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The Click-IT Story - From professional photographer to specialist web designer

Testimonials

"Just a line of thanks for your SEO work - it's absolutely amazing, people all over the country have been entering searches for me and my website comes up every time. A million thanks."
Joe Driver

"It's coming up to a week now the website has been live, and it's already paid for itself. I can't thank you enough for setting this site up for me. It really has made the business work. I have received nothing but praise for the website, how easy it is to navigate and the design is superb, it loads fast enough for people to find there pictures quickly and effortlessly. Bambu-Pix has only been trading for 3 weeks now and the web services you provide have made it so much easier."
Chris Fox

"When Yvonne was needing a website for her business to display her art I did quite a lot of looking about and comparing different offers and how they are structured in New Zealand, Aussie, USA and the UK. Now almost a year later, deciding it was time I got a website too I looked about again and I can honestly say that your £149 package and all that comes with it has to be the best I've found anywhere in the world! Even with the currency conversion into dollars it’s a really good deal. And I have been telling everyone I come across who might be looking for a website."
Des Pitfield

"I have been delighted with both the product and the service received since deciding to use click-it to design the website for our drama society. I'd recommend click-it to anyone - a superb product, at a very reasonable price."
Nevin Ward

"I would certainly recommend Click-IT. I'm a complete novice with web sites but I've done 4 now for my businesses using their facility and it's easy and instant once you get the hang of it! You can amend instantly, add anything at will, Pay Pal facility, you name it."
Jackie Oliver

"I have had two websites through Trevor. Each time the service was speedy, personal, and professional. Very cost effective and with extremely useful SEO advice included in the package. Overall Trevor has saved me £3,200 compared to the average cost of competitors."
Richard James Marketing

"Thank you again and excellent service, everything i wanted in response to one email :) I loaded my webpage and i was very pleased with the changes you made. Keeps it simple for me..."
Craig Crawford

"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the great service. I have especially appreciated your prompt replies and solutions to my requests. I enjoyed creating my website and found your system easy to understand and execute. Thanks Trevor for your commitment to service and your flexibility."
Yvonne de Mille

The Click-IT Story

Trevor Hirst started his working life as a photographer back in 1979 BD (before digital) specialising in fashion, fine-art and portraiture. He soon built a working relationship with many of the model agencies in Yorkshire who supplied him with models to photograph and train as part of their induction into the business.

Having an abundant supply of willing models to work with was a major advantage, allowing him the luxury to work on frequent creative projects, taking the girls to exotic locations in the Yorkshire Dales and beyond (as far away as Whitby). No expense, and cups of tea, was spared in his pursuit of the perfect picture.

Fine-Art black & white figure photography was his passion, aspiring to the likes of John Swannel, Robert Farber and Helmut Newton, who were (and still are) his idols. These influences can be seen in some of his early work taken on Olympus OM2 35mm cameras, many of which are still used in his demo galleries on this website.

Little Black Dress
Classic little black dress fashion shot

Caged Leopard
A tinted black & white shot taken on a fire escape in Leeds (a suitable location for the outfit), The fire escape was demolished soon afterwards.

Whitby Abbey
This was taken during high season when lots of tourists were around. Many of them were more interested in what we were doing than looking at the abbey.

Tall Colums
Taken at mid-day outside the county court in Leeds. This atracted quite a lot of attention while shooting.

After many years of making the rounds visiting clients with the traditional portfolio book, and with the advent of the internet for the masses, he soon realised that there was a better and cheaper way of getting his work seen by potential clients. He decided to publish his portfolio on the web.

The vast majority of websites at that time (early 80’s) were nothing more than on-line brochures using simple html pages, making it impossible to update without coding experience. Then came the onset of website programming languages such as PHP combined with web databases such as mySQL. This offered the perfect solution for creating ‘dynamic’ websites that could be updated instantly via an on-line page editor.

There was still no suitable solution for a website photo gallery other than creating pages and pages of thumbnails in html. The challenge was to make the galleries dynamic just like the web pages, so Trevor designed his own gallery solution in PHP and mySQL, and he soon had his own on-line photo gallery that he could easily update with new photos at any time. Now he could give potential clients his website address and let them view his photos on their own computer. Simples.

As a result of learning all about web languages and databases to build his own website, Trevor had inadvertently acquired a new and highly marketable skill that was in big demand. Businesses were soon knocking on his door wanting him to build a website for them, and in particular, build a bespoke database solution. His new career had taken over from photography.

The following years saw him rise through the ranks from web developer to senior developer and then development manager for different companies. Through this time he continued to expand and improve his own photo gallery system, and market it to other photographers. This eventually grew into a large customer base that allowed him to work full time providing the complete website solution for photographers that is demonstrated on this site.

Now, his time is spent providing a valuable service to other photographers, helping them establish a website exhibition of their work. He continues to practice photography mainly as a hobby, but is available for commissions if the price is right. He also regularly offers snippets of advice on Twitter.

When you buy the Click-IT website system, you are buying into 30 years of photographic experience and enthusiasm, and from a fellow photographer turned web developer who is always available to provide help and personal service, which is the hallmark of his business.