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Bigger Picture Photography
Business to Business Services
excellent website design and photography all in one unbeatable package!
about
us
WEBSITE PACKAGES - including professional photography!
Broadband
access in Ireland - the sad facts
DIAL-UP FRIENDLY WEBSITES
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 130,000 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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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?
We 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.
Bigger Picture WEBSITE PACKAGES - include professional photography!
Uniquely,
Bigger Picture web sites include top quality 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!
- 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
- Support and editing before launch
Advice on 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 links with other prominent websites (no freebies)
Issue a press release to local press, trade press and enterprise bodies
etc.
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.
About
us:
Award-winning web designers since 1996, Gold medallist photographer, Trained in London, Based in Co Kilkenny, Ireland since 2000. We have and International client base for web and photography work.
Our Mission Statement "We are not running a Mission, but do offer friendly and knowledgable service"
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Effective
website design with top quality photography:
Website & photography for leading building stone suppliers StoneWorld.ie - Co Carlow.
see
more below...
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
COMMERCIAL SITES
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.
2007 Update: More sites are currently on the drawing board, including Signiatec. Ireland's leading supplier of Heritage Trail equipment and literature, based in Castlehale, Co Kilkenny.
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"A passion for photography"
Sorry No Weddings!
... PRODUCT SHOTS FOR BROCHURE & WEB
Website design & cutout photography for leading building stone suppliers StoneWorld.ie - Co Carlow.
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Product Photography, Commercial & Industrial:
Product photography
An expert in Adobe Photoshop, the industry-standard photo editing software, James specialises in the computer-enhancements of images and has had many examples of his techniques published in books and magazines internationally.
For commercial photography, Ireland from Bigger Picture - please click here
Irish Photographic Federation gold medallist |
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High
Quality Photography for Brochure, Display, Website & Magazine use.
"one of your better decisions"
Carpet Options Kilkenny, carpets, flooring, furniture, timber flooring, laminate flooring
Manor Stone Quarries, Natural Stone, Building Stone, Paving, Laois, BUILDING STONE, Paving, Chippings, Pebble, Cills, Heads, Cobble, Stringcourse, Quoins, Plinth, Wall Caps, Steps, Pier Caps, Arches, Granite Column, Brick, Hearths, Cladding, Grout and Adhesive, Roof Slates, Garden Furniture and Water Features, Chimney Caps, Outdoor Lighting, Coloured Stone, Coloured Pebble
http://www.moongatesite.com/
Moongate, self-catering, South East Ireland. Website makeover and search engine optimisation for Google at this stunning & unique self-catering accommodation
Bigger Picture has built an 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 us for your visuals".
RETOUCHING PHOTOGRAPHS
It is rarely possible to take a perfect shot on location, so we offer high quality retouching of images to enhance your brochures, displays or website. See Before and After example below:
Photo enhancement - before & 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. We also used this image for an animated Flash Banner on the client's homepage.
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A
UNIQUE SERVICE IN IRELAND
Contact
us 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.
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Photography for printed literature & online use
Photography
for the Irish Tourism & Leisure market
(click poster to enlarge)
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client:
Carlow Tourism / Irish Garden magazine feature
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
When the Hilton Group decided to invest in the Mount
Wolseley Hotel, they chose Bigger Picture's scenic photographs
for their brochureware. Click here
for larger images.
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Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny.
Client Tru Wood, Co Monaghan (wooden panelling and joinery)
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Recent
Clients:
Clients
for commercial work include A1 Visuals (CAD Visualisations
& brochureware), Milltown Engineering, Carlow County
Council, Stapleton Engineering, 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, Caroline Kennedy PR, Ballyhane Stud, Willie
Mullins, Marsha Hunt, Mt Wolseley Hilton Hotel brochurware,
StoneWorld, Fancy Fungi, John Conway & Associates,
Tru Wood / Lyrath Estate Hotel, Interregional PR, Dennison
Trailers, Cupid Productions (UK film makers), Dunmore Woodwork,
Bagenalstown Festivals Ltd, AB Publishing, Tasteworks Cookery
School, Irish Garden Magazine, Hoseasons Holidays Ireland,
Failte Ireland, AGK Parking & Display Solutions, English Language Ireland,
Signiatec, heritage signage & design services, The Piano Gallery, Le Poisson D'Or restaurant, Leinster Stone Kilkenny. Innish View house B&B, Co Wexford, Sea Angling, Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford, P Tully & Sons timber mouldings, Co Carlow.
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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
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
House and Home Magazine, Ireland
Irish
Newspapers:
Irish
Times
Sunday Independent
Carlow Nationalist
Carlow People
Kilkenny People
Kilkenny Voice
Wexford Echo
WHAT
ARE "SCENICS FROM STOCK"?
Many
brochure designs rely on stock photography - golf courses,
happy couples etc. When these images are supplemented (or
replaced with) high quality local scenic shots, a new authenticity
is added. Bigger Picture supplies local scenic photography
from stock or by commission, covering counties Carlow, Kilkenny,
Wexford and Waterford. Contact James for full details. If
your brochure is to reflect local lifestyles then James
has the shot you need.
"Many
thanks for the photographs. They will certainly help make
the Mount Wolseley Hilton brochure something special"
Ken Thomson, designer Click
for Scenic photography for the Hilton Hotel Group,
Mt Wolseley, County Carlow, Ireland
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USING PHOTO COMPOSITES
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.
Our 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. We are 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
INTERNATIONAL
CLIENT BASE
Photomontage
for website - from client images. Client: Cupid Productions Ltd,
UK film-makers
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BEFORE
& AFTER
Image
preparation and enhancement
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the best in photography & web design is available now at the
Bigger Picture, Ireland ~
before
(unretouched)
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after
(enhanced)
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Image
preparation and enhancement
It
is rarely possible to take a perfect photograph on site,
so we offer image enhancements as standard. In the example
above, the plasterwork was "warmed up", the
windows were "fixed" and the sky was added in.
The vertical and horizontal perspective was then corrected.
Client:
Stoneworld. Granite Quoins & Cills, Application: brochure,
web and display, plus sample book prints. Photographs
© by James Burke ARPS at the Bigger Picture 2008.
Judge
for yourself - see the Stoneworld site for top quality
photography by Bigger Picture ARPS at the Bigger Picture:
www.stoneworld.ie
Photography for building development
High quality scenic shots for developers, hotels & tourism service providers - ex stock or by commission, are available from the bigger picture photography.
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