Photo
Show 100+ photos without the page slowing down to load them.
Photography portfolios need to render high-resolution images beautifully, but rigid gallery themes forced a trade-off between quality and load time.
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Case Study
Before
Photography portfolios need to display high-resolution images beautifully while maintaining fast load times — traditional gallery themes were rigid and didn't support custom layouts.
After
Achieved a visually rich gallery that loads 100+ photos without layout shift. The masonry layout adapts to any aspect ratio, and lazy loading keeps initial page weight under 500KB.
How it's solved
Built a custom photography portfolio with masonry grid layout, lazy-loaded images with blur-up placeholders, EXIF data display, and album categorization. Used Next.js Image optimization with Cloudflare CDN for responsive delivery.
Trade-offs
EXIF display depends on the source file retaining that metadata — some exports strip it before upload.
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