fotoBU
project overview
fotobu is a website for a duo of wedding and family photographers. scope: site only, no logo or brand book. the core design challenge: when the product is photography, everything else has to get out of the way.
project type
web design
year
2025
my role
web designer
client
FotoBu
process
the starting point was the existing website. hard to navigate, visually inconsistent, and not doing its job for a photography-based business. the content was there, but the structure worked against it.
i started by choosing a template that could handle a visual-heavy layout, then built a rough version quickly, just enough to show a direction. checking in with the client early meant we weren't guessing. she approved the structure before any detail work began.
from there, everything came from her: her color palette, her photographs. the work was mostly about giving her existing material the right frame. organizing the galleries so they felt intentional, not just a dump of images. layout decisions were made around the photos, not the other way around.
the final site is live at fotobu.net . a clean, browsable portfolio that actually works for what it needs to do.
final product
