Raimond Zoeter Fotografie
A fast, accessible portfolio website with a CMS for an experienced photographer, designed and built from intake to launch through my own studio, bydr.studio.
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The photographer’s old website was made with a standard Strato site builder. It was outdated, slow and not accessible. The brief: a modern, fast portfolio site with a custom cursor, smooth animations and a mobile layout that’s right down to the details.
My role
As an independent web designer and frontend developer, I handled the entire process: from the first briefing and the quote to building, accessibility and launch.
Design & development
In an extensive intake, I mapped out the client’s wishes together with them: colours, animations and how the site behaves on different screens.
I then made a five-step plan and an hours estimate, based on the Development Lifecycle.
While building, my focus was on loading large photos and heavy fonts quickly and accessibly. For a photographer the images are everything, but they mustn’t slow the site down.
The result
A fast, cleanly designed website on the client’s own domain. The site pulls its content from a headless WordPress with Advanced Custom Fields as a CMS, so he can easily add new projects and campaigns to his portfolio himself.
What I learned
This project showed me how important clear agreements and good communication with a client are. As a solo developer, I also learned to deliver a complete project on my own, from the first sketch to hosting it on a server.