Many have asked what I did in my down time during the pandemic. Well, truthfully, there is never down time for me. It is hard for me to sit still! Besides my office renovations this year, I also decided to refresh my branding and create a new website for LLP!

So, after months on end of learning how to create a new website, and also transfer the history of our blog posts to this new site, we are *finally* up and running!  Technically, we turned over to this new website in July, but there were some kinks to work out based on a plethora of technological factors (who knew that different internet browsers read the structure of a website differently?! Now I do!)  I didn’t want to make the announcement about our new website until we had worked out all of the kinks; or most of them, at least. A shout out to Barry who spent hours on end figuring out the toughest kinks. He is an IT wizard.

On top of the new website, I also decided to take on another huge project: creating a new logo for the business.  You wouldn’t believe how long this task took me- I think it took three weeks alone to land on the font selection!

So, without further ado, I will show you a few of the exciting new features of our new website!  Each topic below is organized by the order that you see them in the header of our new website. I will point out a few of the differences our new website has.

A New Logo
Since we typically refer to ourselves as LLP, I decided to use these initials as the focus of the logo rather than the written out “Lavender Leigh”.  The new logo is sleeker and more sophisticated.

Home Page
Instead of a rotating image gallery at the top of the Home Page, images on the new site are Instagram-style and static.  This gives you a quick hit of some of our favorite images.  Continue to scroll down the Home Page to see more images. 

Click-through blog post thumbnails are no longer featured on the Home Page. Instead, our Blog has its own dedicated page, which can be accessed in the “Blog” selection in the website header.  I mention more about the new Blog Page in the next section below.

Blog Page
On the new website, you can access the blog by clicking on “Blog” in the website header.  Once on the Blog page, you will see a grouping of eight thumbnail images.  Each thumbnail represents a blog post, and these are my latest eight posts.  If you hover over an image, you will see the name of the blog post.  Click on the thumbnail to view it.  If you want to see previous blog posts, click on the “Previous” arrow, and it will take you to the next grouping of thumbnail images, which are organized in the same way. 

In addition, you can scroll below the group of eight thumbnail images to view full blog posts, which are organized chronologically.

Portfolio Page
This page is similar to the “Categories” page on our previous website.  Each genre (Boudoir, Weddings, Engagements, and Seniors) has its own dedicated page. 

Boudoir, Wedding, Engagement Portfolio Pages
The Boudoir, Wedding, and Engagement Portfolio pages feature a slideshow of images of that specific genre at the top of the page.  You only need to hit the arrow on the right-hand-side of the slideshow to scroll through it.  Underneath the slideshow of images, you will see a thumbnail for each blog post from that category.  The blog posts are listed in chronological order.  If you hover over a thumbnail image, you will see the title of that blog post.  To view a specific blog post, click on the thumbnail image for it. 

Also, at the bottom of the Portfolio Page, you will notice “Click Here for The Experience”.  If you click on those words, you will be redirected to “The Experience” Page for that genre.  See the next section for further details of “The Experience” Page.

Seniors Portfolio Page
The Seniors Portfolio Page is different than the other genres’ Portfolio Page.  The Seniors Portfolio Page is a gallery of static Instagram-style images.  Keep scrolling down the page to view more of these images.

To view specific Seniors blog posts, type the word “seniors” into the search bar, which is located in the website header.

At the bottom of this Portfolio Page, you will notice the words “Click Here for The Experience”.  If you click on those words, you will be redirected to “The Experience” Page for Seniors.  See the next topic for the description of “The Experience” Page.

New Page- “The Experience”
For each genre that I photograph, I have included a page that details what you will experience when you book a session with us.  I wanted to include this page because it gives you a more comprehensive look at all of the touch points that we have with you to prep you for your photo session.

New Page- “FAQ”
Along the lines of a more comprehensive website, we added a FAQ page, which provides you with our most frequently asked questions.  To reveal the answer, you only need to click on the arrow at the end of each question.

About Leigh Page
It is incredibly important to know and like your photographer (for weddings, you almost spend more time with them the day of the wedding than you do with the bridal party!)  I decided to make this page more comprehensive, to help you get to know what I am like when I do not have a camera in my hand.

So, that’s the gist of our new website! Hopefully it is easy for you to navigate through. And, hopefully we’ve worked out all of the kinks (but let me know if you experience any issues with it!)

Thanks for taking the time to learn more about what we’ve been up to!

Click here to view the blog post about new new office renovations.