Nice portfolio site of photographer Michael Cook. Interesting way of navigating the pictures – you grab and slide, the next images comes in, click once to zoom in and again to zoom out, this provides an immersive viewing experience – that actually feels quite tactile. Nice animations on the menu and it is a breeze to use, some good photography also!
Created by Cru Digital.
Great photographer’s portfolio site, presented in a really nice way. You can drag and slide each row as if they were laying on a table in front of you, by clicking on an image you slide down and view in a larger format and by default the browser goes full screen, which is a nice touch. Really nice high res photography and intuitive interactivity make this site a joy to use, nice animation and great photography!
Made by HelloHello.
Photography portfolio site showcasing photographs in a 3D environment. Clean and simple interface allows the photographs to speak for themselves, drag and rotate to view the photos from different directions. I particularly like the way you rotate the camera to get different angles, it gives the site a lot of depth and allows you to see the images in a fun way.
Made by Kinetic Singapore.
Photography portfolio of Cristof Echard. Full of movement and a using a quasi 3d interface this website is a good example of a modern, slick portfolio. I like the way the images move around in 3d space and the many touches and high attention to detail, i.e. the tumbnails and the way images are loaded in. Nice!
Made by Creaktif.
Site promoting the Olympus MJU camera in Korea. Navigating via an intuitive 3d multi depth picture based menu, you can explore the sections of the site. A minimal look and feel emphasize the smooth transitions, it is just really nice to navigate to the various features of the camera and play around with your perspective – making it enjoyable to use – a nice, minimal and elegant website.
Very stylish portfolio site of photographer Nastasja Fourie, great work, great site. Divided by ‘work’ and ‘play’ sections to display a collection of photographs. Slightly pretentious intro, but once past that, there is a nice soundtrack and sound fx, a motion design feel to it, lots of nice effects and transitions – all stylish. Really like the amount of animation and attention to detail throughout the site – really provides a nice presentation to the work.
Created by Kris Cook.
Nice idea for Vidal Sassoon in Japan, a booth that takes 360 degree photos of people has been setup for a new promotion. This has resulted in a nice set of photographs which can be seen in this interactive gallery. Each photo can be enlarged and there are some nice results that provide a quirky slow motion experience. Would have been really cool to be able to rotate each picture!
Made by Imaginative Inc.
Photography portfolio of Joshua Sterns. Nice way of viewing & scrolling the images – in that the thumbs are displayed vertically, scrolling up and down by moving the mouse, it fits to screen size too. Also really nice way of filtering the images, i.e. portrait, etc – all the images shuffle around to display the criteria. Images can be clicked to view the full size – and are even deeplinked in the Flash. Very accomplished and well made photographers portfolio – nice!
Created by Zero Style.
Another nice photographer’s portfolio – Emmanuel Rouzic. I particularly like the main homepage, the loading of the thumbnails, & general design. Some nice touches – when in a particular section, when choosing to go ‘next’ a selection of thumbs appear. Deep linking, making of videos, and the clearing of the space (so you can just see the photo) all make a slick, professional folio.
Created by Pixeling Life.
Photographer’s website, using black as the concept – a whole host of transitions and effects are in full effect, revealing the content. There are some really nice touches in here, in particular the way text is revealed and images are transitioned – I really like the simplicity of the site. There is nothing over the top in terms of navigation and it remains easy to use.
Created by Artificial Duck.
Simple but effective photography website from Michael Didonna, beautiful photographs and minimal website showcasing them. I like the partial zoom transitions on rollovers and thoughtful layout.
Developed by Boom Design Group.
Amazing site – powered by Papervision 3D – again!! Promoting the new Canon EOS 400D camera.
Really lovely style of interaction – you pan around and explore 3 different scenes each with interlocking pictures which move around in a 3D environment. This has got to be my favourite example of Papervision so far, the execution is really accomplished.
Created by Mediacatalyst.
Winner of the Flashforward2007 Boston Film Festival in the Typography category – again it’s been around for a while. But it is really well executed, not just down to the typography – but also in terms of navigation and style. Using 3D esque parallax navigation it is a joy to use and at times jaw dropping. It remains simple and easy to use but also the animation and transitions are amazing.
Slick website promoting Honda’s new car ‘Elysion’ in Japan. Showing a series of photos taken every hour for 24 hours a day, all week, from the viewpoint of owning the car. It’s strength is the way it shows the photos – it is fun to navigate and use. The images zoom up to the full screen size, and I like the way they have restricted the user’s control of the size of the page, so they can’t resize the page once opened in fullscreen – always a bane for Flash designers!
Created by Simon Inc in Japan, make sure you view the ‘full screen’ mode.
