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The liveBooks8 platform makes it easy for you to add PDF (Portable Document Format) files to your website. This video gives you a quick walkthrough on using the Resource Library available on the liveBooks8 platform effectively. It also helps outline how you can hyperlink text to the PDFs directly.

Renee Anjanette is a food photographer based in Los Angeles. Born in Missouri, Renee grew up on the banks of the Mississippi and moved to California later in life to create her career in photography. She has worked for clients all over the United States. To see more Renee’s work, visit her liveBooks8 website: www.rafotostudio.com.

I came from a small town in middle America with no access to the arts. I thought I might love photography because I mentally composed images in my mind, enclosing the world around me in little boxes, so I took a community college course – Photo 101 and fell in love. I chose Brooks Institute of Photography back was when it was a small, private photo school in Santa Barbara, literally in a mansion on a hill overlooking the ocean. I cried and cried when I first arrived, thinking I had never seen such beauty. I finally ended up in L.A. working as second shooter for other photographers, a common method for developing your book and your skills on camera in a commercial studio. I now operate and also rent to other photographers, my own studio – Historic Hudson Studios in Hollywood, the incredible Herb Ritts former studio space. I primarily shoot food and table top for clients all over the country.

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

RA: Elegant, chic, quiet.

Q: How often do you typically update your website?

RA: Every 2 years.

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

RA: I choose my favorites from each section (sweet, savory, etc.) to go into an “Overview” section, which is what I show on the “Homepage”.

Q: What is your favorite new features of liveBooks8?

RA: The new page designs available and it really is easy once you learn the basics.

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

RA: Work with a designer, I did. I worked with the liveBooks designer to get more of what I wanted.

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

November brings about a chance for us to give thanks! Here at liveBooks we want to thank you for being part of this great team. This is why we gathered all of the songs that we consider to bring this message home just in time for November to start!

Whether you’re editing images, updating your liveBooks site or planning your trip back home after a long year of photoshoots, we hope that there is something on our November playlist that can help keep you cheerful and thankful!

What we are listening to November 2016

Is there a “Thanksgiving” song that you have on repeat right now? Email us at social@livebooks.com!

We are excited to introduce Adam to you today! He is one of our outstanding Designers and has been with the liveBooks team for 10 years. He has worked many of our clients to help migrate their websites over to the new liveBooks8 platform! With detail, he creates beautiful websites that our clients love!

Quick Facts:
Hometown: Salem, Oregon
Favorite liveBooks8 Feature: The user-friendly editor
Pets: Two cats (Vincent and Jules)
Words to live by: “Buy the ticket, take the ride…”