You guys use WordPress.com in all sorts of creative ways, documenting the adventures you take…
…the people you meet…
…the characters you create…
…the meals you prepare…
…and the places you live.
And you share a ton of amazing photographs. So be sure to show them off! Here are three tips on using photos to make your site more visually appealing:
- Upload your very own custom header image to give your site a unique look and feel. Some themes even allow you to use featured images to display different header images on specific posts and pages. For a design that’s 100% unique to you, try out the Custom Design upgrade.
- Don’t make readers squint to view your photos. Generally speaking, bigger photos are better, as long as they’re properly aligned. Check out the Get Flashy tutorial on Learn.WordPress.com for tips on aligning and resizing your images.
- If the majority of your content is image-based, consider using a photography theme that will put your photos in center stage on your site. Visit the Theme Showcase to find one that’s perfect for you.
Want to browse other awesome photo blogs? Check out Freshly Pressed and the photography tag pages.
WordPress.com News 
Or a general tip: Put a huge, appealing and relevant photo for every blog entry you post. 🙂
Thank you for posting! Some great blogs there!
Thanks for the tips 🙂
Those are some amazing photos. My heart jumped just looking at that first one!
Great tips!
thanks .. Good post 🙂
Thanks for the tips 🙂
The pictures were inspiring! Thanks for sharing, and for the tips, too.
Thanks
Thanks for your article. It’s timely as I have just updated my themes and header images too. 🙂 Without doubt images, are a draw. This is true not only for first time visitors and returning visitors, but also for drawing traffic from search engines. That’s why it’s so important to give our images the full SEO treatment.
As rich as ever and of great help.
Provided in an oversimplified way that encourages us to embark on new apps.
Thanks kindly
These incredible images, congratulations.
beautifull
I didn’t even know about the Get flashy tutorial! I hope I can finally squeeze more then one photo on a line now! 😉 Thanks for the tips, I especially adore the food photo.
this is so kool
Thank you!
Very beautiful pictures here and thanks for the tip. !!!
excelentes tips, gracias!!!
great photos, very illustrative
WordPress is the most user-friendly as far as images and formatting goes. Thanks for the tips on the photo’s. I’ll be utilizing them soon!
i love your tips. thank very much.
=] [=
Photography blog is most famous topic on wordpress.com. More and more people make photography their hobby.
Thanks for the info regarding the ‘photography theme’! I’m going to check it out!
Nice tips thanks!
…There is no magic formula, sometimes you have ‘everything’, but do not have traffic!!
…is a –> mystery 😉
Thanks!
Thanks – this was helpful. Simple tips to make a big difference. I have uploaded a photo from my blackberry to my blog, and the photo should show as a portrait, instead of landscape – can you tell me how to change the orientation in the blog? Thanks!
You can change the rotation of your picture by Editing it in the Media section of your blog. While slightly outdated, here’s a guide on how to edit your images on WordPress.com: https://wordpress.com/support/images/image-editing/
Nice post
Thanks you for posting!
Heading to check out the links tutorials. Thank you for this post.
Thanks for your suggestion! Thats great!
thanks for tips
Hi Erica
Thanks for such a lucid mail. I’m going to enact your suggestions in my blog very soon.
Great work!
Vandita
PS.: Brilliant photographs : )
thanks for the information.
Thanks! Really nice.
Cool! 🙂
amazing tips
thank you!
Really nice picture frist one is aowesome
Wonderful tips. Thanks
original……
Thanks for your advice… 🙂
The photographs in these blogs are awesome. Nice tips also….
I know this has been said before, but I feel like saying it: I LOVE WORDPRESS!!!
Thank you for the tips! I will keep that in mind =D
Going away to Wales this week. I’ll take lots of photos and be right back at you with some wordless magic. Thanks for the tips! K
Thank you, being brand new I need all the help I can get!!!
Alright! More awesome sites to check out!
I will definitely do!
Great tips! Thanks!
Grateful to you for posting this topic. The information and insights you shared are timely! Thanks again~
Hi to everyone, hope you all are having a great day. i am new to all this but i really like tips that are given on the photography blogs. i think there are Great.
beautifull
Amazing photos!
Great tips.thank you
Very cool
Great tips! And fabulous photos. One reason I love blogging so much is that it’s so visual. And varied. When I see an image in a post, it cements its accompanying story in my head that much more. And there are so many amazing blogs here on WordPress. You picked great ones to showcase!
Thanks; found this very interesting and gives me some ideas.
Super great advice. I’ve just started a blog too and I’ve mostly written about my experiences in life. I call it my online scrap book 🙂
Thank you for the tips. Greatly appreciated!
Great inspiring pictures
Thanks for the tips!
great images and posts
ya ….. Its Really Cool Idea…:-) Thanks for this…..
thanks for the great tips!
Hai , Erica
It is very very useful tips
Thanking You.
Yes, jam it full of pics, make it hard to load and write very little of interest ~ It makes it much easier.
Keep these tips coming. I find them very helpful. Thanks.
Cool.
I need these kind of tips because I am new here………
I want to become a top blogger……..
Great tips. I hope to learn more about using photos on my blog.
Thanks for the amazing post.
Great tips, thanks!
I had to learn this the hard way. I draw cartoons using Paint for my blog. First couple of posts I use balloons for text and people couldn’t read them. They didn’t click on the pictures to enlarge them even after I mentioned so on the page. After I awhile I started to draw thicker outlines on my cartoons and draw them larger. When the colors “bled” the thicker lines actually made them look better and people commented more.
Great post. Love the pic of the lego men attacking the orange too!
Thanks Erica, those are awesome pics too.
The Harry met Salad made me hungry for fish tacos, lol.
The photos are wonderful. After looking at these photos, they have inspired me to explore photography and see the world through the eyes of a lens.
This is something that I need to do better on my blog.
Thanks for the helpful reminder.
Excellent blogging. Thank you for the valued information.
Very lovely, pictures are very relevant to our minds, since we basically think in pictures and not words!Get it?
Great tips. Thank you.
The first pic is awesome 🙂
Thank you a great lot, miss Erica. The right wording has come across my way as fit as possible. Good one really and convenient in many ways. The pictures are also considered to be great. Good luck and cheers. 🙂
I’ll try. I already use a lot of photos but I think what counts most is what type of camera you use. My pictures aren’t as great at yours but you must use a good DSLR versus my regular point and shoot.
That stuff is so cool. I know what im going to do tommorow.
1. Attack an orange.
2.jump off a bridge.
3. Create a better blog
Great photos!
thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the tips. Especially love those high-quality photos!
the usefull tips thanks for sharing
All This is still new to me as for as doing a blog. I am learning as I go. Great Photos.
OMG wonderful blogs…I love the FANTASTIC PHOTOS. so so awesome
very good
Thanks for the great tips!
This is great tips. Thanks for sharing this inspirational suggestion to all blogger like me who are beginner. Thanks and keep it up.
nice
Hi to everyone, hope you all are having a great day. i am new to all this but i really like tips that are given on the photography blogs. i think there are Great.
I change my background color to showcase the daily photo, really makes it pop. Mary
Cool!
Great tips. Thanks!
Hai All, Nice tobe here with all of You 😀
Thanks WordPress for sharing the usefull Tips, May GB Us Always
Happy Bloging all,
Best Regard Ariko & Sofia