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02/27/2009 01:59:22 AM · #1 |
Hey guys, after about 4 years I finally uploaded a new website at www.larus.is. It´s in Icelandic so most of you won´t understand it but it´s mostly about the pictures anyway. That site is mainly to promote my portrait/kids/wedding photography, standard portraiture stuff and I will be opening another, "sister" site, www.lallisig.is sometime during the weekend. There I will post stuff more in line for ad firms or other clients.
Not really asking for opinions or critique on the web, I really like the site like it is, I am mainly just plugging the site to get some traffic. The guy who designed it for me is a really cool guy, based in Iceland but of course is fluent in english like most of us here and if anybody likes the site they might want to contact him, considering the low currency value of the icelandic krona these days, you might just make a good deal if you want your own website.
www.mango.is is his site.
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02/27/2009 02:06:22 AM · #2 |
| the site is gorgeous ... congrats! |
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02/27/2009 02:17:02 AM · #3 |
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02/27/2009 02:17:03 AM · #4 |
| Excellent site Larus! Looks like a million bucks. I did know that the Icelandic language is the closest to the original old Norwegian. But I had no idea that I was going to be able to read it since it sounds very different when listening to someone speaking. I was able to understand almost everything in the "um mig" section. Cool! :) |
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02/27/2009 02:26:13 AM · #5 |
cool site larus. I know you don't want any feedback about the site but I have to say just one thing.
I understand Spanish, French, German, but this my friend looks like your cat walked across the keyboard
Ãg tek svo að sjálfsögðu að mér allskonar ljósmyndaverkefni eins og afmælisveislur, árshátÃðir, passamyndir, óléttumyndir og fleira, vinsamlegast hafið samband og ég geri ykkur tilboð. Einnig tek ég að mér verkefni hvar sem er á landinu og jafnvel utan þess og rukka sennilega minni ferðakostnað en þig grunar.
hahaha, the funny thing about this is you look at it and just read it like we read English where as we look at it and can't even begin to understand how pronounce it. |
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02/27/2009 02:29:47 AM · #6 |
| It's beautiful, and inspirational too. The images are gorgeous, of course, and I really like the web design as well. |
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02/27/2009 02:48:24 AM · #7 |
Lalli, hún er góð hjá þér, myndirnar eðall... skoðað þessa sÃðu à fyrra örugglega og þá einmitt vantaði hana upplyftingu.....
Since i had to comment on his site in our own language, here you have the....
English Version :
Lalli, The site is great, and the photos even better.... i looked into this domain last year, and i tought it needed a little make over...
Edit: On a second tought it might have been lallisig.is that i looked at for a year or two....
Message edited by author 2009-02-27 07:54:19.
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02/27/2009 04:27:49 AM · #8 |
Make an English version, too.
From what I see you have a smaller number, but excellent variety, of the work youâve done. After all Quality is better then Quantity, in most cases. Nice large photos, load a little slow. Remember .gif are the fastest in loading but canât be automatically resized as a .jpg file type, and may have less colorspace.
Good thing pictures speak in an international language, I only know English and Hungarian.I think Kr is for Kroner? I learned new Icelandic words from your website.
BRÃÃKAUP = BRIDAL/WEDDING, PORTRET = PORTRAIT, BÃRN = CHILDREN, VERÃSKRà = PRICELIST, UM MIG = ABOUT ME/MY BIO, Ãg heiti Lárus Sigurðarson og er 31 árs gamall ljósmyndari, búsettur à ReykjavÃk. = I am
Lárus Sigurðarson a 31 year old guy living in Reykjavik. â Translation by me, John Erdövégi
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02/27/2009 04:39:40 AM · #9 |
Well done, and your photography really makes it stand out, Lárus.
A couple of comments (since you said you weren't looking for any):
- Consider one larger (first or second tier) photo of a man in the portrait page to balance all the photos of women.
- I know you don't need an English version, but I'm curious to read the "UM MIG" section.
- Be sure to provide a link from your new site to the "sister site" when it is ready.
Cheers,
- Larry in NYC
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02/27/2009 06:34:02 AM · #10 |
Neeeh, considering 95% of the people who hire me for this type of photography are women, it is very intentional that there are only a handful of men on this site. Also .gif? You serious? No way, uglier gradients and color depths, this is a site based in Iceland and the only ones who have complained it´s slow are not on this Island, but thx for asking.
Not going to bother with english versions either, these sites are for the Icelandic market, if the odd foreigner wants to hire me for a job and loses interest because of it, so be it, I would hope they would just contact me anyway.
Thx for the translation John Erdövégi, you were close but it´s "My name is Lárus Sigurðarson, I am 31 years old and am a photographer living in ReykjavÃk."
Anyway will bump this thread when the other site comes online :)
Message edited by author 2009-02-27 11:41:06. |
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02/27/2009 06:54:05 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by TrollMan:
Excellent site Larus! Looks like a million bucks. I did know that the Icelandic language is the closest to the original old Norwegian. But I had no idea that I was going to be able to read it since it sounds very different when listening to someone speaking. I was able to understand almost everything in the "um mig" section. Cool! :) |
Yeah, I know what you mean, it´s too similar, more than what you would think. Of course I lived in Sweden and speak swedish fluently and also have spent a few months at Stavanger so norwegian is also no problem. Those bloody Finns though, they make no sense at all, sound like they are drunk all the time :) |
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02/27/2009 07:00:42 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by LalliSig:
Those bloody Finns though, they make no sense at all, sound like they are drunk all the time :) |
You might have a point there! Finnish is definitely not the easiest language to learn. Hyvää vikkonloppua! |
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02/27/2009 07:07:45 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Originally posted by LalliSig:
Those bloody Finns though, they make no sense at all, sound like they are drunk all the time :) |
You might have a point there! Finnish is definitely not the easiest language to learn. Hyvää vikkonloppua! |
Kitos! |
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02/27/2009 07:13:37 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by LalliSig:
sound like they are drunk all the time :) |
Aren't they? |
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02/27/2009 08:36:57 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by LalliSig:
Not going to bother with english versions either, these sites are for the Icelandic market, if the odd foreigner wants to hire me for a job and loses interest because of it, so be it, I would hope they would just contact me anyway. |
Nah, I didn't mean for business, I meant for the pleasure of your English-speaking DPC fans. :-) |
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03/01/2009 01:01:26 PM · #16 |
Ah very professional and easy to navigate. I can even understand some of the words :D
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03/01/2009 01:10:31 PM · #17 |
The clarity of your images is spectacular.
Lovely site - you inspire me. |
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03/03/2009 02:24:01 AM · #18 |
| Thx for the compliments, I promised to bump this thread when and last night www.lallisig.is went online, check it out :) |
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03/03/2009 04:45:25 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by LalliSig:
Thx for the compliments, I promised to bump this thread when and last night www.lallisig.is went online, check it out :) |
Very well done, and more beautiful photography.
I noticed that once I click on a link (FÃLK MATUR LANDSLAG ANNAÃ UM MIG), the color changes to match the background and afterwards is only visible on rollover. Is that intentional? |
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03/03/2009 05:00:35 AM · #20 |
Your 'Landslags' are so much different from ours... hehehe
seriously, great job mate beautiful photography
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03/03/2009 01:04:22 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Originally posted by LalliSig:
Thx for the compliments, I promised to bump this thread when and last night www.lallisig.is went online, check it out :) |
Very well done, and more beautiful photography.
I noticed that once I click on a link (FÃLK MATUR LANDSLAG ANNAÃ UM MIG), the color changes to match the background and afterwards is only visible on rollover. Is that intentional? |
Nope not intentional and doesn´t do that with me, you sure, anybody else see this? |
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03/03/2009 01:17:07 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by LalliSig:
Nope not intentional and doesn´t do that with me, you sure, anybody else see this? |
Not here either [in IE, FF or Safari(windoze) - all on Vista 64bit]... The splash screen has non of the categories selected as you would expect but once you pick one and it's fine and highlights the right category - go back to home they all are un-selected again. |
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03/06/2009 11:01:06 AM · #23 |
I wanted a new profile shot for www.lallisig.is so I had this taken of me and liked it so much that after 5 years I finally changed my profile picture here at DPC, used to be me sucking on my son´s pacifier.
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03/06/2009 11:24:56 AM · #24 |
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03/06/2009 11:46:27 AM · #25 |
| I can't read a word of your language, but your photography speaks universal. Outstanding.. |
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