Portfolio website examples for photographers, filmmakers and creatives

Example 1: Sjors Schoppen, filmmaker

Sjors makes video for TV, brands and social media. His old approach was a reel buried in a template. The new site, above, leads with his name set huge in red over a behind-the-scenes still, the way a title card opens a film. The timecode in the corner is a small, deliberate nod to the edit suite.

What makes it work:

• One line of positioning under the name: "Video that sticks. For TV, social and everything in between."
• Selected work, not all work. Eight projects, each with its own page, client, role and the film itself.
• Bilingual. Dutch first, English at /en/, with proper language tags so Google serves the right one.
• A clear exit. "See the work", then "Contact". There is never any doubt about the next step.

Example 2: Mara Quinn, interiors and landscape photographer

One full-bleed photograph, the name huge in the corner, and almost nothing else. Below it, three images with the place each was shot, then one line: "Booking spring 2027". For a photographer, the work is the sales pitch.

Portfolio checklist

1. Lead with your best piece, full width, before any text.
2. Say what you do and where in one sentence. It helps people and search engines.
3. Show ten great pieces rather than fifty good ones.
4. Add context: client, brief and your role.
5. Compress everything. Big images are the number-one reason portfolio sites feel slow.
6. Write alt text and image file names that describe the work, so images can appear in Google Images.
7. Make contact effortless: availability, location and a short form or email link on every page.
8. Own your domain. yourname.com looks more established than a builder subdomain, and it is yours forever.

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