Snacks Photography

A photography portfolio is judged on how fast the first image appears. Everything else — the navigation, the about page, the contact form — is overhead that has to get out of the way of the work.

The site is built on Velocity and Astro with galleries as the primary structure rather than a section inside it, and a cursor-led preview so an image can be inspected without leaving the grid or loading a new page.

It has been rebuilt several times as the underlying framework moved — Nuxt, then Next, then Velocity 7 and Velocity 8 — each time carrying the same gallery structure onto a faster base rather than redesigning around a new template.

How it came together.

The work moves from the right question to a system the team can actually use.

1. 01

   Strategy

   It starts with a strategy session — I come to you, learn the business inside out, and shape a plan you actually want and that actually works. Goals first, never template-first.

2. 02

   Design

   Then I design it — interface, brand and the feel of using it — mapped straight to that strategy. One person, one vision, no handoff gap between designer and developer.

3. 03

   Development

   I build the real thing: fast, typed end-to-end, Supabase-backed, and yours outright — the website and the operations behind it, shipped on a tight loop.

4. 04

   Iteration

   We iterate on the live product — real usage, real numbers — tightening the funnel and the workflows until it genuinely performs.

5. 05

   Ongoing management

   From there I keep it running and growing — performance, updates, new campaigns and features as the business moves. One number to call, no agency runaround.

Role

Web design & Velocity setup

Year

2024

Client

Snacks Photography