New Website now Online

My new website is now up ad running at www.ElizabethCarmel.com. I was pleased with the process at Livebooks and feel that this website is an improvement on my previous one, which was made with iweb and was incompatible with some browsers. I welcome any comments or feedback either via email or via the blog comments. The main improvements are: more detailed online pricing customized for each image, larger image displays, downloadable pdfs of the portfolios, online print ordering, and a more professional / well designed look. We will also be using livebooks for my husband Olof's website update - his current iweb based site is at www.Carmelstudios.com.

We went to the Seahawks game in Seattle yesterday - thanks to my brother in law we were able to get on the sidelines - here is a shot of me shooting side by side with the Sports Illustrated guys (I am using my iphone for pictures, no big cameras allowed on the sidelines without a press pass). I hope to snag a press pass for the next time I go to a game, then I can bring the H3d with the 300 mm zoom and the Canon 5D and the 400 mm zoom.

Comments

[BishopB]

Elizabeth --

Thanks for the e-mail indicating that you new website was up and running. As an admirer of your work, I must admit that there were a few times when viewing an image that I just had to believe it was better as a print (please...no offense!). Now I know better what your images are conveying to the viewer as your new website really presents your work as I am sure your prints present your work...Beautifully!!

Looking forward to more...best regards -- Bishop

[Frog]

Awesome. Your new web site looks great, and congratulations on all of your recent publicity.

Also, regarding the Seahawks sideline: with all due respect, I think it's a bad idea. Working photojournalists are having an increasingly difficult time in getting credentials themselves due to the crackdown on the volume of people already on the sidelines coupled with the "pay to play" mentality of the league. I support those photographers who say that only media with assignments should be on the sidelines. It's bad enough that the league has virtually shut out local, small newspapers in favor of the wires and pay-to-play fans. More on this morass of issues here:
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2007/10/speculative-photography-credentialing.html

[Mark]

Elizabeth - your site is simply stunning and your work is quite inspirational. I am normally not a fan of fancy flash-based sites, but yours is quite elegant and easy to use. Very well done. I must admit I felt a little like a drunken sailor trying to over over the thumbnails. The link to the photoblog also wants to come up as a popup - so some people's browsers might block that. It is a wonderful showcase of your work.

[Kevin Hughes]

The new site in a huge improvement over your last one, which I found on hasselblad's site. I always thought your beautiful photographs deserved a top presentation. I'll be checking your photo blog frequently.