25 of the Best Photographer Portfolio Websites

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

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

Really cool stuff, thanks!

Christina O’Brien Photography looks awesome

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

http://www.mattclaytonphotography.com/

Absolutely top class…….

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

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.

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.

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.

Very nice – Focus on photos is very ideal for this industry

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

Amazing selection!

Noah Grey Photography, awesome photog, nice backstory, great site…

http://www.noahgrey.com/

One day mine will make a list like this, if I ever put one up

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.

Great list, thanks!
Does anyone know what typeface is used in the menu of Eric Ryan Anderson website (the third one on the list)?

It look really cool but couldn’t detect it with WhatTheFont..

Ciao!

good work, great set, thanks!

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/#

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

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.

One more great roundup! Bookmarked for inspiration!

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

really great stuff..keep it up….

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

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

Nice collections. Can you tell me any flickr photo website where i can download for free?

Wow! John Morris gets my vote. Some stunning imagery there. This is really a great source for inspiration.

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

all are great designs, so very difficult to pick 1. thanks for this nice post.

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?

Wish I had seen these before I had my site built. It could have been so much better. Next time.
The new list should be just as interesting.

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

thanks
Barbara

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

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…

Just take a look and see if you think this could be added to your 25 best black and white!

all are great designs..good

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.

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

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)

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

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

http://www.evaankheraj.com/

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

Some of these sites are stunning!

Fashion Editorial Photographer.
Beautiful Artistic Portfolio!

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

Thanks for doing the research and publicizing it, has saved me some research time myself . So thanks again!

Some excellent work – we specialise in websites for creative businesses’ and in particular photographers.

Some of you may be interested in seeing our latest clients website (his work is unreal!).

http://www.garrodkirkwood.com

We strive to work with like minded, creative people, so if anyone is impressed by our work we would love to hear from you.

Wish you had described why you thought these were the best. Withhout that explanation, it’s almost meaningless other than eye candy to look at!

Beth

There are some great sites here. Worth a thumbsup on Stumble. Here is another for anyone interested.

http://www.JoLiuPhotography.com

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

Amazing selection of sites. – Arunabh Das

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

These sites are better at promoting web design and not so good at that but are horrible promotional vehicles for photographers. The sites are twitchy, over-designed, confusing, have bad navigation, too much flash, too large jpegs. I can’t imagine why anyone would consider these the top 25 when in fact they should be used as what not to do on a photography website. Photographers do not need flashy flash based sites nor too many words. A site should be simple, compact and easy to navigate and a web designer should not take over the site – it is supposed to be about photography. This is why I learned xhtml and did my own site.

Hi James,

I agree with your points regarding the over use of text – I feel a photographers site should be image led. The simpler the better.

Let me know your thoughts on one of our recent sites:

http://www.garrodkirkwood.com

Cheers

James – I don’t agree with you. Photography sites today are pushing the envelope when it comes to interactivity and fluidity in design and these sites epitomize those principles. – Arunabh Das

Hi, I wasn’t talking about interactivity and fluidity in design. I feel they are both very important aspects when designing and building a Flash site.

By simple, I mean a minimal approach to design “less is more” – you can still achieve a an exciting and interactive site without having too much going on.

My main point is regarding the over use of text and other transitions which can take away from the actual photography.

James

Nice list. Striking website designs and beautiful images. I agree with the general tone of the discussion above. And Tewfic El-Sawy (the travel photographer) just wrote a great post on with a similar emphasis – the notion that simpler sites, using large visually impactful images not only look better but sell better for pro photographers. That’s definitely the trend. Here’s the article:

http://www.photocrati.com/larger-to-sell/

In case anyone’s interested, I’m also reviewing the best website template providers over at DSLRBlog.com. And Photocrati, along with WP-Blogger, will soon be releasing a new series of photography WordPress templates that take into account the same kind of design principles above.

Erick Danzer

Photography sites do not need to push the envelope for web design, they need to show pix fast and simply before art buyers get bored and move on while waiting for the flash to move elements around only to reveal a site navigation that is hopelessly confusing. Check out my site: http://www.jamesmaystock.com. It’s simple, compact, no flash and you can look at a ton of photos in seconds. I wrote the code for the entire site and designed it. I want to promote my work, not CSS and cutting edge web design. I could easily make a flash based website that makes me look all the rage but why would I – I am a photographer. Yes I know the scans suck but I’m digital now and scanned the slides will eventually disappear.

Check this out – it’s a survey of 550 art buyers Photoshelter did. Speed and simplicity is the essense. Buyers are not looking for design ideas but photos is a quote. A site that does not load in 5 sec. loses 14% of these people.

http://blog.photoshelter.com/corp/2009/03/photography-webites-what-buyer.html

A site that has confusing navigation and is slow to load is not professional, it is self-indulgence on the part of web-designers at the expense of the photographers. Web designers should make a site that serves their clients and not the other way around. Unfortunately about 2% of photographers write xhtml. If you’re going to be so touchy about people who have a different point of view then why have an open forum – all you need is a mirror.

I don’t think my site is great and I only linked to it one time. My site looks like what it is, made by someone who knows code but has no experience in web design. I think most of the 25 sites actually are very elegant and in much better taste than mine. The point is one of subservience to a client. I have a macbookpro with 4 GB of RAM and high-speed internet and those sites in general were slow to load and normally I would have left the sites. I was not promoting my own services. My site is strictly a business card type site and I do not use my site to promote my services to people I don’t know. I was just showing it’s compactness and speed.
Having acknowledged my site is not particularly designed well, it is also one of the fastest sites that show the most photos in the shortest amount of time out there. If speed is not king it should still be topmost in a designer’s mind. Little things like using image text instead of html text and no width/height in the code hurt speed and SEO. To me, making the client’s need No.1 is the essence of professionalism; web design is not fine art. When it comes to sites for photographers the biggest annoyances are clumsy navigation, waiting for the site’s elements to move around and load and slide shows I can’t control. If ESPN or MSN took as long to load as some of the site’s above, they wouldn’t even exist. Obviously good taste, elegance and a creating a certain tone is important for some photographer’s and templates are odious. To me it’s a simple issue of a web designer taking a back seat and not over designing a site as if it were a fireworks display.
Go Chelsea, Man U and Gunner’s. Down with Barca.

I agree with James. Load times and usability are really important. – Arunabh Das

I resent the inference in James May’s postings that when someone commissions a web designer to work for them that the design is completed with very little input from the client. We chose our web designer, Brian Coult, because we liked his current designs and wanted something built of a similar nature – (www.martinlawrencephotography.com). The build was run as a project where each step of the design and build was signed off to our satisfaction before further work was completed. OK, so one of the things we wanted was a fast loading site but NOT completely at the expense of a good design that was pleasing to the eye, had excellent navigation and would allow us to hold a customer’s interest and keep him returning time after time.
There is much more to a design than just throwing images up on a screen. I had already accomplished that myself with our previous website using my limited knowledge of html. Unfortunately, this does not attract search engines it’s the code behind the site that does that and, in this competitive business, no hits – no sales. What Brain brought to the table was a flexible well executed design that has allowed potential customers not just to browse our images but also to get information about photography in general through the use of tips and locations that we are more than happy to share for free with our customers. What James seems to have overlooked is that these 25 sites are not just in the business of stock photography. Our business is far more diverse and, with the introduction of things like courses, has allowed us to continue to see an excellent return for our website investment even during the current financial situation.
I’m afraid that it’s no use having a site that runs like a whippet if no-one can find it. The provision of excellent links and keywords gets a site higher in the Google rankings and that means more business which is the main, but not the only, aim of our site.

Sheila your site is very nice and I guess I should’ve been more specific. I shouldn’t have said all 25 sites. I mentioned SEO so you were wasting your breath on that one. If by keywords you’re talking about meta then that is a waste of time. My site is a business card site and is not meant to be found at random. If people do, fine, it’s not important. I enjoy not paying $1,500 and $50 an hour everytime I want to put on something new but that is not an issue for others. How could I be so stupid as to not realize a wedding or advertising site is not stock – give that one a break because I addressed the issue when I talked about setting a certain tone. The bottom line is that photographer’s are not doing very well in general when it comes to sites but that is no one’s fault. Photographer’s are already overwhelmed with a digital work flow and cannot take on xhtml but they would do well to read a basic book like The Unusually Useful Web Book just to understand the basic issues about web sites and that Photoshelter link is invaluable because photo buyers are surveyed specifically about sites; if photographers did just those 2 things, they wouldn’t have to be so careful about getting what they ask for. If I have a car built by an expert that expert should talk me out of wanting it to run on catsup. By the way, I would have to spend a fortune on SEO cuz of that James May guy on BBC and his stinking cars. I changed my mind – up Barca.

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.

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.

I kind of like Anderson’s site too. Only 24,705 pixels wide – I should try that. Nice work too.

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

This is a great list. Thank you for putting this together. Some very nice photography and site designs.

I agree with some of the points James may makes:
Loadup speed and navigation are obivously very important…

Yet you give your website as an example, and I dont want this to seem insulting, but you’re website is almost at the opposite end o the scale to the problems you mentioned with the other sites listed on here-its too basic, too home made. You imply that the website should be a business card-agreed, but if i recieved a card that looked like it had been knocked up in MS word on the home computer i’d bin it, and thats the probelm with alot of “home made” websites, they look homemade! A website is just an extension of a business card, a virtual one if you like, but it just has the benefit of being able to show much mroe infroamtion. So i think thats what the flashy websites are about-to grab and hold the attention of the viewer! you say this should be done with the photographs- agreed-but if this can be done in a fun/exciting way, then all the better.

In real life you wouldnt dream of handing a portfolio of pictures printed out on plain paper, no, you use the best glossy photo print paper you get. Presentation is key, and with such a saturated market as photography, we need to use graphic design to the best of our ability to get people on site and impress them-both with out photos and presentation.

On a personal level, and please see this a user feedback not insults, your website’s navigation is actually quiue confusing-i can click on the “Food Home Decorating” yet not “travel and documentary”. A hotmail email address never looks professional, and then the big “portfolio” button opens up a pointless image which requires another click to open up.

I do like the way when i hover over las vegas or thailand the image to the right changes, thats good. But surely this is too flashy for you, no?

I agree that the Food Home Decorating link is a klinker but it’s a minor point and you may be someone who is easily frustrated. I’m not sure what you mean by “home computer” – xhtml code is xmtml code and a jpeg a jpeg, the computer is not going to affect the visual quality of how a page looks. I am also confused by your use of the term homemade – I would rather have a site that is utterly unique than a stereotype that looks like a thousand other site. I already pointed out that I’m not a web designer but a photographer who wants the flexibilty of having to shell out $50 an hour everytime I want changes made. I’m willing to sacrifice for that. You say my site looks homemade but try finding a site that uses disjointed rollovers as quickly and as effectively in terms of quick and clear and compact navigation as my site. I wrote every bit of code myself from scratch, there is no template involved and believe me when I say I could make a site that looks every bit as “tasteful” as the above sites but the fun of making your own site is that you can do whatever you want and being part of the crowd is not what I want. I never critcized sites for simple flashiness but for flashiness that is confusing, moves around, is slow to load and which smothers the photography. Some things are just done for fun and if it doesn’t get in the way then I’m all for it. My accordian image with the “portfolio” button was done for fun and if it’s a pointless image then maybe every image on the site is pointless. As a man who is self employed I have no interest in dealing with people who cannot separate the work from the presentation. If I wanted to deal with rednecks like that everyday I could do weddings. I actually agree that my site is not professional looking but my work is – it’s just a perverse delight in doing things my way and not how others think I should do them. I’m proud of my photography and that is the bottom line. It’s the first site I ever made and not bad considering. I also agree that both the design and the photos could be professional together but I don’t care – it’s unique and all mine. If you think my photo site is bad, check out my Bettie Page site – http://www.jamesmaystock.com/drawings
I’m hoping to win some kind of award for worst website of the year with that one. As far as the hotmail address goes: how shallow can you get? When I’m motorcycling across Europe or sitting up on live volcanos I’m shedding no tears on that one.

I’m not really sure how a content management system works. Would that be like Adobe Contribute? Anyway I already know xhtml – the issue seems to be why I would be happy with a site designed like mine if I could do a “tasteful” site. It’s all in the eye of the beholder once you get past funtionality and my site functions.
I like the leftnav I made in Illustrator – it’s completely unique as far as I know and I copied the idea from no one. I have never seen anything like it but obviously there are a zillion sites out there. Some people may feel the fact that my site looks like no others is a hinderance, others that it reflects an active mind. Who knows – I might wake up tomorrow and completely redesign the site on my “home” computer I built from scratch with toothpicks.

I really like this guys site and photos:

http://www.robertleon.com/

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..

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

James, your photos suck, your website sucks. Go back to the 80′s you talentless hack. Maybe you should spend more time learning how to use your camera and less time on the internet. Just because your brain is too small and ideals too narrow minded doesn’t mean you can go ruin it for the rest of us. I have high speed internet and these sites all ran fine. What back water hole in the ground are you living in? Keep having fun taking pictures of shit you see in cheesy hotel books and ugly postcards. Do us all a favour and have a bath with your top of the line laptop, peace out douche bag

Ahhhhh. I seem to have struck a nerve among a member of the great unwashed mesmerized by a Wayang Kulit in Plato’s Cave.

Good one James, using that fancy inner city community college speak on me. What will you do for conversation after all your trivial pursuit knowledge is gone? I’ll bet you are some douche who shoots with a 50D and a ritz camera plastic tripod. Your site and photos are horrible. I hate you for tricking me into looking at your photos. Now I have nightmares of your shitty work in my brain. What’s it like walking the earth with your walmart t-shirt tucked into your wrangler jeans? I know your type, you’re a shitty photographer so get over yourself you dumb fuck.

Next time I spend 3 months in Bali, motorcycling completely around the island just for a lark, speaking Indonesian, naturally, and taking photos that are published all over the world every month, I’ll try and remember what a douche bag I am. I wouldn’t be surprised if your real name is a portanteau for “speak not do”. Good luck Dave.

Hahahahaha, thats fucking hilarious. You actually advertise that you do web design on your website, hahahhahhahhahhaha. Holy shit that is fucking funny. You just made me and my friends day. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. What have you been published in? Perhaps you made your own shitty magazine too? Hahahhahaha, your photos are shit pal, next time your in bali let someone else take the photos your work is a disgrace to the beauty of that country. Is speaking Indonesian supposed to impress us? So you know how to talk like a douche bag in several languages?? Hahahhhahhhahahah….seriously you fucking suck. Learn how to shoot moron, take a look around you…at your fellow photographers. Can’t you see that your work is out dated, over saturated???? Zero compositional skills????? You are nothing more than a sears portrait studio hack. Have fun shooting kids against fake bookcases douche bag, hahhahhaha

AHahhahhahahhaahhhahah….still laughing your such a fucking moron hahhahhahhaaha

It’s “you’re” not “your” if “you’re” trying to scribble out “you are” oh wise one. Don’t put down people who speak another language when “you’re” not even comfortable with “your” own. You probably know more about shooting kids than I do if you know what I mean.

Although I think “James May Is a Whore” is going a bit overboard with his insults, I do agree that James May’s website is one of the worst I’ve seen around the net. His pictures are awful too.

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.

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 !!!

I challenge you to find a leftnav like mine on the web; when you do, look further and find a photographer who did it themselves. You’ll come up with 0. Just because you haven’t seen it before doesn’t make it a bad design which wasn’t a consideration for me in the first place – only that it be unique.
A fear of being ordinary is not the same thing as being special and leads to design that is complex for the sake of complexity which is putting lipstick on a pig when it comes to photography.
I have no fear of having a grid of thumbnails where they are all instantly available. Dressing them up by having a box appear where things whirl and it re-sizes itself is not in and of itself good design. The question is how it serves and not whether it mesmerizes people into thinking crappy photos are now great.
You don’t even know a template based site when you see it and certainly nothing about available light travel photography. I make it look so effortless one cannot see what’s going on until you try to duplicate it yourself. You’ll find you cannot. After the artistry you have people in Rio putting knives to your throat which happened to me. I have my camera here with me and I can’t speak to what happened to the thief. 6 of the Rio photos were taken in spots other photographers are scared to shoot in the evening. Then there is the scouting and languages and preparation and research and climbing volcanos and much more. Try it on for size and see how it fits. No coincidence you won’t see some of my Rio photos shot by other photographers since the sites are notoriously dangerous. My photo of the Parthenon is unique though photographed by every photographer out there.
Doing is quite different from vulgar criticisms.
I’ve spent full moon nights on Mount Abang, Batur Volcano and Agung Volcano if you even have the sense to know what that means. Try running up those by yourself and sleeping up there.
The saturation in my photos is called special light which most people don’t use because they can’t and my photos are more about sharing the experience of a place rather than trying to show how clever I am as a photographer. You got a lot to learn sonny and even more to do. Good luck catching up by flapping your lips.

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

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.

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

http://www.jhannesdesign.com

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

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

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.

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.

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

Amazing article…i have bookmark your page..

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.

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!

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

Our website needs some help after looking at all of these…

cool Nice collections.

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.

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

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

http://djengkols.com

thanks

Awesome…….. very nice collection.

This was most useful post because i am designer by profession and first time i am making a photography website where i need creative ideas and this post is really having nice collection on creativity…

Cheers and thanks for sharing such a nice post.

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

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

This is a great list of very professional photographers.

Their work looks exceptional.

To see sites like this gives me inspiration, although I am not a people photographer. I love to photograph nature, wildlife and landscape scenes.

It takes a lot of talent to be able to photograph people.

I am probably not that patient to work with people in photography, so I think it must be a real gift.

I offer all of my photos for free, although they are not the full 100% quality (only because download times would be horrible) 70% quality is still pretty good for free.

Hopefully, some of my work can help those who are limited on a budget and need high resolution nature pictures at no cost.

My work is getting better and I love to see sites of really professional photographers as their perspectives give me ideas when I am in the field.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Great live band portfolio

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

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

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

Paolo

To see sites like this gives me inspiration, although I am not a people photographer.

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

thank you .

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

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

*these

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.

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

Thanks for the information. Remarkable blog;)

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!

Useful information! Thanks to author!

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

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

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

Chastity Hoff
Left Hand WV

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

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

It is really amazing what kind of services they can now offer through a great design.
thank very much.

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

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

Awesome collection of Photographer sites

Useful info for the new photographers

Nice One who arrange this for Us

Thanks to Site Admin

Nice to see a tutorial website that realizes good design. Thank you so much for everything you do to improve our creative.

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

Wow, nice list of work. Bookmarked.

Wow this list is one of the most comprehensive for photography. I like the style and unique characted of the some of the photographs at the top of the page.

The Great man with the Great gear always give the Great Photo .You all the best.

Love the variety and the talent that you’ve compiled here. We also have some decent photographers at http://www.clickbooq.com under the portfolio section with an interesting variety of work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

is it a template for wordpress?

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

Some beautiful websites here! Thanks very much for the inspirtation!

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

Portraiture simplicity

superb, really outstanding………

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

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.

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

http://kenkaminesky.com/

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

Roger

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

Here’s another photography Web site!

I have enjoyed viewing the top 25 sites!

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

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

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

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!

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”

Stunning Portfolios here!!! Thanks for listing them

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

All of these are great!

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

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

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

Cool sites. Respect and Thanks!))

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!

Just look out the amazing webinterface.
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Nice creation for photography sites. We created lots of website for photography businesses. Check it out http://www.sitesnstores.com.au for more designing works on our portfolio.

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.

…Shameless plug

feedback would be great

Interesting list, thanks for share.

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

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

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

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.

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

Very nice designs, but it seems to be hard to find the right balance between great website design and great photo gallerys. For now flash maybe the best for photo slideshows.

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.

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!!!

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

There are some fantastic websites listed here. Thanks for listing them!

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!

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

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

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

Every time I go looking around at photography websites I think I should redesign… I really like some of these. I’m not sure if I should thank you for this compilation or blame you for my next compulsive redesign episode

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.

Those are some really good looking websites, I need to sharpen up my adobe skills, those are the websites I want to eventually make. Thanks for the inspiration

Great to see other great photographers work

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

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/

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I’d like to show you this photography website:

http://www.clicksketches.com

I think it’s good….

These sites are truly inspiring – Looks like I have some work to do on my website.

Some amazing images.

Geoff
Wedding Photographer in Hampshire UK

All the sites are wonderful! they are also inspiring and their images are brilliant. It’s great to see many photographer portfolio websites now. They inspired me to maintain my site, too!

Most of the website are fantastic. Anyway I would recommend one of Thai photographer,

http://www.oat-chaiyasith.com/ His wedding jobs are passionate on my wedding

Great list to get inspired and creative in designing our own websites. Most of them are great, another page to bookmard, thanks

Great list to get inspired and creative in designing our own websites. Most of them are great, another page to bookmard, thanks

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

Wow

Their are some really great examples here

Thanks

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

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

great collection of websites from some very talented photographers.

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

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.

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

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

Inspiring websites and beautiful photography. Excellent ideas as to how to effectively display photography. I will bookmark this and refer to it form time to time. Thanks.

please remove this one Mark Velasquez Photography there are illegal images

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Cool set of wedding photography blogs here!

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

wow, very very nice Photographer websites, and in general nice photos

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/

Great collection of some very professional and awesome photography. Some great web-programming I may add as well! Thanks for putting this together. I’ve got same ideas for my site!

Stunning Portfolios here!!! Thanks for listing them

There is some nice stuff here. For my own site I’ve kept it super simple and so far that seems to have worked well. Sometimes less is more.

These website are beautiful. If I had my website re-designed I would like much prefer it to look like someof the examples shown here. Do you think you would get in trouble if you used one of these examples to make your site look similar under the copy right law?

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

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

Wow

Some cool inspirational stuff on this site

I’ll be coming back for more

Thanks

KM

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

Thanks !

Matt

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

http://www.oomgallery.net/

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

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.

Stunning sites! Fresh ideas for my weddings

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!!

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

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

This is a great set of websites for photographers. Would love to see an update for 2011.

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

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

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

Cheers!

great collection.. i really like navigation of Anthony Phillips site.. great navigation.

Perfect,thank you

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

Wow! amazing collection, inspiring and motivating.

Really good websites, I need to sharpen up my Photoshop skills, those are the websites I want to eventually make.

Thanks.

Eric Ryan Anderson should win a gazillion awards for his design! WOW!

Incredible selection of portfolio sites! I think John Morris has to be my favourite!

Thank you very much for these nice pics

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

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

these are some great examples to look to for inspiration! thanks

Great collection of photos. Thank you very much

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

Jimmy

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

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

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

Amazing portfolios!

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

You can find some amazing images from around the world.

M

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

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

Great list of sites. Here’s another cool photography website you can check out:

http://natalieminhphotography.com

It has a nice clean, professional design and very easy to navigate.

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

Great collections for inspiration.

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

Nice blog.

Very nice list!

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

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…

: )

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

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.

This was an extremely useful post and has provided me with a lot of inspiration.

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

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

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

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

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