PhotographerFolio is a visual-first Astro theme built for professional photographers, visual storytellers, and creative studios who want a fast, elegant online presence without a CMS or database.
Showcase your work with full-bleed cinematic heroes, filterable portfolio galleries with lightbox, editorial project pages, a photography journal, services & pricing, testimonials, FAQs, and a contact/booking page — all optimized for performance and search engines.
Key features:
- Portfolio galleries with category filters and image lightbox
- Blog / journal with featured posts and related articles
- About page with philosophy, gear list, and FAQ accordion
- Services, pricing packages, and client testimonials
- Contact page with inquiry form
- Dark & light mode with client-side toggle
- Astro Image optimization (WebP, lazy loading, responsive sizes)
- SEO-ready with Schema.org JSON-LD metadata and sitemap
- CMS-free: edit content via Markdown and settings.json
- Vanilla CSS — no Tailwind or heavy frameworks
- Smooth view transitions and premium hover animations
- Fully responsive on all devices
Customization is simple: update site text, contact info, services, and testimonials in one JSON file. Add portfolio shoots and blog posts as Markdown files. Swap images in src/assets/images/ and Astro handles the rest.
Deploy anywhere — Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or any static host. Includes a detailed README with step-by-step setup instructions.
Perfect for: wedding photographers, portrait artists, editorial photographers, fine-art photographers, commercial studios, and visual creatives.
