When I was a little boy I drew pictures, wrote stories, pretended to play music and wanted to be Darrin Stevens, the advertising executive husband of Samantha, star of the TV series, Bewitched. Several decades later I still make art, still write, actually play music and am still enamored of my own favorite witch. I’ve […]
Portfolios and Case Studies
It's not always what you see
Sometimes it's the story behind the design that's important
I've been lucky enough to work with some amazing clients who became amazing friends. I've watched them grow, shared in the ups and downs of life and in the process, I've learned better what the client needs, and what they're likely to benefit from.
These are just a few of those clients and the stories behind the projects.
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Photographers and Artists
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Bands and Musicians
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Premier Benefits: Letting California’s nature take its course with site redesign to break the usual mold
Knowing their target audience lets benefits/insurance broker step away from cliched industry graphic standard Website graphics for insurance and benefits brokers are nearly always the same – happy, healthy faces, multicultural and without any real appeal to anyone. Think about it for a second … does anyone look at generic stock photos of generic families […]
Creative Space Artist Management: Finding solutions on the fly for high end fashion artists
Flexible SmugMug solutions meets the needs of an uncompromising and ever changing field The number one demand of the fashion industry is that images look great, so SmugMug’s promise of “your images look better here” was all important. With out of the box mobile responsiveness, it’s a simple matter to find the right balance so the […]
Viktoria Haack: Wedding and portrait photographer, teacher and guide to the beauty of British Columbia
The evolution of a photographer’s website, from black to white, to a site that truly reflects the artist I’ve worked with Viktoria for several years now, through a couple of iterations of her site. It went from black to white and the images started to breathe. British by birth, Canada is her adopted home and with […]
A Gothic Curiosity Cabinet: Correcting a blogging mistake a million visitors too late, or why I’m my own worst client
Despite what momma told you, when it comes to blogging, it really is all about you I got a comment from a visitor a while back that really turned my head. She was complimenting me on making my blog anonymous, rather than focusing on myself. The site has been up for over five years now, […]
Phototheatre by Out of Order: Nobody ever worked so hard to make nightlife in London a party
Adding new SmugMug features to a London photo booth service which takes sets and costumes to an outrageous level SmugMug had upgraded their platform and required all their clients to switch over. Those with a lot of customization found themselves in a mind and reached out for help. One of those was Phototheatre, who wanted […]
A’na Satara: A healer reinforces her message with an integrated photography site that can stand on its own
Blending healing, light and photography into an integrated online presence with WordPress and SmugMug If memory serves me correct, the first project I did with A’na Satara was for Sacred Light Photography. That’s taken a backseat to her regular practice, becoming more of an extension to what she does. Fine art photographers have a tough […]
Faun Fables: Purveyors of avant garde folk carry on the troubadour tradition, family style
Helping a DIY recording artist make the leap from street teams and photocopied posters to the internet and social media Faun Fables didn’t come to me, I went after them. Some years ago I was warned about the dangers of sedentary living, a bit too late and found myself getting out in the woods for […]