For a long time, I’ve wanted to build a portfolio website for my photography. This week I’ve finally taken the plunge and started to make it happen.
I now have a new website, Squonk Photography, and I’m gradually adding content, both photos and articles.
This blog will continue as it is, I have no plans to replace it with something on my new website. Indeed, my new website links back to this blog.
So why did I want a new website? It was primarily so that I could have a single place to point people to view my photos. It’s all very well to post them to this blog or the various social media sites, but the nature of those platforms means only the most recent photos are readily available to view. I now have control over what is shown and how.
I’m also building the site on a platform that will make it easy to add the ability to sell prints and other products if I want to do so in the future.
And so much has changed since I last did any web development twenty-plus years ago. For a start, the early data I have indicates that around 60% of my traffic comes from mobile phones. I have a lot to learn and I need to grow my familiarity and confidence in the platform I’m using.