279: Alex Vita - Designing a Photography Website

Building a photography website can be a complicated and time-consuming process and can end up costing you thousands upon thousands of dollars and countless hours of your precious time if you don't do it correctly. As such, it was great to host a conversation this week on the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with photography website design expert, Alex Vita. Alex helps photographers grow their photography business by helping them establish a stellar web presence. He has built over 200 websites for photographers from 25 countries. His clients are pro or semi-pro photographers selling licenses or photo-based products online (prints, calendars, books, workshops, photo tours, etc.). On this week's episode, we discuss: How Alex got into building websites for photographers, Why photographers should want their own website, What makes for a great photography website, The biggest changes that have impacted photography websites, File sizes and resolutions for photography websites, Tools for image compression, Common mistakes that photographers make on their websites, How to differentiate yourself as a photographer through your website, Tips on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), And a lot more! Other topics/links discussed on the podcast this week: Give SE Ranking (the best SEO tool) a try. Join me over on Nature Photographer's Network. Support the podcast on Patreon. Looking for the Website Comparison PDF I created? Here it is.  Here is who Alex recommended on the podcast this week: Ben Von Wong. Andrew Hellmich. Jeff Schultz. f you enjoyed our conversation this week, you can listen to our bonus episode over Patreon on where we discuss the question of whether or not to list your prices on your website for your goods and services. I love hearing from the podcast listeners! Reach out to me via Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter if you'd like to be on the podcast or if you have an idea of a topic we can talk about. We also have an Instagram page, a Facebook Page, and a Facebook Group - so don't be shy! Did you also know we have listener after-parties on Twitter Spaces? This is a great opportunity to interact with other listeners, guests, and the host (when I can) regarding your thoughts on the episode. We also have a searchable transcript of every episode! Thanks for stopping in, collaborating with us, and listening. See you next week. P.S. you can also support the podcast by purchasing items through our B+H affiliate link.