Just launched my new site and blog - Holga!

[Q.G.]

I am a firm believer that nothing should get in the way of the images, and I am afraid your website loads so slowly and there are problems with it, so I only looked at a couple images and I was done. Your website might be your baby but it is no one else's. Make it easy for others to use and more people will appreciate the work. I would have been happy to look at everything you have, but I won't wait for it and neither will others. In other words, kill the flash. If the steak is good, it doesn't need to be covered in ketchup.

I agree 100%.
Why, oh why, must everything be done using Flash? It only gets in the way.

Remember that people will want to see your images, not marvel at the 'magic' of a Flash presentation.
As it is, far too much time is wasted waiting for and watching Flash do its silly stuff.

As a result, i have seen perhaps three (if that much) of your images before moving away from your site. A pitty.

[olwick]

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

I understand the concern with Flash, in fact I talked about it in my first blog post. In testing (that's what I do for a living) it showed that it loaded very quickly in more than 98% of the test cases. I was comfortable with that. Having said that though, as soon as the tools for HTML5 become more available and mature, I'm sure I'll be migrating the site to that.

I do sincerely appreciate your thoughts on it.

Thanks again,

Mark

[Terry Breedlove]

Gorgeous images and even though flash is a pain in the neck in this case every thing loaded great and all in all it was a pleasure to view your site.

[Jeff Kubach]

Great shots!

Jeff

[SoonerBJJ]

Lovely site and loaded just fine for me!

[stavrosk]

Very beautiful photography!