25 of the Best Photographer Portfolio Websites

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Web designers often browse through portfolio websites of other designers for inspiration and ideas that can be used in their own work. Photographers, like designers, have a need to display an attractive portfolio for their websites visitors, and many photographers have excellent portfolio sites. In this post I’d like to take a look at 25 of the best. This collection is based on the quality of the portfolio site itself, not necessarily the work being displayed inside the portfolio.

Andrew Gransden Photography

Andrew Gransden

Robert Dann Photography

Robert Dann

Eric Ryan Anderson

Eric Ryan Anderson

Paolo Boccardi

Paolo Boccardi

Stan Seaton

Stan Seaton

Rebecca Ruth

Rebecca Ruth

Walters & Walters

Walters & Walters

Martin Lawrence Photography

Martin Lawrence

Michael Potts Photography

Michael Potts Photography

Piotr Kulczycki Travel Photography

Piotr Kulczycki

John Morris Photography

John Morris

Hoops Photography

Hoops Photography

Steffen Knudsen Allen

Steffen Knudsen Allen

C.S. Ling Photography

C.S. Ling

Maurice Krijtenberg

Maurice Krijtenberg

Jeremy Cowart

Jeremy Cowart

Anthony Phillips

Anthony Phillips

Agnieszka Czarnocka

Agnieszka Czarnocka

Christina O’Brien Photography

Christina O'Brien

Gio Bautista

Gio Bautista

Chris Phelps Photography

Chris Phelps

Clayton Bozard

Clayton Bozard

Mark Velasquez Photography

Mark Velasquez

Isabelle Ribeiro

Isabelle Ribeiro

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236 Responses

Adrian | Rubiqube October 13th, 2008

Awesome selection, definitely worth a Stumble! And now I also know who took the photos for that cool Prison Break poster. ;)

Paulo Sacramento October 13th, 2008

I hope someday I can get my website so cool as some of these…

Jan October 13th, 2008

Really cool stuff, thanks!

Justin Leaf-Wright October 13th, 2008

Christina O’Brien Photography looks awesome

Justin October 13th, 2008

Wow cool. I loved looking at these photography portfolio sites. Here’s another good one…

http://www.mattclaytonphotography.com/

Designer October 13th, 2008

Absolutely top class…….

also check the website of one of India’s top photographers: http://www.dabbooratnani.com/

Mark October 13th, 2008

Those are nice, but my favorite photographer’s portfolio is http://www.lifeisartphoto.com . Beautiful work and really nice design. Very cool that their designer could take the grunge look and apply it to a site that specializes in portraits and weddings, and make it work so perfectly.

Adam Sheppard October 13th, 2008

I just finished my site after a lot of tweaking and experimentation with Smugmug. You can see it at http://www.adamsheppard.org

Big fan of Smugmug and their community!
Adam.

Hector Garza October 13th, 2008

From this list I only knew C.S. Ling Photography, which is a stunning piece of art. She just rules big time.
I’ll check the other ones you included to see how they rank up. By the screenshots I can see some great works.

Jenna October 13th, 2008

This is a terrific post! Thanks so much for sharing!

Fubiz October 13th, 2008

Amazing selection!

Scott Fillmer October 13th, 2008

wow, great set of photo sites… I am always looking around at photog’s sites and blogs but had not come across any of the ones you listed, thanks.

Igor Alekseev October 14th, 2008

good work, great set, thanks!

Vandelay Design October 14th, 2008

ic!,
WhatTheFont would have been my suggestion. If that didn’t work I’m not sure what to suggest.

Ryan October 14th, 2008

I use to work for a photo lab, so I saw a lot of websites and photo work. This collection is fabulous. They are all great sites. Thought I would tune you in to another great pair. Jeffery and Julia Woods are fantastic photographers with a very unique eye. Take a look!

http://www.jeffreyandjuliawoods.com/
http://www.portraitlife.com/#

Martin Lawrence October 15th, 2008

Thanks for including my website in you list. Much appreciated.
Great list with some stunning sites.

Jonathan Michael Johnson October 15th, 2008

Definitely a fan of CS Ling and Piotr Kulczycki after going through these. Nice work. Martin Lawrence too.

I too am an artist who uses photography. My site is built in Django – part of the Python framework. What’s nice is each image is given a distinct (and understandable) web address. It also allows cross-referencing across details like cameras, lenses, apertures and film.

http://planckstudios.com

I’d not be surprised if more photographers/visual artists start using Django to power their sites in the future.

Dainis Graveris October 16th, 2008

One more great roundup! Bookmarked for inspiration!

John Morris Photography October 16th, 2008

Wow, glad to see that ours made the list. Great looking sites and some very talented photographers there as well.

sachin khobragade October 19th, 2008

really great stuff..keep it up….

John Stirzaker November 5th, 2008

Wow, I can’t believe we have had 2 websites included, Robert Dann & Andrew Gransden – thank you so much for including these in your list.

John Stirzaker
Creative Director – Freebird.co.uk

Vandelay Design November 9th, 2008

Great work John. Andrew Gransden’s site is probably my favorite on this list.

C.S.Ling November 10th, 2008

Thank you so much for including C.S.Ling Photography in the list. I’m very honored!

Thank you Hector and Jonathan as well. Glad you like the site :)

conx January 20th, 2009

Cooooool !! Here is the another web http://www.chasejarvis.com
really creative photographer

Michael Warf January 24th, 2009

Love this post – combined some of the elements of a few of these sites as the foundation for my own site. When can we see a new list?

Vandelay Design January 24th, 2009

A second list may come in the next few months, but I don’t have enough examples yet.

barbara January 31st, 2009

Thanks for sharing the beautiful websites
Here is another that i really love
http://www.artanphotography.net

thanks
Barbara

Chase February 3rd, 2009

Nice selections, makes me want to redo my portfolio site.. and start doing more photography!

Erick February 7th, 2009

Really great photographer, but the question now how to get similiar result with the professional protographer. Is there article to produce photo contrast like pro? tq…

Alex Rumford February 23rd, 2009

I did mine through squarespace which is pretty easy, though I’d like to upgrade my package so I can change a few things. But I’d be grateful for any feedback, good or bad.

Sean February 24th, 2009

Are you serious? Some of these sites are shit, to say nothing of the work.

Sean February 24th, 2009

Take for instance, Eric Anderson’s site…which not only loads all the images in a gallery at once, but does so on a horizontal strip that requires side scrolling, something that is abnormal behavior for a website (since most scroll wheels do NOT support it)

düğün March 1st, 2009

Actually all of those designs look cool. C.S. Ling Photography is my favourite. And as an alternative champion Mark Velasquez Photography.

Brandy March 2nd, 2009

The best website I have ever seen is…not to mention his work is amazing!!!

http://www.evaankheraj.com/

Michael March 18th, 2009

Thanks Brady, you’re right that site should win top prize!

estetik March 20th, 2009

Are you serious? Some of these sites are shit, to say nothing of the work. hımm?

Phelyx April 9th, 2009

Here’s another good one:
http://www.grovepashley.com

Arunabh Das April 13th, 2009

Amazing selection of sites. – Arunabh Das

Alan April 14th, 2009

Nice classy designs, nice inspiring work. Gives me something to think about as I design a site for my portrait work.

Monirom S. May 1st, 2009

As a Design Director/Creative Director I do have to agree with James about speed and usability. Most of us are in shops/agencies where we spend way too much time at work. If we’re not working we’re thinking about work or traveling for work. Often we’re traveling to photo shoots or video shoots. We don’t always have access to high speed connections and 20 inch cinema displays. So we’re relegated to laptops and WiFi connections when and where we can get it. Airport lounges, Starbucks, McDonalds etc. We are always pressed for time.

Yes, I care that the photographer’s website is professional in its design, as it affects my (conscious or unconscious) assessment of an unknown or a photographer I have never worked with. BUT, when I have to make the final selects/hire with/for a client and the photographers website is uncooperative (load time, excessive clicking to get to content, images too big to see on screen without scrolling) I skip it and move on to the next portfolio. You have only 15 seconds to make a good impression.

Monirom S. May 1st, 2009

BTW: Eric Ryan Anderson’s portfolio (and others like it) are perfect. No more no less than Art/Design/Creative Directors need. Loads quickly, images that fit on the screen, side to side scrolling to eliminate uneccessary clicking. I’m in I’m out and I see everything in 2 minutes or less.

Its all about the work, the photography itself, everything else is vanity.
The only thing that would make it better would be a downloadable .vcf card so I can add the photog directly to my address book.

Vineeth S May 11th, 2009

You must also check out this website of the wildlife photographer based out of India : http://kalyanvarma.net/

I specifically like the long horizontal scrolls like this one : http://kalyanvarma.net/essays/ltm

Vandelay Design May 21st, 2009

James,
In reference to your statement about not wanting to pay a designer $50 an hour to make changes, with a content management system you wouldn’t have to. You could add new photos and create new pages without having a designer touch the site.

Vandelay Design May 22nd, 2009

James,
A content management system is not really like Contribute, but the goal is the same, to allow a non-designer or programmer to manage a website with no problems. Each CMS works differently, but generally you’ll login to your site and be able to edit text or photos and add new pages and other basic functions. Contribute is software whereas a CMS will be integrated with the coding of the site in order to work. Some are simple and some are much more complex.

William May 24th, 2009

Wow, thanks for sharing this beautiful list of these blogs. These sure are some pretty portfolios. I have to hand over the credits to them.

Thanks for sharing mate ! This will be going into my portfolio of collection jeje..

KR May 26th, 2009

check out Sandy Carson’s work… He’s awesome. http://www.sandycarson.com

Vandelay Design May 26th, 2009

KR,
Thanks for the suggestion, I like that one. I think I’ll include in part 2 on the topic.

John Morris May 29th, 2009

I Love the photos on this one but I don’t realy like the layout of his website. Photography is just the greatest hobby ever !!!

Fernando Torres May 30th, 2009

Check out Carlos Alonso’s work, he is a mexican photographer and he take very very nice wedding photos, and his site is awesome. http://www.carlosalonsobodas.com

Yaeko May 30th, 2009

I love all these wonderful websites. There are some great ideas here. I am in need of some good insiration. I need to make some changes to my own website I find it so dark and dull. Any Ideas
http://www.yaeko-photography.com
I would like something that is a bit more fresh.

Heather June 3rd, 2009

Here is another AMAZING photographer in southeast, Iowa. Her talent is unreal! She is a graphic designer and photographer.

http://www.jhannesdesign.com

Vandelay Design June 3rd, 2009

Heather,
I hate the fact that the site forces a new window to open. That seems completely unnecessary. (Of course, that says nothing about the quality of work of the photography).

Peter Storey June 4th, 2009

I’m inspired by this photography portfolio and the layout…http://www.ianbancroft.co.uk/

Richard Arran June 7th, 2009

Some good sites there. May I shamelessly plug my own.

Vandelay Design June 7th, 2009

While I appreciate reader involvement on this blog, the comments on this post are being closed because the majority of the comments aren’t very constructive any more. This certainly doesn’t apply to all of the comments that have been left, but I’m not interested in hosting any more personal attacks on each other.

medyum August 19th, 2009

Good-bye individual, hello walking, talking stereotypes. Broken websites that look great are still broken websites. Flickr pix passed off as contemporary are still boring look alike Flickr pix. Try auto-margining yer head – that might give you some balance. Don’t give yer mother any transparent gifs for xmas.

Courant August 31st, 2009

Great photographs.
Maybe you’ll be interested on a new free application on Iphone for photograph artists.
IFOLIO is designed to display portfolios of Photographers, Painters and Illustrators.

if you are an artist and wish to show your work through iFolio, please come and join us!

http://peroteau.herve.free.fr/ifolio/language.html

If you are an iFolio artist, you can tell your customers and prospects that you are showing part of your work in the iFolio application, and they will easily be able to find you by searching your name.

Carissa Spence September 17th, 2009

I love all the bride & grooms portfolio :D .. love them all

Chris September 24th, 2009

Man, oh man. I’m bookmarking this one for sure — not for the featured websites, which are a mixed bag, but for the comments — I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time! Talk about a brilliant reminder of the dangers of taking oneself too seriously!

Colby Wright September 24th, 2009

This list has given me some great design ideas, especially for portfolio sites. Would love to see more additions. Here is my own contribution.
http://www.jwrightphoto.net

yosry September 30th, 2009

cool Nice collections.

Kaz October 6th, 2009

James, you should stick with photography. Your website is horrible. Bad choice of colours, bad layout etc. Sure some of those websites have far too much text but at the same time, a lot of the photographers also design there own sites and wouldn’t choose something they didn’t want as they would have been working with the developers.

I’m sure almost everyone would pick one of these websites over yours.

Inga Kelling October 9th, 2009

Here is another great site of an awesome photographer:
http://www.jml-fine-art.net
Please tell me what you think!

djengkols October 17th, 2009

cool choice…:D
could you guys visit my web to leave some review…
this my photofolio around my country indonesia…

http://djengkols.com

thanks

Nathan Stripe October 22nd, 2009

Here´s another awesome website with awesome photos: http://www.desfocado.com

John Stirzaker October 22nd, 2009

Hi

Just a quick note, Just got off the phone with my client Andrew Gransden who is delighted with the traffic / interest generated by this post. One thing he did mention though is the amount of people basically ripping off his design (even so far as including his Google analytics code! doh!) I was wondering if any of the other photographers featured has had any similar experiences. Drop me a line at http://www.photographywebsitedesign.co.uk I’d be interested to hear from you.

great site.

many thanks

John

Creative Director @ Freebird.co.uk

diManolo October 26th, 2009

Very good selection .But watch please litosy.com and some romanian photographers.Romanians have bad habits but the people should consider different their artistic talent.

Send October 26th, 2009

Hello. If you ant visit one more site! > My job http://www.imagesin.ch!

Faith Abraham October 26th, 2009

Thanks for compiling this list! Love the various sites and some of the editing effects are awesome and simply creativity at its best.
Even after being named the Who’s who in professional photography in DFW metroplex, we are looking at taking the business to the next level.
This list has been marked as my favorites.

Ann October 27th, 2009

Amazing. They are perfect. But very often these sites are so “cold”. Maybe some nature elements – http://wall-photos.com/ – there you can find something what may decorate your site.

elliot condon October 27th, 2009

Hey guys. These are some realy nice websites. Have a look at Chase Jarvis’s portfolio: http://www.chasejarvis.com/. Its similar to some of the simple designs above but the staff section is realy personal with video footage and interviews.

Pretty cool.

p.s. Im a freelance web designer

Jack The Ripper October 28th, 2009

I recommend checking out this site:
http://www.rockmetommyboy.com.ar

Great live band portfolio

Nancy Ebert October 31st, 2009

Hey,
I started my photo blog just recently. If you’re interested in natural portrait and lifestyle photography I’d be happy if you’d come along:
http://blog.nancy-ebert.de
Sorry for the ad…. :-) but since this is a list of photography sites I figured it is ok.

All the best from Cologne, Germany
Nancy

ezdigg November 8th, 2009

I hope someday I can get my website so cool as some of these.

Paolo De Faveri November 11th, 2009

Great selection indeed, beautiful photos in beautiful layouts. Thans for sharing.

Paolo

Mav Poltro November 15th, 2009

Can i suggest mine?
clean and simple.
http://www.supermav.com

thank you .

Laura November 18th, 2009

Beautiful sites! I’m always looking for a better way to display my work. Please check out http://www.hockleyproductions.com and let me know what you think

Zoe November 18th, 2009

This are nice…but you haven’t seen creative until you’ve seen the portfolio of Matt Barnes.

Zoe November 18th, 2009

*these

Dirk Baumbach November 19th, 2009

So I will take a new Website in November. Im verry impressed for this professionell Website all around the world. In the next 4 weeks I make a new Wedding Website for my wedding photography in Cologne.

Bill Biwer November 23rd, 2009

Another nice one for the records: http://www.danielwoolfphotography.com

Fastar November 25th, 2009

Thanks for the information. Remarkable blog;)

Carl Rosekilly November 26th, 2009

I see that the top two examples are by http://www.photographywebsitedesign.co.uk

That’s a pretty good acheivement, but looking at their work it’s not hard to see why, check it out, some amazing stuff on there!

Klio November 27th, 2009

Useful information! Thanks to author!

Niloufar December 1st, 2009

these r very very very beautiful woderful and joiful sites
thank u

amber December 2nd, 2009

these portfolio sites are spectacular. i LOVE http://www.bluelilyphotography.com. They are fantastic at color.

Chastity Hoff December 3rd, 2009

I love your selections, I feel a new since of inspiration. And left with many great ideas.

Chastity Hoff
Left Hand WV

louis ruth December 17th, 2009

I am a PRO photographer and build websites on the side, listed above is my website
that I would like to share with others here on this site if possible.
I also own a small gallery downtown Medford OR 33 North Central Woolworth Building room 411.
Thanks so much Louis Ruth

Tyrone December 20th, 2009

Wonderful collection of site’s – some wonderful portfolio collections, thanks for taking the trouble to put this together.

I love your selections, I feel a new since of inspiration. And left with many great ideas.

Arunabh Das December 29th, 2009

Wondering if you guys would be interested in a free Silverlight version of your website. I shall create this for you for free as long as you retain my name in the credits. – Arunabh Das

Vandelay Website Design December 29th, 2009

Arunabh,
Thanks, but I have no use for that.

Devendra December 30th, 2009

Awesome collection of Photographer sites

Useful info for the new photographers

Nice One who arrange this for Us

Thanks to Site Admin

Carol Lundeen December 31st, 2009

Love the variety – thanks for sharing your list of faves.

bz January 18th, 2010

really nice listing. most of very well organize site and nice color theme.

i saw another nice one http://desherchobi.com/

Palie Massa Studio January 19th, 2010

wow. they really amazing photographer… give me more inspiration in photography…

Great list of sites and some good inspiration for all of us.
Thanks!

John January 21st, 2010

Nice examples of sites here, http://www.JamieKnop.com is rather sweet and simple.

miguel January 23rd, 2010

this site seems similar to
http://designm.ag/

is it a template for wordpress?

: |

Vandelay Website Design January 23rd, 2010

Miguel,
We own DesignM.ag.

Gareth Jones January 23rd, 2010

nice list of websites to visit for inspiration, have bookmarked you and i’ll be back as arnold used to say

Steve January 29th, 2010

Hi,

Thanks for this. I enjoyed looking through and have a number of new ideas for my site now! http://www.imagearcade.net

Cheers,
Steve

Manny January 29th, 2010

Portraiture simplicity

KApSi January 30th, 2010

superb, really outstanding………

Mary Anne January 30th, 2010

Good evening, as its 7p.m in scandic north at this very moment. Its a very interesting and inspiring page and list of collected sites to check out. I sat almost more than hour just clicking myself away from all the sites, one after another. Amazing isnt it, great designers and photographers emerging their way to show the creatives they’ve made. Its very inspiring! Im sure will be back here again to check up the new stuff you guys have. Have yall’ a nice weekend.

Cheers,
Mary Anne

Michael February 5th, 2010

Cool sites. I really like http://www.nickonken.com for the ease of interface and BIG images.

He is running a travel photo contest: http://bit.ly/PhotoTrekking_ContestEntries
with the first prize a trip to nyc. check it out if you are interested.

Jessica February 9th, 2010

One of my recent discoveries, check out his gorgeous travel photos under Places… Stunning!!!!!

http://kenkaminesky.com/

Roger Lapin February 10th, 2010

Some inspirational websites here – really need to get mine sorted!

Roger

Anne-Ma February 10th, 2010

Great site! Thanks for all the inspiration! Love from Norway:) Visit at: http://www.studiovest.blogspot.com

Ina February 11th, 2010

Here’s another photography Web site!

Jonathan Betz February 11th, 2010

I have enjoyed viewing the top 25 sites!

kunal February 11th, 2010

I thought http://softlight.us was a wonderful website. It is a simple one page with interesting effects, very concise and to the point.

Dmitry February 12th, 2010

Great selection! But I haven’t seen any photographer sites from Russia, though there are a lot of very advanced web photo sites there. Here is one of them http://www.elenadremova.ru

Liza McCabe February 13th, 2010

hey great site,thanks for all the tips… this guy was at school with me – http://www.paulpickard.com . I also love Lara Jade’s pictures

Deirdre February 14th, 2010

I have set up a website at http://www.picturesofprose.com. I was looking over all the responses here and hoping that I could get some of the people who checked all those other sites out to check out my site and let me know what I can do to improve it. Any advice or (constructive!) criticism I can get I am thankful for!

Aloma February 17th, 2010

This is a great list!
I’m totally a beginner and my site really needs some work, thanks for some inspiration…
I’m still learning how to build a site, but its exciting to see what you can do!

Check out the project I started just over a year ago. We have given out hundreds of free portraits to the homeless and others who would not otherwise have had access.
It’s an amazing gift.

http://www.FreePhotoProject.org
“Creating Smiles on Both Sides of the Camera”

Joey's Photography February 19th, 2010

Stunning Portfolios here!!! Thanks for listing them

john hildebrand February 26th, 2010

some great sites for sure when you guys get time check out my site for sure
http://www.johnhildebrand.com

Marigona February 26th, 2010

I have enjoyed viewing the top 25 sites :D … thanx a lot… Byee

roger March 1st, 2010

This is inspirational – I was going to put my new website live until I saw some of these – back to the drawing board!

pascal March 2nd, 2010

Also, check out Matthieu Aubry Photography: http://matthieu.net/photography/

portfolio with pics coming from India, London. simple website, but classy

Anthony March 9th, 2010

some inspirational websites thats for sure. thanks for putting together the list.

Dan March 10th, 2010

Some stunning sites here – I’m in the process of redesigning my friend’s photography site, so these will provide ample inspiration. I’ve recently finished mine at http://www.danbiggins.com….blatant plug over!

Dan March 10th, 2010

That should read http://www.danbiggins.com. I’ll get me coat…

Roger Hoit March 15th, 2010

All of these are great!

Roger Hoit March 15th, 2010

My web address is http://www.rogerhoitphotography.com, also designed by the same guys that designed Andrew Gransden’s!

Jhon Doe March 31st, 2010

These just look like a collection of slightly modified corporate templates : / All decent looking, but you have megatons of those around, any of them easily mistakable for a dozen other, which could be anything from spa homepage or blog to an insurance company.
Some of the ones posted in the comments really good tho

Saurav Pro March 31st, 2010

What a wonderful collection of websites for photographers. I think James approach is old school. You need to be Flashy as well as talented in modern school. Website should have artistic as well as rich blend of colors and photographs. Thanks again for this wonderful 25 best photographic sites.

Saurav Pro

David April 3rd, 2010

Cool sites. Respect and Thanks!))

Tim Hind Photography April 4th, 2010

Superb selection of sites! I’m trawling though them – it’s a list I’d love to be part of one day, certainly something to strive for!

Comment April 18th, 2010

You should check out angelsphotographyonline.com. My daughter got pictures from her and boy she is awesome and deserves to be mentioned somewhere on this.

Cameron April 21st, 2010

…Shameless plug

feedback would be great

David Burtons April 22nd, 2010

I wanted to give this a mention, found it the other day: http://www.joeburrowsphotography.co.uk – hes an english photographer, some interesting work!

Krystal April 26th, 2010

I can’t wait to become a photographer, this website’s photos are truly amazing:)

Jen Pruett April 27th, 2010

This is amazing list, I like Jeremy Cowart portfolio very nice photos, Thanks Jen

Mike May 2nd, 2010

John Morris Photography is my favorite from this list. We have a great local photographer in Fort Myers http://leapyearphoto.com that is worth a look.

Tony May 2nd, 2010

We get all our photography done by Perth Product Photography http://www.perthproductphotography.com.au. They are great!

Jan May 5th, 2010

The design mostly is pretty cool. But I just can’t stand those Flash-Websites any more! They’re way too “static” and slow. Flash is not up to date any more.

Natalia May 10th, 2010

Here is a great Ukrainian photographer Igor Tyrchak who is no doubt is great in his work and he knows what he is doing. His photos are amazing. I suggest you to look at his work at http://www.egora.te.ua/ . Enjoy!!!

WebTasarım May 12th, 2010

Just look out the amazing webinterface.
Video played on background.

Roger Clark May 16th, 2010

I am so impressed at the quality of the images from the Top 25, I will need to take a lot more lessons.

Dawn Spinella May 24th, 2010

Thank you so much for posting this site! Got to discover great work by fellow artists. Can’t wait for the next batch of up-and-coming photogs to be recognized!

Janis May 26th, 2010

Thanks for links. Really excellent sites. Here is a link to one of best Latvian photographers. Alnis Stakle http://www.alnnisstakle.com

Janis May 26th, 2010

Sorry for mistake – here is right link http://www.alnisstakle.com

Christina O'Brien May 26th, 2010

It is great to be a part of this list! Thank you for the compliment.

LanceK June 7th, 2010

Good overall, great website designs here, some good ideas to add to my own. I just wish some of them had more to offer. Clayton bozards for example only had twenty two photographs, not and impressive portfolio by any standard.

Hi Lance,
The criteria for being included in this post was the design. I didn’t really pay attention to things like the numbers of photos in the portfolio, although I agree with you that it is a factor.

Neil June 13th, 2010

Great to see other great photographers work

Mackenzie June 13th, 2010

Thanks for the great list of websites, I will have to go and tweak mine again!!

kgreg June 14th, 2010

Hi, some really nice sites in general, but a few of them seem too crowded visually.

Here is our own, some suggestions welcome, sry for not having an english version yet (it’s coming very soon) but you’ll fiure it out anyways…

http://www.ddphoto.hu/

AJ June 23rd, 2010

While some of the images are great, these galleries are quite obnoxious, with very few exceptions. To me, a photographer should want their site to be a backdrop to the art they create. In most of these instances, the inverse appears to be true.

Vandelay Website Design June 23rd, 2010

AJ,
I agree with you that the photography should be the focus, but in my opinion that is the case on most of these sites. Most of them use fairly simple layouts with few graphical elements aside from the photography.

Jubin Joseph June 30th, 2010

i would like to know who created the site of walters & walters

Vandelay Website Design June 30th, 2010

Jubin,
I don’t know. You’d have to contact the owner of the site.

Schnee July 1st, 2010

some good stuff, i absolutely love that apple image by Chris Phelps..

Sam July 6th, 2010

good stuff, great to view working portfolios. i like tom hoops work alot from the list. I also enjoy this guys stuff.

http://shanerichphoto.com

medyum July 9th, 2010

Wondering if you guys would be interested in a free Silverlight version of your website. I shall create this for you for free as long as you retain my name in the credits. – Arunabh Das..!

Medyum Niyazi

medyum,
Thanks for the offer, but we don’t really have any use for a Silverlight version of the site. I appreciate it though.

Rogier Chang July 10th, 2010

This page inspired me to come up with my new website. Have a look at http://www.chang.nl.

dola July 11th, 2010

I’m really touched by the wild moments.but as a whole it’s an unique collection. nice pictures.

maka July 19th, 2010

LOVE PAOLO BOCCARDI ‘s one
http://www.fashionphotographer.it/

birbafritz July 26th, 2010

I’d like to show you this photography website:

http://www.clicksketches.com

I think it’s good….

Pietro Gregorini September 6th, 2010

Can I suggest another website?

This is the official portfolio of a dear friend and great photographer, Daniele De Vitis, which I have designed. Check it out, thanks! :)

http://www.danieledevitis.com

Carly September 12th, 2010

Wow

Their are some really great examples here

Thanks

Siminki September 14th, 2010

Good post – some cool sites here that helped with inspiration for the photo gallery I designed for Liverpool photographer Jim Connolly – http://www.jimconnollyphotographer.co.uk

Please check out his work – hes a bit of a legend in Liverpool

paul smiith September 17th, 2010

interesting work!
it is great to be a part of this list……..fresh design and cool photographs
Respect and Thanks!))

Grant Stringer September 19th, 2010

great collection of websites from some very talented photographers.

dowebb September 21st, 2010

I am very moved by the wild moments.but as a whole is a unique collection. nice pictures.

James M September 27th, 2010

Good Collection. All of them navigate really well, and look sleek & modern.

To the Editor/Writer; What do you think of my photography website?

http://www.jamesmphotography.com/

I’d love your input, because you definitely know what a good website is, and isn’t. I put my email on the “Reply Form’, where I posted this message. I hope you read this and get into contact with me.

Christopher Stark October 8th, 2010

This is a great post. I’ve been working on improving me website and realized that I love the full pages photos that some of these have. Take a look and let me know what you think.

http://www.bauhausphotography.com

Thanks – Chris

kevin boyko October 12th, 2010

Thanks for the Great Links. I think Martin Lawrance’s Photography site is the best!

I’ve been working on my photography for a couple years now.. I really like Horizontal Layout sites and Pans..

Check out my photo site – http://photo.kevinboyko.com/

Let me know what you think!!

- Kev

maher October 24th, 2010

please remove this one Mark Velasquez Photography there are illegal images :(

Hassaan October 25th, 2010

These are amazing sites glad there isn;t much flash use like many other photographer sites or templated. I’ve used the same approach on my site:
http://www.planitatl.com

Vandelay Website Design October 25th, 2010

Maher,
How are they illegal?

Maher October 25th, 2010

sorry it’s not illegal but it’s stain inspiration for good people.
I’m as user . when i visit it,i feel like watching porn images. :(

Blaine Stewart October 26th, 2010

Different views and thinking .Sorry but i didn’t find anything wrong in that .One should always try to figure the message beyond the photographs. All the above pictures are beautifully photographed.
thanks

Vandelay Website Design October 26th, 2010

Maher,
The sites here were chosen because of the design and the look of their websites, not because of the photos in the portfolio.

Maher October 26th, 2010

Thanks @Blaine for your point of View, i really appreciate,
@Vandelay is my favorite inspiration website.
no problem guys keep going, this Blog is Awesome.
Sorry again for Disturbing :D

Jacey November 4th, 2010

This is also a very nice website too: http://www.panos-mavromytis.com

Sara November 6th, 2010

I think a better article title would be, “Why are photographers settling for such unusable, poorly designed and cookie-cutter websites?”

I found this site today while trying to do research for a client. I wanted to show them a design along the lines of what they are looking for, which is usually when I turn to these types of “inspiration” or “best of” lists. And honestly, it’s not just the sites in this article… Photography studios, on the average, have some of the WORST websites out of any other industry I can think of.

What’s especially confusing about it is, these sites belong to artsy creatives. People who care about looks and know a thing or two about colors and placement. So when they pay top dollar, even, why is the result always like this? A terrible flash intro on a black background. Every. Single. One. The fact that I can hardly find anything better than what’s on this list speaks volumes, and none of its good.

Mike McCann November 16th, 2010

Cool set of wedding photography blogs here!

How about adding mine at http://www.northwestphotography.co.uk ?

Tanya Antalikova November 23rd, 2010

I think someone forgotten one of the best the photographers in the US , Shaun Alexander on this list .

Take a look and I am sure you agree with me

http://www.la-fashion-photographer.com/

Vandelay Website Design November 23rd, 2010

Hi Tanya,
Just for clarification, the sites featured in this post were not chosen based on who is the best photographer. They were chosen based on the websites.

tuz November 28th, 2010

Stunning Portfolios here!!! Thanks for listing them

Vandelay Website Design December 16th, 2010

If your site is so similar that it was clearly “inspired” by a specific site, then yes, you are setting yourself up from problems.

rickey December 19th, 2010

Nice! awesome list… I’ve checked out this page a few times over the past year or so.

Any input on my photo site? I built it myself a couple months ago.

htttp://www.rickeymizuno.com

Vandelay Website Design December 20th, 2010

Hi Rickey,
It looks good. The focus is on your work, so that is a big plus.

Carl; Hahn January 3rd, 2011

The sunset photograph was great, although HDRI would have place some more detail lin the foreground.

Keith January 5th, 2011

Wow

Some cool inspirational stuff on this site

I’ll be coming back for more

Thanks

KM

Mat Colgoose January 6th, 2011

I have seen outstanding portfolios. I will definitely follow these designs while making our portfolio.

Thanks !

Matt

Martin Leary January 8th, 2011

My favourite photographer is Pogus Caesar, based in the UK his black and white work is inspirational.

http://www.oomgallery.net/

Arnold M. Wilson January 13th, 2011

Great photos and excellent work of the highly profesional photographer! Thumb up!

Ratul Upadhyay January 19th, 2011

Great portfolios right there. Loved em. I got many ideas for my photography website. Thanks for this article.

I truly love this post! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked at these. :)

Greg S. February 1st, 2011

Loved the sites mentioned above. Love HDR photography. Check this one out:

http://bluestarphotos.smugmug.com/

It’s a new site but the guy is doing some interesting work.

There are some really great photographers listed here!!

Baz Scourfield February 2nd, 2011

wow, there are so many different styles. Each one totally individual,

@Lindy deftly some fresh ideas

there are as many different styles of photography as there are different styles of websites, and so many stunning images

Weston N. February 2nd, 2011

Inspiring selection of photography website. I enjoyed checking them out. Thank you. : )

mohsinfancy February 14th, 2011

I am Pakistani website designer.. this website are great in layout the very good presentation.. I Love it..

Abhimanyu February 18th, 2011

I really liked the Eric Anderson one. Awesome! It has a nice in-site navigation.

Cheers!

Nargile February 23rd, 2011

Perfect,thank you

Glazemoo March 5th, 2011

Wow! Great collection. C.S. Ling Photography is one of my favorite photography portfolio. Thanks.

DJ München Hochzeit March 18th, 2011

Thank you very much for these nice pics

Weng Sheng March 19th, 2011

Check out JB’s site. I like the simplicity of it. http://www.jasonbergado.com. He’s a photographer somewhere in USA.

Lindy March 19th, 2011

So many amazing photographers. It inspires me to continue to improve on my work :)

Jimmy Nguyen April 4th, 2011

Amazing set of Photographer Portfolio Websites !
Love Steffen Knudsen Allen site.

Jimmy

Nick De Clercq April 8th, 2011

Nice collection! I have one myself, would love some criticism and comments.

Assaf May 8th, 2011

check this one as well:
http://www.jonbloomphotographer.com/

Mark Lortep May 10th, 2011

Amazing portfolios!

Maybe you also check this page: http://www.jusmedic.com

You can find some amazing images from around the world.

M

Maui Photographer May 23rd, 2011

I’m looking forward to more widespread use of html5 and jquery in photography portfolio use

Richard June 17th, 2011

Thank you so much for this awesome collection! I love to explore these awesome sites! thx

Perros June 21st, 2011

WOW! Very good themes. I’ll try.
thank you very much

Zohaib Zulfiqar June 28th, 2011

Great collections for inspiration.

I like the layout, design and navigation of this website.

Nice blog.

Craig Pennings July 4th, 2011

Very nice list!

Here is another photography site worth mentioning: http://www.seannewtonphotography.com

Siddharth July 18th, 2011

Hi, Thanks for this wonderful posts, will definitely motivate the upcoming photographers..
i have my photography site as well..

http://www.siddharthsetia.com

do check & share your feedback…

: )

Michael July 21st, 2011

Great selection you have there! :)

I can also recommend a site i have recently designed for a great photographer:

http://www.inny-photography.com

Cheers

Ryan August 13th, 2011

can anyone recommend a site I can use to create my portfolio? I’m using the SmugMug free trial, and so far I’m not impressed.

Gareth September 1st, 2011

This is a great resource website, always worth a look for inspiration!

Jeanie October 7th, 2011

@Ryan – Your should try Brushd! http://www.brushd.com or 4ormat.org, they give you more design options for a photography portfolio!

Swamykant November 11th, 2011

Wow great designs! I really liked all the websites. Thanks!

Martin Lawrence December 15th, 2011

Check out my new website at http://www.martinlawrencephotography.com which has been completely updated and re-designed.

Steve Crouch January 31st, 2012

Wow, these are amazing. Very inspirational…… I must grab my camera again!

Lidia March 6th, 2012

I’m a bit of an amateur photographer myself, hope to one day see myself here!

Rosaria Lucchesi March 14th, 2012

I really love Robert Dann Photography website, they’ve an awesome Photo Portfolio and they’re very inspirational.

Thank you for your collection.

Roger @ CCIE Blog March 28th, 2012

Some amazing websites, I came here for some inspiration, look so much better than my site!

Roger

Cindy Cooper April 11th, 2012

Great Collection List of Photography Sites List……….i love more and more “Andrew Gransden Photography” website.

Rob August 8th, 2012

I’ve been looking for some non-wedding photography inspiration just lately …. and I think I’ve just found some :) Thank you!

Katarina Antonsdotter November 9th, 2012

Seriously? Are you kidding me? Well I guess not since I see a lot of people like them. They are disappointingly boring! I hoped to find something good here but they are mindblowingly plain and dull! Me am trying to find a good website template and it sure isn ‘t easy…the idea of making a list of best sites is great but I just so disagree with this selection. Sorry but I just had to say that.

Steven Snell November 10th, 2012

Katarina,
You are of course welcome to have your own opinion. I’m not sure what you are looking for in a photography website, but the examples here are appreciated by a lot of people, designers and users alike. Keep in mind that the post is now 4 years old and a lot has changed since then in terms of trends and technology.

Lucy Manga March 22nd, 2013

You have to have Albert Watson – http://www.albertwatson.net

I also like http://www.erikalmas.com/ and http://www.paulpickardweddings.com

Lucy x!

Shicane Wilson June 6th, 2013

Hey Steven, this is Shicane here from Arizona. I am a freelance photographer who has just started out in the last 2 yrs and I was scouting the net for some great portfolios when I bumped into your article. Some of these site are really outstanding and I was curious to know which would be the right digital platform that would enable me to have my own! Your recommendation would of great help to me.

Cheers!

Ra June 11th, 2013

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