Web Design & Branding · Goleta & Santa Barbara
Your website and your brand photos, made together.
Most businesses get a website from one person, photos from another and a look from a third, and it shows. I handle all of it. I design and build your custom website, put together your brand guide, and shoot the photos that go on it, so everything looks like it belongs to you.
I'm a Goleta photographer who also builds websites, so I make the site for businesses in Santa Barbara, Goleta and along the Central Coast the way I'd make a photo: by looking closely at what you do. Your words, your colors and your pictures come out of the same conversation, so a customer who finds you on Google sees one clear business, not a pile of parts.
I take on a small number of projects a month, starting at fifteen hundred dollars.
Sample concept. Not a real business. Concept images are illustrative examples only.
What you get
- A custom site of 3 to 5 pages: designed for your business, not picked from a template.
- A brand guide, included with every website. Your colors, fonts, voice and photo style, written down in one short guide, so your site, your photos, your social posts and your printed pieces all look like the same business. A logo can be made too, and it's quoted with your project.
- A brand photo session at your place of work.
- Clear text, fast loading, easy to read on a phone.
- A way for customers to reach you: call, text, or a short inquiry form.
Why custom matters
- Customers find you on Google, and a page that loads fast and says exactly what you do and where makes them call.
- Your hours, services, prices and photos in one place that you control.
- A site that matches your photos, colors and voice, so people recognize you everywhere.
Why one person for both
A website and photos made for each other.
- The photos are shot for the site: framed with space for headlines, in the right shapes for the homepage, services and phone screens.
- Your photos and your page are planned together, so the pictures show off the page and the page shows off the pictures.
- One conversation, one schedule, one look from your first photo to your last page.
- Your brand guide comes first. It sets your colors, fonts and voice, and then the photos and the site follow it.
- Because it's written down, your next flyer, menu, social post or sign can match the site without starting over.
Sample work
Kelpline Builders
Remodeler
Project photos, service area and a short estimate form on one phone-friendly site.
- A project gallery shot to show the quality of the finish
- A service-area map from Goleta to Montecito
- An estimate form that asks the right questions, with a spot for license and insurance details
Includes a brand guide. Sample logo shown as an example of what can be made.
Tidepool Hair + Massage
Hair and massage
Services, prices and online booking in one calm, easy-to-update page.
- Team portraits that show who you'll meet
- A booking button on every page
- A price list the owner can update without a developer
Includes a brand guide. Sample logo shown as an example of what can be made.
Arroyo Fuego Kitchen
Taco truck and caterer
Menu, this week's locations and a catering form, one tap from a phone.
- Food and event photography that makes people hungry
- A weekly location schedule that is simple to change
- A catering inquiry form that collects date, headcount and place
Includes a brand guide. Sample logo shown as an example of what can be made.
Process
- Tell me about your business.
- I plan your website and put together your brand guide.
- We shoot your brand photos for the site.
- I build the site and show you.
- You approve it and it goes live.
Questions
Who is this for?
Local businesses on the Central Coast that want one clear, good-looking place online: builders and trades, salons and wellness, restaurants and food trucks, shops and service businesses. If customers look you up before they call, this is for you.
What does it cost?
Each project is quoted, since every business is different. Ask for a quote and I'll reply within 24 hours, often much sooner.
Is my website built from a template?
No. Every site is designed and built for your business: your words, your photos, your colors. Nothing is dropped into a ready-made layout, so it won't look like the business down the street.
Do I need photos first?
No. I'll shoot brand photos as part of the project, or build your website around photos you already have.
What's in the brand guide?
A short guide to your colors, fonts, voice and photo style, with examples of how they look on your website, in print and on social. It's included with every website build. A logo isn't part of the guide automatically, but one can be made and it's quoted with your project.
What do you need from me?
A conversation about your business, what you do, who you serve and what you want customers to do next. Then your hours, services, and any photos or logos you already have. I'll ask for the rest as we go and write the clear text with you.
How long does it take?
It depends on the size of the site and when we can shoot your photos. When you ask for a quote, I'll include a schedule, so you know the dates before you decide.
Why hire a photographer to build my website?
Because the pictures do most of the talking on a small-business site, and they're usually the weakest part. When the same person shoots the photos and builds the pages, each photo is framed for the spot it will sit in, and the page is laid out around the photos instead of squeezing them in afterward.
Will my site show up on Google?
I build every site so Google can read it: plain text, clear page titles, fast loading on phones, and your business name, services and area stated the way people search for them. No one can promise a ranking, but a clean, honest site gives you a real chance to be found.
Can I update the site myself later?
Tell me how hands-on you want to be, and we'll plan for it from the start. Some businesses want to change their own hours and prices, and some would rather ask me. The plan we agree on in writing says which.
Can customers book, see a menu or send an inquiry?
Yes. A site can have a call or text button, a short inquiry form, an online booking link, a menu, a price list or a photo gallery, whatever your customers look for first. We pick what fits your business in the plan.
Are the sample websites and photos real?
No. The three samples are made-up businesses, shown so you can see the kind of work you'd get, and each has a sample brand guide you can open. Concept images in the samples are illustrative. On your own site, the photos come from your project shoot or from photos you already have, with an AI-generated image added only where a real photo isn't possible.
How do I get started?
Ask for a quote and tell me a few lines about your business and what you want your website to do. I'll reply within 24 hours, often much sooner. I take on a small number of website projects each month, so each one gets my full attention.