Buzz Pictures
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Buzz PicturesSolution:
Internet / IntranetBuzz Pictures is an international picture agency specialising in images of extreme sports.
Their team of specialist photographers covers everything from surfing to bungee jumping, snowboarding to street luge.
Having spent several years seeing how it shouldn't be done they decided to put their money where their mouths are and created Buzz - an agency which combines the traditional values of high quality photography and flexible, personal service with the latest in new technology.
Using its proprietary Digital Asset Library software, Fifth Dimension developed the website for this picture agency specialising in extreme sports. Users can search for images via specific sports, keywords or the use of free-text searches.
The free-running gallery dynamically selects pictures from the site, giving users a sample of what the site has to offer. Users can register to the site and are automatically provided with a standard account allowing them to browse the images and order them online. Approved users can upgrade their accounts to allow them to download images directly from the site.
Fifth Dimension provided Buzz Pictures with the online tools to manage the site themselves, from updating images and descriptions to managing users’ profiles.
Site Redevelopment
A key objective of the site refresh was to showcase the wide ranging high-quality photographs that are available at Buzz Pictures. An example of this would be that as each page loads, a new header is displayed from a bank of images that have been integrated into the site design. The combination of the Buzz Pictures corporate branding and the rolling wave unifies the various header images used within the site. With the new build we wanted to steer away from the fixed montage of small images and instead concentrated on presenting larger individual images from the collection in superior detail; each scene demonstrates the quality and character of the images available to the user.
To ensure a smooth transition for existing users, much of the core site-functionality was preserved. Additional administrative features have been added with this release to improve the user experience and return improved search results.
The updated appearance of the site reflects a variety of visual elements from the extreme sports culture which in-turn provides a great context to display the Buzz Pictures portfolio.
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