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June 3rd, 2015

Featured Website of the Week – Karl Nielsen

Posted by liveBooks

Photographer and world traveler Karl Nielsen develops dynamic images that showcase his high energy and fearless approach to photography – and his website exhibits all those same qualities.

We are really excited to have him as our featured website this week – read on to find out more about his site and see more at: www.karlnielsenphotography.com.

Karl

Q: How would you describe the aesthetic of your website in three words?

KN: Personal, Eclectic, Rough and Tumble.

Karl 1

Q: How do you choose the photos that you display on your homepage?

KN: I struggle with this all the time, portfolio consultants always tell me I should focus my portfolio in one genre. But in all honesty I have a broad set of interests and I really feel passionate about most of the projects I take on, which is good because when I started my business in 2007/2008 the economy was horrible and I was desperate to find any kind of work as long as it paid money. So from the beginning I was delving into every subject and genre I could all at once. Luckily, all of my clients have stuck with me and each client has introduced me to more clients and through word-of-mouth my business has grown in all sorts of directions. Because the type of work I do is so diverse so is my portfolio, which makes it difficult to decide what to show in it.

I guess the simple rules I stick with are as follows:

1) Strongest work

2) Most recent work

3) The type of work I want to do more of

4) Consistent galleries within the portfolio.

After I follow the listed guidelines it’s a lot of trial and error, adding photos, removing photos, and moving photos around until the portfolio has a good feel. My website never really feels finished to me, just constantly evolving.

 

Karl 2

Q: How often do you update your website?

KN: Probably every 2-3 months or whenever I build a new body of work that I want to show off to the world. It’s a good feeling when you are working on a project and you know you shot something better than anything else in your portfolio.

Karl 3

Q: What is your favorite feature that liveBooks offers?

KN: The scaling features and the mobile-friendly version of the site. It’s nice to be able to pull up my website on my phone while I’m talking to someone.

Karl 4

Q: What’s one piece of advice you’d offer to someone designing their website?

KN: A great website does not happen overnight, keep working on it.

Karl 5

Follow Karl’s adventures and see more of his awesome photos on Instagram – @kidcalifornia.

Have a website you’ d like us to feature? Email us at social@livebooks.com.


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