It can be difficult to know where to start when one is just beginning any sort of endeavor, and photography can at times feel overwhelming. If one wants to start attracting possible clients, and or models then one must have a storefront of sorts to advertise and promote their business. This shows to potential business opportunities what type of work you do, the quality of work and you are serious about your work.
Having a website can serve another tangential purpose. The website can serve in lieu of of a physical studio. Especially for people starting out the expense of camera equipment alone can be financially straining, let alone paying for a studio and all of the accessories that go along with it, such as: lighting, softboxes, hot shoes. This all can easily cost just as much as a camera and good lenses or more! So, having a website can act as a store front, and one can advertise that they photograph on location.
A good website can be as complicated or as simple as one would like to make it. The goal is to demonstrate your work. One thing to consider while starting out is whether to build your own website or to use one made for you. The thing that made me choose a premade one is that I don't have the expertise in security that I would need to build my own. I would want a website to reasonably protect my images (and while I know that one cannot fully protect their images online, I like some reasonable protection) and one that can handle orders securely.
To see an example of my website and the photo hosting service I used, smugmug, please visit: www.nocojoe.com.
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