How to add a photo gallery to your business website

For salons, restaurants, gyms, decorators and builders, photos often decide whether someone calls. A gallery of 12 to 30 real, clear photos, with a short caption on each, does more than a hundred random ones.

Updated 2026-11-09

Which photos to show

Your work: haircuts, cakes, interiors, events, finished jobs, before and after where it is fair
Your place: the front with the signboard, so people recognise it, and the inside
Your people: the owner and team, if they are happy to be shown
Your products: the most-ordered dishes, popular items, a full thali
Avoid: stock photos from the internet, photos of other businesses' work, and pictures with customers' faces unless they agreed

Taking good photos on a phone

Use daylight from a window or the door; switch off the flash
Wipe the camera lens first; most blurry photos come from a dirty lens
Hold the phone straight and show the whole thing, with a clean background
Take several, keep the sharpest
Mix wide shots of the place with close shots of the work

Group them so people can browse

On a phone, a long single scroll of photos gets tiring. Group the gallery by what people look for: Bridal, Hair, Nails; or Birthdays, Weddings, Corporate. Put the four strongest photos at the top of the page, and a WhatsApp or call button right after the gallery for people who like what they see.

Permission and honesty

Ask before you show a customer's face, a child, or the inside of someone's home. Do not use photos you found online or another business's work. For before-and-after photos in skin, hair loss, weight loss or dental work, show only real results, ask the person's permission in writing, and avoid promising the same result; doctors and clinics should follow their professional body's rules on advertising.

Speed on phones

Photos straight from a phone camera are large and slow to load on mobile data. AppCub resizes your photos for phones when it puts them on your website, and checks the pages on a phone and a computer screen after every change. You only need to send clear originals.

With AppCub

Attach your photos in the chat and say: "Add a Gallery page with these photos in three groups: Bridal, Party and Hair. Caption each one. Put a WhatsApp button below the gallery." To swap a photo later, attach the new one and say which to replace.

Questions

How many photos should a website gallery have?

Start with 12 to 30 of your clearest, real photos. Add new work regularly rather than everything at once.

Will lots of photos make my website slow?

Large photos can. AppCub resizes your photos for phones; still, choose quality over quantity.

Can I use photos from the internet?

No. Use your own photos of your own work and place. Photos from the internet usually belong to someone else.

Do I need permission to show customers in photos?

Yes, ask first, especially for faces, children and homes. Keep the permission in writing on WhatsApp.

Can I add videos to the gallery?

You can add YouTube videos to an AppCub website. Upload the video on YouTube and give AppCub the link.

Can I make the photos open bigger when tapped?

Ask for it in the chat and check it in the phone preview before you publish.

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