--- title: "Framer templates for photographers · Best of Framer" description: "Five free Framer portfolio templates for photographers, compared: gallery layouts, CMS projects, video, and the catch on each." canonical: "https://framer.elliotli.dev/framer-templates-for/photographer" --- Templates by niche # Framer templates for photographers Five free templates for photographers, compared on gallery behaviour, project structure, and how little the design gets in the way of the work. [See Framer pricing](https://www.framer.com/pricing/?via=elliot-li) [Home](/)/[Templates by niche](/framer-templates-for)/Photographer Photographers do not need a site that explains itself. They need full-bleed images that load quickly, a project structure that survives a hundred shoots, and an enquiry path that is not buried under three menus. The five below are free to remix. Two are photography-specific, two are broader creative portfolios that handle photographs well, and one is a very light starting point. ## The five, compared Our pick for most photographer projects is **Luca Mori**. The rest are stronger in specific situations, which the fit notes below explain. Template Best for Price [Luca Mori](/template/luca-mori) Editorial and commercial photographers Free [Porta®](/template/porta) Freelancers and studios showing several media types Free [Rec](/template/rec) Documentary, editorial, and fine-art photographers Free [Hanssen](/template/hanssen) Minimal personal portfolios with a light and dark mode Free [Studio Gallery](/template/studio-gallery) A free, fast first portfolio Free All five are free to remix on Framer at the time of writing. A template that moves to a paid plan drops out of this page; the catalogue never lists paid templates. ## The templates - [Luca Mori](/template/luca-mori) — Mahdi Mezelli · Free — Photography Portfolio Template - [Porta®](/template/porta) — Ivan Bursky · Free — Porta® is a Framer portfolio template built for freelancers and studios who take their work seriously. - [Rec](/template/rec) — Mickael zimmer · Free — About this Template REC is a light editorial portfolio template — a personal site for creatives who let the work do the talking. - [Hanssen](/template/hanssen) — Pawel Gola · Free — Hanssen is a minimal Framer template tailored for personal portfolios, allowing you to display your work in both light and dark modes. - [Studio Gallery](/template/studio-gallery) — Tushar · Free — Free Framer Photography Portfolio ## Fit notes ### [Luca Mori](/template/luca-mori)Top pick A dark, cinematic one-page front end with a full-screen image mosaic, selected work, a client strip, services, and a direct email. Projects live in the CMS with their own case-study pages, shoot details, and multiple image layouts. It ships with real copy, not lorem ipsum. **Watch out:** The look is deliberately moody. A bright, airy wedding or family portfolio will fight the palette, and the template will need a real colour pass. ### [Porta®](/template/porta) Six pages, CMS projects, category filtering, and native video as well as photography. The minimal frame keeps attention on the work, and the case-study pages give each shoot context. **Watch out:** Six pages is the whole site. If you need a journal, client galleries, or a shop, you are adding structure rather than filling it in. ### [Rec](/template/rec) A paper-white editorial portfolio that opens straight into a grid of projects, with full-bleed galleries, quiet metadata, and a press list on the about page. It was shaped with photographers in mind and stays out of the way. **Watch out:** The light, print-like aesthetic is the product. It is the wrong starting point if you want dark, high-contrast imagery to carry the site. ### [Hanssen](/template/hanssen) A restrained portfolio built to show work in either light or dark mode, which is useful when a photographer shoots both bright and moody sets and does not want one palette imposed on everything. **Watch out:** The listing is minimal, so check how projects and galleries are structured before assuming a CMS workflow. ### [Studio Gallery](/template/studio-gallery) A free photography portfolio with a gallery-first layout and very little to strip out. It is the shortest route from “I need a site” to “the work is online”. **Watch out:** The listing gives no feature detail. If you need CMS projects, video, or a journal, start from Porta or Luca Mori instead. ## What to check before you choose - Images should be responsive and lazy-loaded; a 12 MB hero is the most common portfolio mistake. - Project pages need a repeatable structure before the tenth shoot, not after. - Put an email or enquiry link in the header and the footer, not only on a contact page. - Check the mobile crop of the hero — most portfolio visits start on a phone. ## Questions Yes. All five are free to remix on the Framer marketplace at the time of writing. Paid templates are excluded from this catalogue. Framer is not an ecommerce platform. A portfolio can link to a shop or embed a third-party checkout, but the catalogue and payments live outside Framer. The CMS does the work: Pro includes 2,500 CMS items and 10 collections, expandable to 40,000 items and 40 collections. A photography portfolio rarely comes close, but a large archive should count items rather than pages. Next step Building it on Framer? Every template here is free to remix. Publishing it on your own domain, and the CMS room it needs, is what a paid plan buys. [See Framer pricing](https://www.framer.com/pricing/?via=elliot-li) Affiliate link: we may earn a commission if you subscribe, at no extra cost to you. It never affects a ranking. Prices checked 1 November 2026. ## Other niches - [Framer templates for interior designers](/framer-templates-for/interior-designer) - [Framer templates for restaurants](/framer-templates-for/restaurant) **Disclosure:** some links on this page are affiliate links. If you subscribe to Framer after following one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions never change an item's position in a ranking, and no creator can pay to appear in a comparison.