent content by jon.dc

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    Struggling With Start Up Costs

    If you are struggling with £800 to start up, what happens when you hit a problem requiring financial input, will you stay afloat. I have a customer who is now on hard times and the work has stopped from them but I have enough reserves to carry me over this period. These are other things you need...
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    Critique my site please!

    I like the clear images used and the white background, but as a potential buyer I feel there are to many clicks from selection to basket and getting to know the price. The navigation to products seems to fiddly also. As a dog owner I would first select the colour, then style before I think...
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    Taking product pictures

    Is not easy achieving a professional result and it does take a lot of time. If you decide to sub out the work, I do basic shots from £7.50 per item, on a white background. This includes resizing for the ideal resolution to suit your site. Or badger your suppliers to get the products...
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    Image Help and advice

    To achieve a pure white background ideal for websites depends on multiple things such as lighting, camera white balance settings and positioning. Each type of light emits a different colour cast, which is picked up by the cameras meter. Then theres the metering and zone system to consider!
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    Website, bought design got template

    They may have contacted others on here and should not be in business offering such crap.
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    New user trying to get up and running

    Thanks all for the valuable input. If any one needs specific images for their sites drop me a line and maybe we can cross promote. Regards Jon
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    New user trying to get up and running

    Hi all, I am trying to get a photography based business up and running. I have built and hosted a .co.uk web site called jdphotographics. I have asked friends and family to comment on it, but no feedback to date. I know it will take time to get established, but would appreciated any feedback...
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    Protx

    I use HSBC which give good deals if you are in the BSSA. HSBC give you a merchant account number and process the payments on their https server. It works out a lot cheaper then getting a merchant account from a bank and then paying for an additional cart integrator. The integration is not...
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    Who's where?

    New to the forum, just setting out on the long road of trying to get a business up and running. Based in Castle Donington - JD Photographics - Wedding Photography Reportage, Documentary or Classic style - Your wedding photographed in a style that suits you. Weddings covered in the...
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