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Bigger Picture Photography

B2B & B2C Services

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excellent website design and photography - all in one unbeatable package!

about us

DIAL-UP FRIENDLY WEBSITES

Broadband access in Ireland - the sad facts

According to a recent survey, If your business customers are based in Ireland, 92% will make use the internet and yet only 48% will have access to Broadband* This means that your website must cater for slow dialup access (or exclude the remaining 52% of potential customers). To keep your customers waiting around for long downloads is bad for business and sends out the wrong message (have you ever visited a Local Authority website? - you'll know what I mean).

So what's the solution?

In a nutshell, thoughtful design. To overcome the very real problem of slow web connections for Irish businesses, Bigger Picture designs bespoke, dialup-friendly websites which load quickly whilst retaining very high image quality - whatever your bandwidth. So don't exclude 52% of your potential Irish customers - contact Bigger Picture for no-frills, real-world web design with simply stunning image quality. See sample sites listed below and judge for yourself.

*source: Eurostat figures, quoted in the Irish Independent / Digital Ireland 27 April 2006

Tourism & Leisure:

Outdoor Fun leisure products - full range of quality imported leisure toys for this busy Co Carlow retailer & distributor. New branding and simplified navigation structure.

English Language Ireland - Carlow-based language school which brings willing learners together with excellent teachers for stays in scenic County Carlow. Web design and scenic photography for this ever-expanding enterprise.

www.carlowfloralfestival.com Annual county-wide guide to Floral Trail Festival in County Carlow, Ireland. client: Carlow Tourism. Web design and lots of my own photography to supplement stock material. Magazine-style design. "I am really pleased with the overall look and feel of the website. The AA route planner is a great idea..." Eileen O'Rourke, CEO, Carlow Tourism

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CASE STUDY

Top quality photography as part of the package

www.butlercourt.com - Kilkenny's highly-rated (by Trip Advisor members) city-centre B&B in a peaceful courtyard setting. Design, overall branding and all photography by Bigger Picture at Bigger Picture. Over 110,000 website page views since launching! Top rating by Google searches. Bucking the trend, the owners built extra accommodation in 2006 to cope with demand! See excellent live Trip Advisor guest reviews on the site which keep them consistently at the very top of the Kilkenny accommodation charts.

www.butlercourt.com

Sample websites:

www.garrisonwaterside.com - Co Carlow's leading riverside holiday centre for self-catering houses & Guesthouse with use of day boat plus new restaurant & bar. Design and all photography by Bigger Picture.

Threads of Green Fabrics - suppliers of materials for dressmakers and costumiers worldwide - photography for 600 plus fabric samples and abstract shots for the online shop. Kilkenny-based established business with an international reputation. The challenge here was to realistically depict reflective and metallic fabrics online for the web designers - something few fabric suppliers have attempted. Broadband advised for this database-driven site.

The importance of good images

All of us have seen the dreary product snaps, taken by the local press man on his (rainy) day off. What does that say to your customers? "I can't be bothered to put any effort into it just for you to look at"

As Advertising guru David Ogilvy once said: "The consumer is not an idiot - she is your wife".

Simple, isn't it?

I offer top quality photography, combined with simple and effective web design to get your message across. When you combine good images with straightforward design, people spend longer on your site and therefore increase your chances of sales.

In Ireland, word gets around like in no other place. This can work to your advantage.

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Remember - Bigger Picture WEBSITE PACKAGES - include professional photography!

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Uniquely, Bigger Picture web sites include top quality gold medal professional photography, so all you need bring is your own ideas.

To get a brochure-style website up and running costs less than you might imagine. Contact me for an estimate and see some examples below to get an idea of various styles available. Each design is unique to you.

Prices start from €900 plus third-party domain name and hosting costs, so you keep control of your hosting and name ownership.

We can also upgrade websites, subject to our workload! Please contact us for an estimate.

What you get:
Well-designed, dialup-friendly web pages with clear navigation.
Excellent professional photography included
Excellent graphics optimised for the web
Images optimised for the web
Alt text on images (for web search engines)
Links from my other websites for Search Engine Optimisation
Site Meter (so you can see who has visited, search terms, location etc)
Support and editing before launch
Advice on subsequent web marketing
Good value, professional service with fast turnround time
Optional updates, charged per hour or as annual maintenance contract
Jargon-free communications that even an adult can understand
Bespoke training on request for getting the best out of your new web presence

TIPS:

What you should do after the launch:

Include your new web address on all literature and as your email signature

Seek reciprocal and high quality links with other prominent websites (no freebies)

Issue a press release to local press or trade press if you have a good story. Offline publicity is great for your website

WE PRACTICE BEST PRACTICE:

You'll be relieved to know that we speak English, not jargon and, unlike some web companies, we won't take advantage of your techno-innocence by flogging you a raft of unnecessary add-ons. Do unto others...

About our Photographer:

Award-winning web designer since 1996, IPF Gold medallist photographer, Trained in London, Based in Co Kilkenny, Ireland since 2000. I now have and International client base for web and photography work.

My Mission Statement "I'm not running a Mission, but I do offer friendly, timely and knowledgable service, backed by real-world experience "

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Effective website design with top quality photography:

Studio work: contemporary, bespoke jewellery product shots for Emma Jane Jewellery client: www.EJJEWELLERY.com

(Emma Jane Champley has her own hallmark and an international following).

Mim Scala, author

Author Mim Scala's site - Mim's 1960s memoirs are peerless. He not only remembers the 60s, but he wrote it all down! - click here for the site and to buy Mim's hilarious and entertaining book.

www.cupidproductions.co.uk - Top of the range UK film makers who made 2 of the best films from the 60s and 70s: the Rolling Stones in Sympathy for the Devil, directed by Jean-Luc Godard and the cult car-chase movie, Vanishing Point. Everything from design and image preparation, Flash movies, sound effects, research and web promotion by Bigger Picture.

Carlow-based film set designer Jonathan Dickson also makes Trade Show Stands. Bigger Picture redesigned the website and helped boost search engine ratings. Click photo for website.

Read our Guide to improving your own photography

WEBSITE PACKAGES - including professional photography!

High Quality Photography for Brochure, Display, Website & Magazine use.

"one of your better decisions"

About our logo

The beautiful peregrine falcon is one of Nature's fastest flyers. From it's pitch above the earth it can see for miles. It is the peregrine's broad overview and supreme eye for detail which prompted Bigger Picture to choose the peregrine for it's own logo. You can share the vision with Bigger Picture web & photography packages.

photomontage by bigger picture photo & web

Photomontage for Garrison House holiday homes

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"A passion for quality "

"Our Creative Lead at Bigger Picture has built his international reputation for excellent photography by the simple method of taking and evaluating photographs, even in his spare time, since the '70s. You'll benefit from this passion when you commission Bigger Picture for your visuals".

Carlow Autumn Walking Festival - background photo by Bigger Picture

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Spring 2008 Update:

More sites are currently on the drawing board, including a major online overhaul for Signiatec - Ireland's leading supplier of Heritage Trail signage, equipment and literature.

In production - contextual photography for the Piano Gallery website & brochureware, image optimisation advice, Press Release compilation, etc...

Real World Examples:

RETOUCHING & ENHANCING PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHS

It is rarely possible to take a perfect shot on location, so I offer high quality retouching of images to enhance your brochures, displays or website. See Before and After example below:

digital photo manipulation - before

digital photo manipulation - after

Edits to this panoramic photograph (made up of 3 separate shots) included rebuilding the doorstep, removing a poster and recreating the yard area and shadows. I also adjusted the colour balance, perspective and levels. Client: Stoneworld / MB Homes, Killeshin. I also used this image for an animated Flash Banner on the client's homepage.

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Applications:

Contact me for striking, top-quality photomontage, suitable for brochureware, display, signage and web applications. I can use your source images or my own. They also work well on huge signboards and banners or even vehicle wraps for eye-catching visual impact to make your business or organisation stand out from the crowd. If you have product shots from the manufacturer, I can optimise them for your website.

Call me (or email me) for details.

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TESTIMONIAL

"I am really pleased with the overall look and feel of the website. The AA route planner is a great idea..." Eileen O'Rourke, CEO, Carlow Tourism

Lots of my own photography is used to supplement stock material for Carlow Tourism / Penhouse Design's stylish brochure. Also magazine-style design website which gives day-by-day Carlow Floral Festival guide, Carlow Gardens guide, County Guide and more. (click on graphic for website)

Contact Bigger Picture for peerless photomontage, suitable for brochureware, display, signage and web applications.

USING PHOTO COMPOSITES

Back in 1984, my Photography Degree show was based on making photo composites (or photomontage). I have specialised in this ever since.

In 2001, I won 2 gold medals from the Irish Photographic Federation for my photomontage work. Photo composites allow an image to convey much more than a simple record. What I like about them is the layers of meaning they can convey. The technique can equally be applied to a product range. The above banner image represents a brief history of Ireland, from the earliest religious and 'Big House' era to modern-day heritage trail symbols. All component photographs are from my stock photography collection and were taken over several years in many different locations in Ireland.

Bigger Picture's background in UK Corporate services, including digital imaging, means that you get the best that technology can offer backed by years of real-world experience. Bigger Picture is experienced in showing products at their best. Our carefully-made images are suitable for brochures, web use, magazine & newspaper advertisements, point of sale display and large format posters. Wherever your image counts, choose Bigger Picture.

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Image preparation and enhancement
~ the best in photography & web design is available now at the Bigger Picture, Ireland ~

Photography & Web design packages

Ballykealey Manor House Hotel - website makeover and photography for Carlow's No 1 hotel

High quality scenic shots for developers, hotels & tourism service providers - ex stock or by commission, are available from the Bigger Picture photography. Click photo to view a CAD visualisation, combined with commissioned photograph.

Magazine Feature

brochure photography: client: Carlow Tourism / Irish Garden magazine feature

client: Carlow Tourism / Irish Garden magazine feature

Photography for printed literature & online use

Photography for the Irish Tourism & Leisure market
(click poster to enlarge)

Waterways Ireland are responsible for the island of Ireland's navigable waterways. They chose Bigger Picture's photographs to illustrate their new brochure for 2006. Click here for larger image

Setptember 2007: Photography for Failte Ireland, Ducketts Grove Gardens restoration, by Bigger Picture Photo

September 2007: Failte Ireland / Carlow County Council: Ducketts Grove gardens restoration project, by Bigger Picture Photo

Recent Clients:

Clients for commercial work include A1 Visuals (CAD Visualisations & brochureware), Milltown Engineering, Carlow County Council, Vincent Tully Ltd, CNC Components, Kiddies Kingdom, Butler Court guest apartments, Carlow Tourism, Sail Training International, Dunmore Woodwork, Garrison Waterside Holiday Centre, Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, Waterways Ireland, Emma Jane Jewellery, author Mim Scala, Threads of Green Irish Dancewear, Kilkenny Irish Dance Costumes, Caroline Kennedy PR, Ballyhane Stud, Willie Mullins, Marsha Hunt, Mt Wolseley Hilton Hotel brochurware, StoneWorld, Tru Wood / Lyrath Estate Hotel, Cupid Productions (UK film makers), Bagenalstown Festivals Ltd, AB Publishing, Tasteworks Cookery School, Irish Garden Magazine, Hoseasons Holidays Ireland, AGK Parking & Display Solutions, English Language Ireland, Signiatec heritage signage & design services, OPW, Failte Ireland, Ballykealey Manor Hotel, Carlow Books, Carlow Accommodation, Garrison Restaurant, Poisson D'Or Restaurant, and many more...

Portrait of Head Chef at the Garrison Restaurant. Using Photoshop, I masked out and desaturated the background, which was a bit too distracting. Natural light, colour balanced to offset ambient light.

Portrait of Head Chef at the Garrison Restaurant. Using Photoshop, I masked out and desaturated the background, which was a bit too distracting. Natural light, colour balanced to offset ambient light.

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International Books & Magazines:

Bigger Picture's photographic images have been published in the following textbooks, magazines and periodicals:

Books:

American Ireland Fund Yearbook - American Ireland Fund
Digital Landscape Photography – John Clements / AVA
Digital PhotoFX magazine – EMAP issue 1 onwards
Digital Photography - Steve Bavister - Collins & Brown
Photography Ireland - Irish Photographic Federation Yearbook
Barrow Bridges and related aspects - John Duffy 2007

Magazines / Brochures:

The Field magazine, UK
Digital Photographer magazine US
What Digital Camera magazine UK
Amateur Photographer magazine UK
Practical Photography magazine UK
South East Business Magazine, Ireland
Carlow Tourism brochureware
ONAPress, Spain brochureware
Waterways Ireland brochureware
Inland Waterways Association magazine

Irish Newspapers:

Irish Times
Sunday Independent
Carlow Nationalist
Carlow People
Kilkenny People
Kilkenny Voice

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WHAT ARE "SCENICS FROM STOCK"?

Many brochure designs rely on stock photography - golf courses, happy American couples etc. When these images are supplemented (or preferably replaced with) high quality local scenic shots, a new authenticity and relevance is added. Bigger Picture supplies local scenic photography from stock or by commission, covering counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford or further afield by request. If your brochure is to reflect authentic local lifestyles then Bigger Picture has the shot you need.

TESTIMONIALS

"Many thanks for the photographs. They will certainly help make the Mount Wolseley Hilton brochure something special" Ken Thomson, designer, Hilton Hotel Group

"I am really pleased with the overall look and feel of the website. The AA route planner is a great idea..." Eileen O'Rourke, CEO, Carlow Tourism

A PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY At Bigger Pictue, we hate to see bad photography. Sadly we see too much of it. Bigger Picture's Chief Photographer has built his international reputation for excellent photography by the simple method of taking and evaluating photographs, even in his spare time, since the '70s. You'll benefit from this passion when you commission Bigger Picture for your visuals".

Sorry no Weddings - my nerves can't stand it!

info@biggerpictureweb.com

Dunmore Woodwork, Kilkenny

Dunmore Woodwork. A very successful company in need of an image makeover. They export traditional or modern style bars and nightclubs in a box! New logo, website design, image optimisation by Bigger Picture Web

See the Dunmore Woodwork Site here

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Other Commercial websites

AGK Displays offer parking and display solutions for car park developers and operators. Clients include LUAS Park n Ride and Dundrum Town Centre. Site design by Bigger Picture. Client-editable showcase for this booming business, based in Carlow.

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