Two watermarks for feedback on

mercphoto

Hey guys. I'm trying to decide between two different watermarks. These will be for client photos that I fully expect them to post to forums or emails hosted on my Smugmug account. The idea is to have a watermark on the bottom that clearly states who I am and how to find me without being a nuisance; one that people won't mind is there and will be more than willing to help advertise my service.

Thoughts?

This, which is possibly a bit verbose, but possibly more polite, and the one I prefer:


Or this, which is more traditional:

Blaker

mercphoto wrote:

Hey guys. I'm trying to decide between two different watermarks. These will be for client photos that I fully expect them to post to forums or emails hosted on my Smugmug account. The idea is to have a watermark on the bottom that clearly states who I am and how to find me without being a nuisance; one that people won't mind is there and will be more than willing to help advertise my service.

Thoughts?

This, which is possibly a bit verbose, but possibly more polite, and the one I prefer:


Or this, which is more traditional:

I like the first one , too. It piques my interest and makes me want to check out the website, and makes me think hmmm, maybe he can supply me with photos, too!

I guess you could do a trial run with both of them and see which one gets you more hits?

CWSkopec

mercphoto wrote:

Hey guys. I'm trying to decide between two different watermarks. These will be for client photos that I fully expect them to post to forums or emails hosted on my Smugmug account. The idea is to have a watermark on the bottom that clearly states who I am and how to find me without being a nuisance; one that people won't mind is there and will be more than willing to help advertise my service.

Thoughts?

This, which is possibly a bit verbose, but possibly more polite, and the one I prefer:


Or this, which is more traditional:

Bill,
I think your text is too small for the drop shadow effect you're using. It's incredibly distracting and hard to head in some spots. Consider getting rid of the drop shadow and using either black or white depending on what shows up best against the image.
I personally prefer the second option, as there's less text to draw attention away from the image itself.

mercphoto

How's this?



Come to think of it, white might be better for most circumstances: