Blogs are used for so many different things and to discuss such a wide variety of topics. When we think of blogs, however, we tend to think of words.
Sometimes people want to set up a blog to showcase their photographs. Here I’ve put together 7 WordPress photoblog themes.
photo credit: charlietakesphotos
Chinese Girl says
Most of them are very good , I especially like “Clip the Photos”, it is neat and clean , several of them are free, you should mention it.
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Kim Woodbridge says
@Chinese Girl – That’s a really good point – I usually do say they are free.
And I’m pretty sure that all of these themes are free.
Arun | BE Folks says
These are excellent themes and you have really searched and found good ones!!!
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Arun – Thank you. I’m glad you like the ones that I’ve selected.
stratosg says
very nice collection Kim. when something like that hit’s my mind i’ll know where to look at ;)
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Stratos – I set up a blog for my daughter before she was born. At that
time I wasn’t using WordPress – I don’t even think it existed and it
was very difficult to setup a photoblog. Through some messy php
and a thumbnail script I finally got it working – the code is still a mess.
I wish WordPress and themes like this had existed back then (2001).
Raju says
nice collection! Photographer Dream is a cool theme. But I loved the show pic!!
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Kim Woodbridge says
I’m a sucker for photos of converse sneakers – I’ll have to take more
photos of my own feet.
Gennaro says
Photographer Dream is my favorite of the bunch. Lots of color from the photos and there are enough images that a visitor is likely to click through to see a few. Photo Blog jumps out with the black and butterfly. That would be an interesting set-up for black and white gallries.
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Gennaro – I like that one a lot too. The background color is a little too intense for me but if I remember correctly that can easily be
changed.
Cath Lawson says
Hi Kim – These are a brilliant idea – I love that Batman photo. A lot of blogs do photos only. I used to spend a lot of time browsing through them on StumbleUpon.
Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Cath – Have you ever used flickrvision? It has a map and shows where in the world photos are being uploaded from and the photo in
almost real time. After I showed it to my Mom, she was mesmerized
by it. You might like it too.
http://flickrvision.com/
Vered - MomGrind says
The last one is my favorite!
Jim says
I’m with Vered on this one. The Photographer Dream is probably my favorite.
But I think the picture used in Clip The Photos is the coolest. :-)
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Vered and Jim – The Photographer Dream theme seems to be
the favorite. If you try the demo, it has a lot of nice features. And the
Batman photo seems to be popular too.
Kawasaki motorcycles says
The theme looks great m8! I think I can find a use for it..
Am definitely checking out some of your other ones too.. ;)
keep up the good work ..
Kim Woodbridge says
Thanks! Which one is that you like?
Kawasaki motorcycles says
Hi kim, i liked the first theme…. its just beautiful….
Ajith Edassery says
Amazing photographs really market them well :) I liked that sunset photo as well as the butterfly. Not sure how good the themes are though :P
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Ajith – That’s a good point. I haven’t actually installed any of them.
I did use the demos for awhile and they all seemed to have nice features
and work well.
Kikolani | Blogging, Poetry, Photography says
Fotolog and Photographer Dreamer are my favorites of this group. Maybe I’ll do a strictly photography blog with one of these one day. :)
~ Kristi
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Kristi – That’s a really good idea – you take a lot of great photos :-)
Ben Pei says
NO! Don’t change Kristi, I enjoy your current one.
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Kim Woodbridge says
I don’t want to speak for Kristi, Ben but I think she meant another blog
in addition to the one she is currently doing.
Manshu says
Kim,
I went to a few of these sites and they mention that they are SEO Optimized themes.
Can you please shed some light on what a SEO Optimized theme means in one of your future posts, if you get the time.
Kim Woodbridge says
Hi Manshu – I think it’s part buzz phrase and part the order of how the content loads. It is also related to the use of h1 tags. I will definitely
look into this.
Shirley says
Pretty good themes. I haven’t seen any of them before… I especially like the last one. I almost makes me want to create a photoblog. :-)
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi – I know, right. Just what we need to do – create more work for
ourselves ;-)
Harsh Agrawal says
Nice collection of theme.. Bookmarked and stumbled :)
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Kim Woodbridge says
Hi – Thanks :-)
Harry Kikstra says
Nice collection, I only found this now, so maybe by now there are many newer ones, time for a rerun?
The problem is often that you need a balance with what the photographer wants to show and how the viewer gets to experience it. Does not always match :)