Do you like commerical photography? If you do, this post is for you. I’ve collected 30 awesome Flash-based photography sites. Not only do they have stunning photos, but their Flash design is also amazing. Most of them are designed in full screen mode. So, get your coffee or tea ready and enjoy these beautiful high resolution photos.
Bergh
Timothy Hogan
Ciriljazbec
John Wright Photo
RW2 Studios
Werkstette
James Day Photo
Jeremy Cowart
Brook Pifer
David Lindsey Wade
Lyndon Wade
Manipulator
SasoKos
Filippa Smedhagen Sund
Miles Aldridge
Egofoto
Seo Hiroshi
Towndrow
FWA Photo
Steffen Jahn
Tom Nagy
Douglas Fisher
Shu Akashi
Joshua Stearns
Kurt Stallaert
Frieke
0-Style
Vilamajo
Javier Ferrer Vidal
Albrecht Gerlach
Jimmy Liew
This is awsome.
essenmitsosse
Photographers seem to have noticed, that their photos need a clear background to be presented, without any distraction from fancy design elements or textures. But than they noticed, that this would make their websites look boring. So the solution they found was to impress people with their fancy navigations. Stupidly this also distracts from their photos, especially in combination with long loading times.
Most of these websites impress you for about 10 seconds (the loadingtimes not calculated), after that you are just annoyed because you just want to look at the photos, but can’t because you have to figure out how the navigation works or have to wait for the next image to load (because it is as a precaution saved with a enormous resolution much bigger than your screen). And never try to send someone a link to a certain image. You will have to go through this whole “user-experience” again and again if you want to see a certain photo for a second time.
I understand, that photographers want to present their photos in full-screen and flash is the only reasonable way to do so. But what if I don’t want to go fullscreen? Years ago webdesigners learned not to open windows in new tabs, looks like they now have to learn, not to open websites in fullscreen.
But what I really don’t understand what the advantage of flash-based navigation is supposed to be, especially if it breaks just with every navigation habit known to mankind, making it as complicated and cumbersome as possible to get to see the content. And that’s what every website is all about, seeing the content.
I think a static html page (maybe with some Javascript) has a lot of advantages over a flash page. And even the few advantages of a flash page are often wasted or not used improbably, making it quit hard to understand why the viewer has to be punished for wanting to see the photos.
I really beg to all the photographers out there for not to captive their photos in a flash site and at least present me a static alternative page.
Björn
Heh. ‘Flash-based photography’, I thought this was going to be about strobes.
aSeed
Great selection of websites, these photographers are really awesome. What is the most imprise here? Websites or photographies?
aledesign.it
Nooo it’s incredible this post!There’s my preferite works!! Fantastic! A big emotion see this sites! Thanks a lot for the sharing!
Vim
This post is wicked, especially like the Shu Akashi flash website, love the fact that flash based websites is pure rich content!!
NightAngel
In effect, very beautiful high resolution photos. Thank you!
caroline
Flash does make it tough to avoid pretty for pretty’s sake. A lot of recent studies are showing that in general, the photo-buying public (at least within the wedding and portrait realm) are turned off by Flash sites.
And I think the navigation is a big part of that. Flash makes it easy to display beautiful photos in a beautifully designed space. But the effort needs to be made to make the navigation easy, intuitive, and pleasant to use. People’s attention spans are short – mine included! If I can’t figure out how to see the next photo or open a specific gallery, I’ll leave, no matter how amazing the photography is.
samBrown
great collection here, thanks for round it up. I’ve got an upcoming photographer portfolio site and you’ve saved me hours of research.
As for building photographer portfolios, Flash is absolutely the best way to go. No many other implementation can yield the same flexibility and security that Flash can.
As for long loading times, that isn’t the platform’s fault, its the fault of the dev who decided to put Mega Bit pics in the portfolio.
I certainly agree that the design shouldn’t outshine the content, but in the proper hands, Flash can augment the beauty of the work itself like nothing else.
Freeman
I’m not really a huge fan of some of these websites, sure the photography is beautiful but the Flash in many ways detracts as much as it adds.
Keith D
Stunning, stunning, stunning…
but when I enter a site and I see the “loading” caption, I move on to the next site.
That’s my problem with flash sites, the loading time, and of course the accessability.
Can the Google bot read flash sites?
Still a great source of layout inspiration.
Matt
I think Flash is an excellent tool for displaying photography. It provides you with preloading and bitmap scaling. Bitmap smoothing is essential if you want to larger images to display fullscreen across all browsers/resolutions.
But I do agree that I found it annoying to have to figure out the navigation on every site. For browsing photos, keyboard navigation is a must.
Chris Horner
Neat stuff!
Keith Morrell
nice sites, found the fact that some of them didn’t work properly with firefox on my mac. some of the navigation items seemed clunky, but some good ideas.
naran_ho
A really great collection, flash is undoubtedly one of the best
ways of working with high resolution photographs, inspiring
collection…
Cyprian Gwóźdź
This is awesome selection.
I should say AWESOM-O :-)
Photos are really cute, well balanced, just amazing.
But his flash is still to crazy, usability sucks.
I think css/html/javascript library are still the best choice for website technologies.
CSS Showcase @CSSMadness.com
Damn, those are very cool photos on the list.
Elizabeth K. Barone
I’ll have to come back later. You may want to label this as “possibly not safe for work.” :D
I’m not too keen on Flash websites because they destroy SEO and aren’t guaranteed to be user-friendly. They’re also difficult for second- and third-party designers to edit, especially if the designer is only just familiar with Flash and ActionScript. I think photographers should consider a clean CSS/HMTL website using a Lightbox or something similar to display their galleries.
It’s a real shame, because you can design really beautiful sites in Flash. But I think Flash should be strictly a supplement to a website, not the skeleton of one.
web design company
I thought David Lindsey Wade’s site was really cool. You can use your hands via webcam to move to the next picture.
Asrar
Nice photography. Personally I don’t like Flash sites, but it’s still good for inspiration. Thanks!
Sklep zoologiczny
Amazing websites, truly amazing even though I hate flash sites.
robb
beautiful pics.
i’ve never thought of flash this way before.
truly an inspiration.
Allan
One of my favorite flash-based website for photographer is http://www.milesaldridge.com/. It is simple and accessible.
Joe Wolfe
Looking at good photography websites makes me feel like such a photography novice! I need to buy a good DSLR camera and improve my skill set.
Alessandro
Javier Ferrer Vidal site is simply AMAZING!
francisa
amazing post ……… thanks!
geoffrey
Mad skills! So many styles…
Dave
Love the full screen for the photography, but so many of these sites are too slow and hard to navigate. I lose interest really quickly.
I like the drag and drop navigation on http://filippasmedhagensund.com/ because it’s so fast.
gooddell
great design i love it…………
tr1on
Most flash sites are a nightmare to navigate and the ones in this post I visited was no exeption.
baratas
Very good. Congratulations! Peace.
jay @ work at home
Absolutely beautiful pictures here. I love commercial photography brings out a unique lively look, thanks for sharing these.
Eko Subagio
Just stop by cause arnold, i don’t need to find in search engine to find these photography, thank you
zap
more -> http://clipdepelicula.com/category/cool-sites/
S&W
The Vidal site is hotness.
Although a simple scaled-down approach does let the photography really shine. Like this:
http://www.squarehead.ca
Miquel
Great post, nice photos! Another photography sites are krasyprirody.cz and fotografove.info (Czech republic).
Attitude Design | Graphic Design Portfolio
Some great photography sites listed. Really like how the Joshua Stearns site displays their work.
mike
Crazy List, thanks !
I really like this one too : http://www.lisacarletta.be/
Ben
Great post! I am deffinatley coming back for more.
haberler
very very nice shots
5ivedance
so cool flashsite there are!
yudz
feel very excited here, i am likes this kind of unique photography, very interesting
Daniel
Amazing work! They all look so perfect. I know how hard it is to photograph. Great job, I’m once again astonished by the perfection of commercial photography.
Bisnis Pulsa Termurah
Excellent Jobs. The Arnold has attracked me
Cookie Creative - Graphic Design Manchester
Fantastic, love it. :)
Erica Oliveira
One of my favorite commercial photographers with a great Flash website is David Foster of David Foster Photography. His site is http://www.davidfosterphotography.com. Take a look.
Sarah~
o.o I liked the one with the rain ^^~
CMYK
Nice Post
Thanksss for sharing!
Tampa Web Design
I know good art when i see it. This is great art! Thanks for masterpiece!
tatilkaynak.com
realy its great!
lombok island
wonderfull pict. can you make me one for my travel blog?
Dobert
yeah, i really enjoy flash based sites on my blackberry… :/
Sue
Some of these are not safe for work
nikon monarch 10x42 abt binoculars
great, great,great, that’s all I have to say
keici
I like the style in these photos. How to make it?
Banner Stands
I love the basketball website. Although, all the sites are very good. Thanks for the list!
given
Thanksss for sharing!
Steven
I’m not apposed to Flash at all, I’ve been using it since version 2. There seems to be however groups of people who use it for it’s own sake. Not every photography website needs to be in Flash, accompanied by the standard blaring music.
I think there’s a lot to be said for accessibility. Creatives need to understand that content is king, and the presentation of that content if the icing on the cake. Many times I’ve seen Flash used just to get a sliding animation between picture transitions. Is this type of use really warranted when it could be accomplished via java script and gracefully degraded if needed?
I’m not smashing wdw, you have a wonderful site. As a budding photographer and long time web developer I’m just a bit tired of every photography website being done in Flash.
Jon
Amazing photography! I especially enjoy the James Day site, just because there isn’t any clutter.
Does anyone think that photography with image manipulation (IE Frieke) shouldn’t be classified in the general term Photography? I get that they did shoot the pictures, but in reality, shouldn’t there be a different catagory for such art, like manipulated photography?
Anyways, great post!
Andy
Loved the first gallery. Style, colors, mood. And the website.
And I fully agree to Steven about overusing Flash. Some sites are pain in neck to navigate or read a text on 24″.
Anyway, great collection.
Cyrus
Great , 30 Flash-Based Photography Sites
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Singapore Web Design
Douglas Fisher photography site is awesome, love it!
TCW
Very Beautiful, Thanks for your post!
Tom Elliott
Fantastic sites, especially Timothy Hogan’s.. clean, simple and smooth and the photography does the talking.
Magaza com tr
thanks for sharing! very beautiful images.
Domain Coupons
Great list. Choosing the best example I would give a preference to Egofoto.
Washington DC Wedding Photographer
Wow great compilation, thank you for sharing, some worthy inspiration.
Kate
I liked towndrow.ca, I’m interested in people photo portraits myself. Will borrow some ideas and technique from him (well, for educational purposes of course) )
purplerain
ahhh the wonder of photoshop. great inspiration
xaby
Manipulator: Arnie still looks so cool!
john r crowther
Superb use of human time. Love the links.
John
Brion Hopkins
Sweet sites! What about a good html/css list?
Photographer London
Some really nice work on there. Thanks for sharing WDW :)
Jonathan
The Manipulator site is really nice :-)
rx1 zayıflama
Thanks for sharing WDW
Femi
HI all,
Please is there a way I can get to use any of these pictures on my project.I have visited the sites, but cant get to use the pictures. Ofcourse I will give full credit to the source.
Thanks all
Miles
Some of these designs are cool and all but Flash is a horrible technology to use unless you’ve enabled some kind of bookmark-able page system. Many times I’ve wanted to share a particular photo and not been able to because I can’t link to it. Horrible solution for user and client, especially when it’s not necessary, there’s very little you can’t do without Flash going on here.
Bean
I liked towndrow.ca
Anita
Fantastic…
thanks for sharing
izdelava spletnih strani
some excellent photos and links there, sasokos, pure art
Andrew
Absolutely fantastic work, truly works of art. Thank you for posting and sharing.
acai
Please is there a way I can get to use any of these pictures on my project.I have visited the sites, but cant get to use the pictures. Ofcourse I will give full credit to the source.
Website Design
I’m not really a fan of flash, but it’s always great to see a list of amazing flash websites.
Mike
Great sites! Thank you for sharing!
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JMC Website Design Blackpool
Those pics of the governator in his throne were ace! :D
Future Webs
Inspirational Sites, the photography’s pretty good aswell!
izdelava internet strani
CirilJazbec is my country man like his work
vincentdresses
喜欢你们的设计与技术，常来看看
derek
wow,谢谢分享，真的很棒。
ewitttas
its really looking creative work with flash based.
kank_ripay
mantep euy… ekekekekekekekeee
spletno oglasevanje
Cool images and photo gallery. Although flash is to much for my taste.
Web Design
motivational sites..thanks
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pete lukas
great photography, terrible flash sites with poor navigation…why???
Pariuri Sportive
I definitely have to agree, and was the first thing that came to mind. I am also a photographer and though big, bold pictures are great when you are already well known, and no longer need to build and explain why a client should choose you then filling a web site with larger photos is the way to go, however like you said these web sites are a small percentage that actually represent the overall picture of photographers.
I am competing with the studio down the road or the next town/city over – or who is listed in the yellow pages. Not photographers to the stars and National Geographic. There are some great ideas but no one is necessarily the right one for everyone. Each web site needs to represent the style and personality of that individual photographer – whatever type of photography it may be.
I.T MONTREAL
I personally enjoy photography; and I especially appreciate the flash based photographs. These sites really do have stunning photos; and since their in full screen, this makes it extra interesting. I especially found the photo entitled David Lindsey Wade very interesting. Since it is a full screen shot, you get to see more of the background; the walls coming apart; the image of the girl on the left; it sort of tells more of a story and give you a bigger glimpse into the whole scene and dialogue of the shot..
I like to see photos like this on websites; they are quite interesting and beautiful to look at. Flash based photography would definitely enforce a certain appeal onto a website. All the images are very rich in colour which creates a bigger meaning and impact.
Good job on collecting these 30 shots; they are really beautiful. As a web programming company; we also help design many websites and these are just great ideas of wide screen flash photos that would look great on a front page of a website.
Sebastian
If this is about photography sites, I want to see screenshots of the sites, not photos, that can be found on these sites.
Back Up Management
Amazingly stunning!
Matt Stevens
All images are really cool and looking great, thanks for this cool stuff.
Really great work
Anna Patrick
I already knew some of these websites, but I had also some nice surprises. The rw/2 studios has a friendly design, while their kids photos simply made my day!
benson
Hey I love your style I will subscribe for your feed please keep posting!
willsons
When you do article marketing, your intention is to increase the number of visitors to your website. It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices. I have look for such a article for a long time, thanks a lot.
Peter Niro
cagelight.com is also a very well designed website that uses flash
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Ben
hah, im appreciate your sharing.
Ronche
What do you mean full screen is different than full frame?
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thanks thats great website
Kayana Photography Bali
very cool themes… thank you so much for your sharing
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Thanks for all your interesting stuff.
Andezit Taşı
Nice sharing,thanks:))
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