Photos & Frames

Photographic work needs a focused, responsive presentation that lets the images carry the experience. A social feed crops, compresses, and surrounds them with noise.

I took the photographs and designed and built the site, including the workflow that prepares every original photo for the web.

The site follows one visual rule: monochrome first, color on intent. The gallery is split into portraits, nature, and couples, each with a frame count and a full-screen lightbox with keyboard navigation. A services page covers photo editing, portfolio websites, custom galleries, and visual curation.

• A black-and-white-to-color reveal that works with a mouse, the keyboard, and touch.
• Collection-based browsing with a lightbox.
• An animated homepage composition, smooth scrolling, and page motion.
• Lazy-loaded, web-ready images so an image-heavy page stays responsive.

Original photos are prepared once, then reused across collections without duplication.

1. 1Original photos
2. 2Web-ready images
3. 3Gallery: one collection at a time
4. 4Monochrome card → color on hover, focus, or touch
5. 5Full-screen lightbox

Photos & Frames is live at photos.davishiggins.com as a purpose-built gallery for my photography.

Gallery interactions should support attention to the images without making the photographs harder to reach.