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ElevateWeb · custom websites for photographers
A website that books clients, not just compliments.
Most photographer websites are expensive brochures. Beautiful, slow, and quiet. We build conversion-first sites for portrait and wedding studios on a real framework: fast, found on search, and wired to capture the lead and book the call while you are behind the camera.
Every build comes with 4 months of ElevateStudio. Free.
ElevateStudio is our full AI and automation platform: CRM, calendar, payments, contracts, funnels, SMS, email, and a six-agent AI stack that calls, texts, and follows up with your leads while you shoot. Your new website plugs straight into it. For a limited time, every build includes four months free and the $1,999 setup fee waived.
$1,188
4 months of ElevateStudio
Normally $297/mo
$1,999
Setup fee, waived
Normally charged on every build
$3,187
In value, included free
See the work · live build
Immersive, full-screen, editorial.
The work should hit before a single word does. We build immersive homepages with full-screen scrolling galleries, the kind that make a luxury client feel something the second the page loads. This is the actual homepage of a site we are building right now for Marilyn Lou, the boudoir studio.
Actual screenshot · marilynlou.com, in production
The real problem
Your website is the most expensive brochure you own.
You did not get into photography to study conversion rates. So most studios end up with a site that wins compliments and loses bookings. Here is where it breaks.
It looks great and converts nothing
A gorgeous gallery with no clear next step. Visitors admire the work, then leave to book the photographer who made it easy.
It loads slow
Heavy templates and unoptimized galleries push your load time past the point where most mobile visitors bail before they ever see your work.
Nobody finds it
No real SEO structure, and you stopped blogging in month two. So you are invisible the moment someone searches for a photographer in your city.
Leads land nowhere
A contact form that drops into an inbox you check on Sunday. No follow-up, no booking link, no system. The lead goes cold.
Designed to convert
Every page has one job.
We design around the booking, not around the gallery. Clear calls to action on every screen. Trust sequences that answer the question a nervous client is actually asking. A path that moves a stranger from your homepage to your calendar without a dead end.
The work still looks stunning. It just finally has a job to do.
The conversion layer
Not a contact form. A booking engine.
Pretty does not book. These are the parts that turn a visitor into a name on your calendar.
Lead-capture quizzes
Hero diagnostic quizzes that pull a visitor in, qualify them, and capture the lead before they have a chance to wander off to a competitor.
Booking built in
A consult booker right on the page. Clients pick a time and land on your calendar. No back-and-forth email, no lead lost to a slow reply.
The framework
Built on real code. Not a template.
We build on Next.js and React, the same framework behind some of the largest, fastest sites on the internet. It is the difference between owning a studio and renting a booth. Here is what that actually buys you.
You own it. You don't rent it.
Not a Squarespace, Showit, Wix, or Pixieset theme that 40,000 other studios are also using. Real code, built for you, that you keep.
Server-rendered for speed
Pages are built and served fast, then images are optimized automatically. Templates carry bloat they can't shed. Ours don't carry it at all.
Green Core Web Vitals
Built to pass Google's speed and stability scores in the green. That is a ranking factor and a conversion factor, and most template sites fail it.
It scales without a rebuild
Add location pages, a blog, funnels, and landing pages as you grow. No redesign, no migration, no starting over every two years.
SEO + AI autoblogging
Found on Google. On autopilot.
Every studio knows it should be blogging for SEO. Almost nobody keeps doing it past month two. So we automate it. Your site can run AI autoblogging: it drafts and publishes SEO articles in your voice on a schedule, the kind that rank for “wedding photographer in your city,” without you writing a word.
You approve and it publishes, or it runs fully hands-off. Either way, the site keeps feeding Google fresh, relevant content while you shoot. That is compounding SEO most photographers never get because they quit blogging.
- Technical SEO baked in from line one: clean structure, schema markup, sitemaps, and metadata done right.
- Local SEO tuned for your city and the venues you shoot, so you show up where your clients actually search.
- Green Core Web Vitals, because Google ranks fast sites and buries slow ones.
- Migration with proper redirects so you keep the rankings you already earned instead of starting from zero.
The unfair advantage
What a template site simply can’t do.
This is the gap between a website and a system. Every one of these ships standard. None of them are possible on a drag-and-drop builder.
AI autoblogging
Ranking content published on a schedule, in your voice. No template builder offers this.
A codebase you own
Real Next.js code, not a rented theme you can be priced out of or locked into.
Lead-capture quizzes
Interactive funnels that qualify and capture, not a dead contact form at the bottom of a page.
Server-side tracking
Pixel and Conversions API wired in, so your ad data survives iOS and ad blockers.
Location pages at scale
Programmatic pages for every city and venue you serve, built to rank, generated not hand-typed.
CRM wired in
Every lead drops into ElevateStudio or your CRM with the follow-up ready to fire automatically.
Speed templates can't hit
Green Core Web Vitals and image optimization a drag-and-drop builder physically cannot match.
Custom, not cloned
A design built around your brand and your booking path, not a theme thousands of studios already use.
Wired into your business
The lead doesn’t just land. It moves.
Every form, quiz, and booking flows straight into ElevateStudio or your CRM. The moment someone submits, they hit your pipeline, trigger the follow-up, and start getting worked automatically. The website stops being a dead end and becomes the front door of a system.
Already on ElevateStudio? It connects out of the box. On something else? We wire it to what you run.
How we build it
Five steps. No guesswork.
01
Discovery
We map your market, your niche, your pricing, and the exact path you want a lead to take. The strategy comes before a single pixel.
02
Design
We design around conversion first, your brand second. You see the direction before we build, not after.
03
Build
Fast, clean, mobile-first build with the quizzes, booking, lead capture, SEO, and autoblogging wired in from the start.
04
Launch
We connect it to your CRM, test every form and booking path, set up redirects, and ship it without breaking your rankings.
05
Optimize
After launch we watch the real numbers and tighten the path. A website is a tool, not a trophy. We keep it earning.
Every build includes
No upsells to unlock the part that works.
Starting at $5,500
Payment plans available
Builds start at $5,500 with payment plans available. Final price depends on size and what you need wired in. We lock it down on the consultation call, with no surprises.
- Custom, conversion-first design built around your booking path
- Built on Next.js, a real framework you own outright
- Mobile-first build that loads fast and passes Core Web Vitals
- Hero diagnostic quiz and lead-capture forms
- On-page consult booker wired to your calendar
- Full technical and local SEO scaffolding
- AI autoblogging for compounding search content
- CRM and ElevateStudio integration for every lead
- Analytics, pixel, and server-side tracking setup
Start your project
Tell us about the site you want.
Two quick steps. Give us your studio and your goals, and we will come to the call already knowing your business. Builds start at $5,500 with payment plans available.
Step 01
Send your project brief
Your name, studio, specialties, current site, and what you want the new one to do.
Step 02
Book your consultation
We review your goals, scope the build, and give you a straight answer and a real number.
Step 03
We build it
Discovery to launch in a few weeks, then we tune it on real numbers.
Common questions
Honest answers.
- What does it cost?
- Builds start at $5,500 with payment plans available. Final price depends on size and what you need wired in, which we lock down on the consultation call. No generic package price that does not fit your studio.
- What is AI autoblogging, really?
- The site drafts and publishes SEO blog posts in your voice on a schedule, so you keep ranking without writing them. You can review and approve each one, or let it run fully hands-off. It is the blogging habit you were never going to keep, automated.
- Why a framework instead of Squarespace or Showit?
- Templates are rented themes thousands of studios share, with a hard ceiling on speed, SEO, and what you can build. We build on Next.js, real code you own, that loads faster, ranks better, and grows with you. You are never priced out of or locked into your own website.
- Do I have to be on ElevateStudio?
- No. ElevateStudio connects out of the box, but we will wire your site into whatever CRM you already run. The point is that leads end up somewhere that works them, not in a dead inbox.
- Will I be able to update it myself?
- Yes. We build it so you, or a non-technical team member, can swap photos, update copy, and post without breaking anything or calling a developer every time.
- How long does it take?
- Most builds run a few weeks from discovery to launch, depending on size and how fast we get your photos and content. We will give you a real timeline on the call.
Ready when you are
Let’s build the site that books.
Builds start at $5,500, payment plans available. Send your project brief and book a consultation. If a new site is the right move, we will scope it. If it is not, we will tell you that too.