Thanks Tim and Alan, they both look like possible solutions.
I'm spoilt for choice now!!

Thanks Don, iWeb looks good and i have a Mac, but I want a bit more automation as I'm quite lazy

And thanks Stefan, those look quite interesting as well as various other tools on the Photographers Toolbox website. They seem to be similar to what I am using but with a bit more customisation.

Thanks for the suggestion Dan, I was wondering if anybody was going to reply, I suppose not many people on here generate websites.

I only do this for fun so wouldn't really want to spend any money on a website - I'd rather spend it on models

Thanks for the comments on my website and images. Until earlier today the gallery thumbnails were quite small, but I found that by editing one of the XML files I could get a bigger thumbnail which has helped. Also for some reason the menu bar is in the centre on every page, except the gallery pages where it's on the right!! I'll have another dig into the XML files as they seem to drive everything. Also the galleries are in alphabetic order, not the order I uploaded them. All minor things really which I suppose other people don't notice.

You have a great website, but as a pro it has to be your shop window so you need to spend money on it and get it right. You have some great images on your website, and I especially like Sun Explosion in your PPG gallery.

Well I'll carry on tweaking and see how it goes.

Lasy July I decided I wanted a website and a blog, and so one Sunday afternoon I produced both of these.

For the website I wanted one that was easy to create new galleries, so I used the website generator Pages from TheTurningGate, and I use this with one of the Lightroom gallery generators. So now when I select bunch of images and do a Web export the gallery gets generated, uploaded, and through the magic of PHP it even generates the thuumbnail and link on the Gallery Index page of my website, simples!!
Even though it's that easy I still have hardly any galleries on my website, but that's my problem

Now my website is pretty plain and simple, and I would like to upgrade it to something a bit snazzier, but still with the 'one button' simplicity of generating new galleries from Lightroom.

Advice and suggestions most welcome.

Thank you James.

As for the skin people who have not seen the original think I used some form of make-up, but in fact I used the good old Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, taking down that saturation of the red, yellows and magentas until I got the skin tone I liked. I was trying to make her look like a bit like a statue.

Thanks everyone. I have won things before but this one was a bit special because of the photographers who judged it.

The image actually needed quite a bit of work on it, as it was taken in the models flat with a single Jessops Portaflash light - who needs expensive studio equipment
Is also shows that you can make a silk purse out of a sows ear, or however the phrase goes!!!

Here is the original:



And the final version again:

Thanks everyone.

Just to mention that The London Salon images may be not everyone's cup of tea, to say the least, as they are generally looking for images that are a bit different from normal.

You can see the more normal' images I enter in competitions Here NSFW

I'm not usually one for blowing my own trumpet, but on this occasion please excuse me if I do.

Just under a year ago I posted an image up on the Your Photos forum, and got some very useful advice from a number of people.

The final image as a print has been very successful for me, winning quite a few awards and lots of acceptances in competitions in the UK and abroad.

Well I recently heard of another success, getting a medal in the prestigious London Salon - see my Blog Entry.

The salon exhibition will be displayed in London and then in Birmingham in August, and I would recommend it to anybody who wants to see some good pictorial photographs.

Many thanks to all the people who contributed advice on improving the image.

With regards to IQ I have no problem whatsoever with Pentax cameras, and poor image quality is usually down to my technique

I have A2 images on the wall of my dining room taken on my Pentax K-7, and they are still amazingly sharp at that size. I imagine the quality will be even better from a K-5.

I think there are three main ways for anybody to improve their image quality. In rapidly increasing order of cost these are - improve their technique, get (and use!!) a tripod/monopod, buy better quality lenses.

Thanks all, I think a combination of all, plus maybe thinking about the SB red pattern printing a card with a pattern on it which the model could hold might be the way ahead.