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photography websites
  • Pick a theme, or design your own
  • Use as a standalone website, or integrate an existing one
  • Sell prints, products or stock directly
  • Create a fully searchable archive
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Hey, good lookin'

Get your photography website live in under five minutes! Our nine base themes look custom-made, but changes are easy anytime - so no design or coding skills are needed! Pick your background color. Feature big single images or a slideshow on your homepage. Upload your logo, edit the on-page text, and control image sizes to your liking.

Point and click to select your website theme. Then use select menus and checkboxes to enable different features.
Point and click to select your website theme. Then use select menus and checkboxes to enable different features.

Customize, or not

Want a more unique look? Design your website from scratch with our manual customization tools. It's a great option if you've got some design skills, you work with a designer, or just want to add PhotoShelter's tools to your current website. Even tweak the design of our basic themes for your ideal look.

Point and click to select your website theme. Then use select menus and checkboxes to enable different features.
Integrate your blog with PhotoShelter to create a great-looking, SEO-friendly presence on the Internet. Our partnership with Graph Paper Press makes it easy.

The power of PhotoShelter + WordPress

Want the most photo-centric blog design? We've partnered with Graph Paper Press to unite their theme designs for WordPress with PhotoShelter. Get a beautiful way to display your work and create regular blog content, fully integrated with all of PhotoShelter's tools and features. Select one of their elegant themes and your PhotoShelter site can have the exact same design, with user-friendly links between the two properties.

Buyer Approved

We surveyed hundreds of photo editors, image buyers, and designers worldwide to understand what they demand in a photography website. Their comments drive our website themes and key features. Check out the survey results here and rest assured that every element of a PhotoShelter website is designed to make buyers love you.

Jeff Huehn uses PhotoShelter
"My clients love the ability to search for and download the images they want directly from the website. It makes them happier, saves me a ton of time finding and sending images, and has almost eliminated the need to deliver CDs and contact sheets."
— Jeff Huehn, sports photographer
Ami Vitale uses PhotoShelter
"I get a great response from editors who've used my PhotoShelter galleries. I've reached markets I never would have explored and attracted a lot of attention from this truly globalized community."
— Ami Vitale, award-winning photojournalist
Craig Mitchelldyer uses PhotoShelter
"You could ask 10 people how they make money using PhotoShelter and you would get 10 different answers. That's what is so great about it. There are so many ways to use it and use it to your advantage."
— Craig Mitchelldyer, editorial & wedding photographer

E-Commerce

All PhotoShelter websites are fully e-commerce enabled - sell prints, products, Royalty Free, Rights Managed and Personal Use licenses directly through your website. You can also integrate our e-commerce capabilities into an existing site.

Search Engine Optimized

If you're marketing yourself online, there's nothing more critical than top search engine placement within your specialty. We're experts at search engine optimization (SEO), and that expertise is baked into every aspect of PhotoShelter. We're proud to be recognized for the best SEO tools in the industry.

Point and click to select your website theme. Then use select menus and checkboxes to enable different features.
Search engine optimization ensures that your website comes up higher in search results.

You're in control

They're your photos - you should control how they're displayed! There's no limit to the number of galleries you can display on a website - and you control layout style, image size, navigation items, on-page text, watermarks, and more. Plus, you can make changes anytime. No need to engage a designer or wait weeks for updates.