Wild Life Photography Portfolio

When it comes to presenting work online, you can say that photographers have it easy. Compared to other businesses who often have to settle for stock photos or hire a professional to get great website images, photographers have no shortage of beautiful photos to pick from for their online portfolios.

But with all that said, any photographer can lament that they work with a fickle art form. A delicate balance of art and science, all it can take is the wrong lighting or improper printing paper to mess up the image they’ve worked so hard to create. When it comes to presenting photos online, photographers demand a quality platform to showcase their work on.

Thankfully, Wix offers a suite of online solutions to create the perfect online photography portfolio. From tools like Wix Pro Gallery, a multi-media gallery that showcases photos in the highest quality available online – to robust photography templates with everything needed to create the perfect photography themed websites, we’ve got you covered.

Looking for inspiration to show off your photos online? Check out these beautiful photography portfolio examples all created on Wix.

Lisa’s portfolio lets her stunning photos do all the talking. Her homepage is essentially one large Wix Pro Gallery where she beautifully displays her photos in the highest quality available online. All it takes is a click for site viewers to share Lisa’s images on email or social media.

An online photography portfolio is often going to be the first introduction potential clients have to your work, so it's critical you create a memorable and sleek website to display your content.

Additionally, many potential clients will use your photography portfolio as an opportunity to check out past clients with whom you've worked to get a gauge for how legitimate you are. If they can't find you online, or they don't feel particularly inspired by your portfolio, they won't feel compelled to work with you.

As a photographer, your portfolio website is your business card in the digital world. An online presence is necessary for showing your work to the world and reaching potential clients. That’s why it’s important for every photographer to carefully think about the design and content of their portfolio website.

Here are some tips to consider when designing your online portfolio, followed by a handful of design concepts you could choose for your site.

Portfolio Websites: Tips and Inspiration

Keep it simple.

A web design based on simplicity allows your work to stand out. It also makes it easy for visitors to navigate your website. While there are plenty of extra features you could add to a website, a simple, intuitive design is ultimately all you need to showcase your work and give visitors a positive experience on your site.

As a photography portfoliodesigner, I have designed quite many portfolio websites over the years. I’ve studied other, much more talented and experienced designer works and seen websites that are beautifully executed and many that just don’t work. Sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint what exactly makes a portfolio website work, but when you see it you just know that it’s right, that all of the little details come together nicely giving you a pleasant browsing experience.

When it comes to photography portfolio websites, there are so many possibilities to make it just right but because of this, there are so many things that can go wrong.

I decided to write this compilation post as a tribute to photographers who, in my opinion, have managed to create truly beautiful websites for themselves because I know first hand how much work, thought and time goes into this.

While looking for examples for this post

I ended up browsing through more than 400 photography portfolio websites and ended up choosing the ones that passed through my photography portfolio criteria.

As you will see, most of the portfolios chosen here are quite simple and draw the visitors attention to the work it holds, which is the most important goal of any good portfolio site. All of these websites have clear goals to them, they don’t confuse the visitor with complex layouts and dead ends. What I like most in these examples is that they manage to guide the site visitor to the most important parts of each site, they have a clear path to them and don’t make you guess where to find the images, where is the information about the photographer or what are you looking at exactly.

I took the opportunity to write some personal comments below each website screenshot so that you can see my thought process behind each choice.