And today I'm teaching you how to put together an online portfolio with WIX
One of the things I got asked the most from new photographers is:
"Luh, how can I show my work around if I'm just starting and have no money or don't want to spend it on marketing
Can't ask someone to create a website for me, what can I do?"
If you're new here, in this youtube channel I talk about photography for beginners, mobile photography
And some other photo tips to help you create better pictures.
And if you want to subscribe to, I have a second youtube channel, the link is on the box below this video.
Of course you need a good camera and a some gear,
but having a portfolio, or at least some social media account to show your work
it's vital to your success, because people can't find you if you don't show yourself!
But, as I told you before, if you're a beginner or are moving from rookie to pro,
Money to create a big website is a big no-no.
I've been a rookie photographer, been there, done that.
And now, how are you gonna create a portfolio
And put your work out there? And this is when WIX enters!
You can create your own website inside Wix, with everything you need
from blog pages to contact forms and galleries without spending anything
but still looking very professional!
You can get a very pro-looking website to show your best photos without spending anything
And get this: by yourself! You don't need anyone to rescue you on this.
Photographers are some of the people who use WIX the most,
Because they have a lot of templates that fits our work, easy to put together,
( a lot of us don't know anything about designing a website, do we?)
Our thing is basically photography, so there's a lot of templates to help us out.
I'm doing a tutorial with you guys now with everything inside WIX
So you can create your own space for free, looking very professional and without needing anyone to save you. :)
Well, the first thing to do is to create your WIX account, witch you can easily do with your Facebook or Google account to save some time.
After that you're in and the "create your website" button shows up. Easy, right?
The first thing you have to do is to pick a template, that is the "face" your site
You can find one to match you kind of photography, and looks just right for you.
But don't worry: if you get bored with it or change your mind, you can easily change that.
I'm going to pick a simple one for us to start,
So you can see how it works.
If you wanna take a look before picking, you can click on "see this template"
And the site is going to open on a preview mode
With model images and everything you can change, but you can have a pretty good idea of what your site is going to look like.
If you decide that's your template, you go to "edit this website", and the WIX editor will open up.
After it opens, on your left site you got your basic commands and menus for you to start.
I always start from the top down, so "background" is the first to go. You can change colors,
pick a image provided by WIX,
and of course, pick your own images.
I'll pick one here so you can see it.
After you save your background, as you can see here,
you can start to add things to your website,
You can click here in the "add" button and a zillion things show up for you
You can add titles just by dragging the box where you want to,
That's not the place? you can just delete it.
You can add individual images, after all, we're talking about a photography portfolio,
there's slideshows, if you feel they match the kind of work you do,
You can add action buttons, like "contact us", "buy", "find out more", to send your clients to other pages.
as you can see, very professional and with everything you can possibly need!
You can put in boxes with informations, just by dragging them anywhere,
and writing anything you need in them, put images inside it
basically, you can do whatever you want, wherever you feel like it.
Not only they end up looking very professional and well done, WIX is very easy to use,
You can also add banners with images and vídeos, of course, when they match the template you picked,
there's geometric items, vídeos ( witch I think are perfect if you wanna do a making-of for your clients)
That can be a very unique thing for your bussiness.
There's also music for you to add ( I really don't like it, but that's my thing)
Social media buttons, so your clients can find you on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest,
contact forms, a VERY IMPORTANT thing with a page on it's own,
you can create a page
organize the menu of your site,
find the "contact" page
and there it is the contact form, that is VERY, VERY important so people can find you.
don't ever create a website without contact foms, I'm begging you!
Returning to the home page,
I've picked a simple template so you guys can see all the simple changes
"so Luh, how can I put MY pictures up?"
You can click on "pictures" and then "change images".
and then you can delete pictures already there, clicking on the garbage icon and add another one.
I've picked a video cover,
so now you add to the gallery, change the order to one you like the most
you give the picture a name and some information about it
Then you click "OK" and it's done.
Remember that you can also move all your gallery at once, here, I think my gallery is too low,
so I can just drag the whole thing up to where I feel it looks better.
you can move or change basically 100% of WIX.
As I show you before, you can add all that stuff to your site
but you can also add a menu, lists and even a blog inside your portfolio!
you can create a blog easily inside
opening another page
you can just add a new page with one click
and create a blog where you can write to your clients and talk about your work.
I've added a "blog page" so you can see it, and the blog is ready, fast and easy.
I can now choose how my blog is going to look like
and just drag to it's place.
now you can organize it,
it very simple
you can see up on the right side that WIX is saving everyting I do,
so I don't lose anything
and then it's going to open your blog manager, where you can create your first post
it's great because you can have a portfolio and a blog at the same place, looking pro and simple for you to use.
Below, on the menu, we have WIXapp market,
where you can find add-ons to your site, some are even free!
There's space for comments, discussions places and even a chat room.
you can even find your apps by theme, so you can find fast what you want.
There's a second gallery, discussion tabs,
and everything else you might need.
After the market, you have the upload part, witch is where all YOUR stuff is.
Fonts, images, pictures, videos, it's all in this place.
This is where you can keep control of your own content and stuff you've uploaded.
If click on "image upload", you'll see that image we uploaded eary,
If I go to "image upload", i can put other images in here,
I can go to my desktop and find an image
And after your image is up, you can find in your media and use it anywhere on the site.
You can change names, see the picture and put where you want it, like your menu or gallery.
Like I just did before.
The last thing on the left side is WIX Bookings. What is that?
you can schedule payments,
mettings with your clients,
classes and mentoring, a lot of great stuff to create a very professional business.
you can manage your dates,
the dates your clients need,
you can even add other elements to bookings and all kinds of services
And with all this you can create something professional to run your photography bussiness.
And on the right side, we have another menu, a text one, like the ones we use on Microsoft Word or Pages.
You can change your text settings, like size.
Everytime you add a text part, like I've demonstrated before,
For example, we'll write "gallery".
Just so you can see it.
Here you can make changes in this "gallery" you wrote.
you can make it bigger,
make is smaller
bigger, smaller,
as long it is selected so you can change it,
bold, italic,
this right side it's all about text, but you need it to keep it organized and beautiful.
you can even add text to the header
and take it off.
copy, move, everything just like WORD.
Reminder: all the pages you create, like that blog one we did, go to the menu.
Please, don't forget to save your work!
you don't wanna lose anything and you don't have to do all at once.
You can also visualize your progress so you know what it looks like online,
All the images, the new name..
add the blog page,
the contact page we added early on
and then you can go back to the editor
And when you're ready, hit "publish"
And everyone will be able to see your work :)
As I told you before, nothing is permanent and you can change when you want.
Wix heps you create a professional portfolio
without spending money
and that's going to help you to show your work around.
That's it! Now you know how to create
with a little help from WIX
a fast, professional and free website
so you can put your pictures out there
and you can maybe find your first photography jobs.
Tell me if you're going to try, if you have started your own,
Don't forget to subscribe to the channel, hit "like"
Bye!
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