Photographers
SEO and Websites for Photographers
A lot of photography clients start with a search like wedding photographer near me, then decide within a few seconds of scrolling your portfolio. We help wedding, portrait, family, and business photographers show up in those searches with sites that load fast and still look like your work.
Why photography sites struggle in search
Photography sites are built to show images, and search engines mostly read words. That gap causes most of the problems:
- Galleries with no words. A portfolio page that is all images tells Google very little about what you shoot or where.
- Heavy images. Full-size photos make pages slow on phones, and people leave before the first image loads.
- Unnamed photos. A file called IMG_4821.jpg with no alt text tells search engines nothing, so your work never shows up in Google Images.
- Client galleries in Google. Galleries left open to search engines can end up in results, which is a privacy problem for your clients and clutter for you.
- Every session type on one page. Weddings, newborns, headshots, and brand shoots each have their own searches and need their own page.
What we do for photographers
Every project is one-time work with a quick turnaround. We get your site to a good place and hand it back to you, with no monthly retainer.
SEO audit for your photography site
We go through your site page by page: portfolio pages with no text, image weight and load time on phones, file names and alt text, client galleries that should be hidden, and your Google Business Profile. More about SEO audits.
Schema markup for photographers
Business schema with your service area, session types, and social profiles. For your own images, we can add the creator, credit, and license details Google uses to show who made a photo and how to license it. More about schema markup.
Websites for photographers
A WordPress or Wix site built around your galleries: a page for each kind of session, images sized and compressed so they stay sharp but load fast, and an inquiry form that tracks every lead. More about website design.
Showing up where you shoot
Most photographers work across a region, not from one storefront. We set up your Google Business Profile as a service-area business, work the places you shoot into your pages naturally, and skip the thin photographer-in-every-town pages that Google treats as spam.
The searches worth showing up for
- wedding photographer in your city
- family photographer near me
- newborn photographer
- headshots in your city
- elopement photographer
- product and brand photographer
Each one is its own page with your best work for that kind of session, written so Google knows what it is and where you do it.
Questions about photographer SEO
Will optimizing my images make them look worse?
No. Images are resized for the screen they are shown on and compressed with settings that keep them sharp. Your originals stay untouched.
My client galleries are on Pixieset or ShootProof. Is that a problem?
No. Client galleries can stay where they are. We link to them from your site and make sure private galleries stay out of Google.
My site isn’t on WordPress or Wix. Can you still help?
Yes for audits and schema; we audit sites on any platform. New sites and rebuilds are on WordPress or Wix.
Do you only work with photographers in Spokane?
No. We work with photographers anywhere in the United States, and everything is done remotely.
Let’s get your work found
Tell us what you shoot, where you work, and where your site is now.