Photography portfolio

wy_not_pics

A second view of the wy_not_pics photography portfolio

A photographer's work moved off a social feed and into something that reads as a brand.

Clientwy_not_pics
IndustryPhotography portfolio
Build typeGallery-first portfolio
StatusLive
CapabilitiesCustom Website Builds, Brand Systems and Visual Direction
StackReact, Vercel

The problem

A social feed makes every photographer look the same.

The photography was strong and the presentation was not. A grid of square crops in someone else's interface flattens a distinct style into the same layout as everyone else's, and gives a potential client no straightforward way to make an enquiry.

It also is not owned. The work sat inside a platform, arranged the way that platform wanted it arranged.

The direction

Put the photographs first and keep everything else quiet. The site should feel like a gallery rather than a template with images dropped into it.

What was built

  • Portfolio structure built around the images
  • Gallery and viewing experience
  • Simple, direct enquiry path
  • Responsive layout for phone-first browsing

Details

  • Images shown at their own aspect ratio rather than cropped to a grid
  • Interface kept deliberately quiet so nothing competes with the photographs
  • One direct enquiry path, always reachable
  • Owned and portable, unlike the feed it replaced