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Photographer Website Template

Your work, shown the way you would hang it. One frame large and the rest beside it, a wall that keeps moving, and a log that tells people you are booked for a reason.

Free to sign up. Edit every word, photo and colour as much as you like. You only pay when you publish.

The home page of an example photographer site: a bride and groom on a beach at golden hour with the headline Light, held stillThe same photographer site on a phone, opening on the beach wedding photograph and the headline

An example site built from this template, on a laptop and a phone.

One frame large, the rest beside it

Selected work opens on a single photograph with its story, and the rest wait in a rail beneath. Click one and it takes the spotlight.

A large wedding photograph in a spotlight with a row of portrait, family, product and landscape thumbnails beneath
Selected work, from the example site

A wall that keeps moving

A slow ticker of recent frames on a dark band, with a line about how long you've been at it. It pauses when someone hovers.

A dark band titled Recent frames with a moving strip of photographs
Recent frames, from the example site

Proof you're booked

Recent commissions as dated cards — the couple, the company, the family, and where you shot them. It answers "have you done this before?" without anyone asking.

Four commission cards with a wedding, a headshot, a product shoot and a beach family portrait, each dated
Recent commissions, from the example site

Enquiries with the date in them

A message form beside a map of the studio, sent straight to your inbox — so the first email already tells you the day and what they have in mind.

A contact page with a map of Florida Road, Durban beside a message form
The contact page, from the example site

What's inside

  • HomeA reel of your best frames, selected work in a spotlight, what clients say, a moving wall of frames and the booking band.
  • WorkHow you work, beside a photograph, and a log of recent commissions with dates and places.
  • ContactA message form beside a map of the studio.

Who it's for

A photography portfolio website: your best work first, galleries by session, and a simple way to enquire. It suits wedding photographers, portrait and family photographers, and anyone searching for a photographer website they can update themselves between shoots.

Make it yours

Wedding, portrait, family and brand photographers, and videographers with stills to show.

  • Your photographs, your clients and your words — every part can be changed.
  • Upload your own work once and it fills every gallery on the site.
  • Add a page for packages, a blog or a client area whenever you need one.

Questions

  • Is the photographer website template really free?Yes. Signing up, starting from this template and editing every word, photo and colour costs nothing. You only pay when you publish, and you can see the plans before you do.
  • Can I use my own domain?Yes. Every published site gets its own address at yoursitename.pylonsites.co.za. If you already own a domain you can point it at your site, or buy a new one from the Domains tab.
  • Can I edit it on my phone?Yes. The editor works on a phone as well as a computer, and the site is built to look right on both.
  • Do I need to know how to code?No. You change the words, photos and colours by clicking on them, then publish when it looks the way you want.
Use This Template for Free

Free to sign up. Edit every word, photo and colour as much as you like. You only pay when you publish.

More on portfolios.Want your own web address? Search for a .co.za domain or any other ending.