Elegant Customized Website for Elle May Photography

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TLDR: We worked with Elle May Photography to create a custom photography website design that feels as intentional as the stories she captures. Built with room to grow, her new website combines elegant design, strategic SEO, and a seamless client experience that supports her business through its next chapter.

Elle May has spent the last five years capturing life’s biggest milestones across Oregon and the Midwest, specializing in weddings, engagements, maternity, family, and boudoir sessions. As her business continued to grow, we had the pleasure of creating a custom website that reflects her vision while supporting where her brand is headed next. Here’s a look at how it all came together.

A Website Built for Her Next Chapter

Elle May’s business is growing in exciting new directions, and her website needed the flexibility to grow with it. Alongside her photography services, she’s expanding into Airbnb photography, with plans to launch a travel blog and showcase international travel photography inspired by visits to more than 30 countries.

Her business is also evolving beyond client sessions through prints, calendars, and postcards, giving people more ways to enjoy her work. We created a custom photography website design with a thoughtful site structure and strategic SEO for both the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest, bringing every part of her brand together into one intentional online home.

Where the Vision Came Together

Every detail of the website was shaped through thoughtful collaboration, purposeful research, and intentional design. The result is a clean, elegant website that lets Elle’s photography take center stage while making it easy for visitors to explore her work, learn about her services, and book with confidence.

Capturing Your Brand Through Custom Photography Website Design

Your photography deserves more than a gallery of beautiful images. It deserves a website that showcases your work, supports your business, and tells the story behind your brand.

Whether you’re launching your first website or refreshing an existing one to reflect where your business is today, we’d love to help you create an online home that feels authentic, strategic, and built for your next chapter.

Key Takeaways

  • A strategic website helps photographers showcase their work while supporting business growth.
  • Flexible website design makes it easier to expand into new services and products over time.
  • Strong site structure and SEO help connect with the right audience in the right locations.
  • A custom website should reflect your brand story while making it simple for clients to inquire and book.

Not your average design sidekicks

Emma is the founder, lead strategist and creative director/designer at Saltd Studio. She's a former professional ballerina, a goal-getter (maybe it's all those vanilla lattes?), and creative at heart. Her vision? Empower businesses to unlock their potential and grow with purpose. Before starting Saltd Studio Emma worked in marketing and design with retail brands, lifestyle and wellness businesses, tech companies and nonprofits.

In early 2025, Emma's husband, Cameron, joined in on the business fun. Cameron has worked in marketing for over 12 years and holds a BBA from the University of New Mexico. Cameron's expertise spans organizational leadership, website design, sales, SEO, funnel building, and marketing strategy. 

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