A professional sticks to what they know.

I was talking to someone today, and they definitely get this statement. I have talked to many others that do not understand this statement.

I have had people and companies that say that they want a website, and they have a digital camera and can provide the pictures. My response to them is generally "are these pictures taken by a professional?" Some of these people have a professional photographer in their family, and their answer is "yes" and if it is, great, we can make a professional looking website. Some of these people answer "no, but I have a digital camera" and to these people, I generally respond "no offense, but if you are not a professional photographer, I would suggest hiring one. There is no sense in having someone make a professional layout for your website and then putting in some pictures that you (as a non-professional) took. It will take away from the entire site. It will also look like you just went out and bought a template for your website and then plugged in your own snap shots." This is not to say that it will look bad, but it will be very apparent that you do not have a professional photographer taking the pictures for your professionally created website.

A true professional web developer sticks to developing websites. Some of these people are pretty good a photography, this is not a "jab" at those of you that do this, but, if you are really good at web design/development, there is a lot to keep up on just with that, and there is also a lot to keep up on with photography, I don't believe that any one person can keep up with both and do a super professional job with both of these.

Now if you are part of a company, and one person does the website development, and another does the photography, that's a different story! What I'm talking about is a "one person" company that does professional web development and professional photography. Although it's not impossible, it would be very difficult to be a professional at both.

So basically, if you stick to what you do best in your business, and sub contract the rest out, while you may not make as much money, this is going to have the very best results for your customers.

I know it sounds like I'm blasting some web designers/developers out there, but this is NOT the case. There are a few people out there that do a really professional job at both, but they are few and far between.