Format

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Portfolio websites designed specifically for photographers

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Format is what you get when someone designs a website builder specifically for people who care about how images look on screen. Every template is built to showcase photography, not adapted from a business template. The built-in client proofing and print store mean you might not need Pixieset alongside it. At $7/mo it undercuts Squarespace while being better suited to portfolios. The trade-off is less flexibility for non-portfolio pages.

At a glance

Strengths

✓Templates designed specifically for photographers
✓Built-in client proofing and print store
✓Clean, image-first design philosophy
✓Affordable — undercuts Squarespace on price
✓Custom domain support on all plans

Worth knowing

•Less flexible than Squarespace for non-portfolio pages
•SEO tools are basic compared to full website platforms
•Template customisation has limits
•Smaller ecosystem than Squarespace or WordPress

Best Reviews

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Format Review — The Best Portfolio Platform for Photographers?

SLR Lounge · 2025-11-05

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Format vs Squarespace for Photographers — Honest Comparison

Pat Kay (YouTube) · 2025-09-10

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Building My Photography Portfolio on Format

Mango Street (YouTube) · 2025-08-15

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Tutorials & Learning

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Format Getting Started — Build Your Portfolio in 30 Minutes

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Format SEO Guide for Photographers

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Building a Photography Business Website on Format

Vanessa Joy

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via Luminous Landscape
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Tamron Patents Three Medium Format Lenses for GFX/Hasselblad
via Mirrorless Rumors +1
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Muted Ember: Yue Sun's Large-Format Portrait of Industrial Decline
via LensCulture
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19 Oct 2026 · Lens News
AstrHori 8mm Fisheye Covers Medium Format Sensors
via Fstoppers
AstrHori's 8mm fisheye is built to cover medium format sensors, compatible with Fujifilm GFX and Hasselblad bodies. It produces a circular image with a field of view wider than 180 degrees, a format that has had virtually no native medium format options until now.
17 Oct 2026 · Lens News
AstrHori 8mm f/2.4 Medium-Format Circular Fisheye Lands for GFX/XCD
via PhotoRumors
AstrHori's 8mm f/2.4 circular fisheye for Fujifilm GFX and Hasselblad XCD is now officially announced, with pre-orders open at $359 until 20 October 2026 (regular $398). The fully manual lens delivers a 220-degree field of view, 10 elements in 8 groups with two ED elements, a 10-blade diaphragm from f/2.4 to f/16, and a minimum focus distance of 0.1m. Body is all-metal at around 511-536g depending on mount variant.
13 Oct 2026 · Plugin News
ARRI Film Lab 1.5 Adds 8mm–65mm Formats, Anamorphic Grain, ACES 2.0
via CineD +1
ARRI Film Lab 1.5 is out now as a free update for existing license holders. The OpenFX plugin adds 8mm, 16mm and 65mm film formats to the existing 35mm look, an Anamorphic Ratio control with eight squeeze ratios (1.25x to 2.0x) for grain and halation, and a new Halation Spread control. ACES 2.0 ACEScc and ACEScct are now supported alongside LogC3 and LogC4, and in Baselight the plugin tracks timeline color space automatically. ARRI says processing is up to four times faster, with real-time 4K on Apple Silicon MacBook Pro.