We are proud to announce the launch of our latest SmugMug Customization – www.bravephoto.com!

Chris Dyer, firefighter & photographer from Ocala, Florida was an absolute pleasure to work with. He gave us creative leeway and we, well, ran with it! Frank and I had so much fun creating this site that is very uniquely Chris.

Check out the before and after screen shots.

Before SmugSkin:

After SmugSkin!

Chris also wrote this glowing testimonial:

I love the way my web presence flows now.  I especially love the fact that I’m not bound by any of my own piddling.  Having a nasty habit of trying my hand in web tech, that I really don’t have the time to learn before diving into… well it usually causes headaches.  With my New Skin Media custom SmugSkin, I finally have everything I needed in form and function, without any of the walls applied by most “website designers” that would suppress my business/personal creativity.  Rarely in this new age of internet-by-force do you come out of a site upgrade feeling like you were involved at the bristle-end of the brush.  You guys really kept me in the loop, handled my quirks, lack (refusal?) of sleep and an unusual schedule, all without losing sight of my personal vision for the look and feel of the site.

I’m not certain you didn’t use voodoo, mind control, or kidnapping to get me onboard with all the social networking, but even if I can’t keep up with the world of posts, tweets, and feeds, it’s there and available to help keep my wheels turning.

Frank’s graphics were perfect. Even withstanding a wandering thesis on fluid dynamics of contained fire, super-heated gas, rollover, flashover… wait I’m about to start again.  At any rate, my boring description of the visible and invisible appearance (or lack thereof) was translated into a fitting image that translates so well into my world.

Melissa’s CSS mastery, and ability to figuratively poke me in the forehead when I was slow to catch on, proved very effective in keeping me from over-running what makes the site so functional.  All without ever saying “No” to my desire to add potentially destructive elements to my site through my afore mentioned piddling.

Thanks again,

Christopher L. Dyer
www.BravePhoto.com