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

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.
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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.
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