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We have two types of users - photographers and photography clients. ShutterConnect aims to facilitate the interaction between these two general user groups. Below we highlight the characteristics of the two groups.

1. Photographer:
   1. Primary intent is to
      1. advertise his work
      2. check other photographer’s work
   2. Expectations
      1. High Availability
      2. Efficiency
      3. Professional looking website, appropriate for work environment
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   3. Characteristics
      1. Might be professional or amateur.
      2. Varying domain experience (portraits vs. wedding pictures)
      3. Varying ages and gender.
      4. English speaking.
      5. Basic (shopping) numeracy.
      6. High school level literacy.
      7. Website does not currently accommodate physical disabilities.
      8. Familiar with popular
      interfaces. Primary intent is to advertise and check other photographer’s work. Professional photographers are serious about this stuff, and expect good functionality. Amateur photographers are more leisurely in their approach. Domain experience is varied (portraits vs. wedding pictures). Builds into our UI because our search parameters rely a lot on the domain experience. Photographers will access the site from anywhere they wish. Because they might be accessing from the office, we want a professional looking website. Isolated users, and isolated photographers, not much communication
      1. web interfaces (facebook, twitter, yelp). Therefore can understand affordances of buttons, links, and concept of a profile and review.
2. Photography Service Seeker
   1. Varying ages and gender. English speaking. Basic (shopping) numeracy. High school level literacy. Not accommodating physical limitation (only super-humans allowed). Familiar with popular interfaces. They could be urgently looking for photography services, or curious about existing photography work. Could range from very specific requirements, to people who don’t know what they are looking for and just want a photographer. Their work environment does not matter for us. Multiple people planning the same event could be searching the list at the same time.

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