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Photographer Dorit Thies specializes in beauty, fashion, and lifestyle photography. She creates powerful imagery ranging from international magazine covers to compelling photos captured in exotic destinations all around the world. Her website reflects glamour and elicits intrigue from the moment you land on the homepage – we just had to feature her this week!

Read on to see what she has to say about her site, and check out the full thing at www.doritthies.com.

 

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

DT: Clean, Intriguing, and quick easy overview at first glance.

 

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

DT: Each portfolio has its own category. In my case I shoot beauty, fashion, celebrity, and lifestyle. I choose my best and most recent shot to be the first image in the individual portfolio. For example, I have multiple beauty portfolios, based on recent publications, so I place the most recent and most iconic image at the beginning of each portfolio. I play around with the order of the appearance in the editSuite as well to make sure it looks strong on the homepage. I always make sure my latest work shows up on the top rows.

 

Q: How often do you update your website?

DT: Whenever I get new work in, or I try twice a week.

 

Q: What is your favorite feature that liveBooks offers?

DT: To have multiple portfolios (21) in my case, visible on my homepage, presenting my body of work immediately and still loading within five seconds.

 

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

DT: To create a number of portfolios that present your body of work, naming them clearly so they explain the category of your photography, include the name of the story or name of the publication. Make it short and to the point. Promote it as much as you can once you have it published, and make sure you have your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in place.

 

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