Photographer portfolio
Clients want a browseable wall, not edit access to your tracking Sheet.
Image URL · Title · Series · Year · Portfolio link
Masonry tiles. Natural aspect ratios. Click through to your site.
Your mood board spreadsheet deserves a gallery wall
You already track image URLs, captions, and links in Google Sheets. Publish them as a masonry gallery on yoursite.bettersheets.co. Choose which columns visitors see. Update the Sheet and the wall updates on the next visit.
Turn my Sheet into a site
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Compare sheet-to-site buildersGallery reads image URLs from your Sheet and lays them out in a responsive masonry grid. Pick which columns appear as captions under each image. Optional link column makes tiles clickable. You control visibility column by column in site settings.
Why a shared folder is not a portfolio
You have the images. They live in a Sheet, a folder link, or a slide deck nobody opens. Meanwhile:
- Clients ask for a portfolio URL and you send a Google Drive folder with 200 thumbnails
- Your Sheet has captions, tags, and credits — but viewers only see raw columns
- Uniform card grids crop every image to the same height
- You hide internal columns by copying data to a second tab every week
Gallery keeps your master Sheet as source of truth and shows only the columns you choose — in a layout built for images, not product SKUs.
Examples
Design mood board
Reference images live in a Sheet the team updates daily.
Image URL · Project · Source · Notes
Show project and source. Hide internal notes with column picker.
Event photo wall
Volunteers add rows during the event. You need a public wall tonight.
Photo URL · Photographer · Caption
Publish before doors close. Search finds a name fast.
Art fair or maker booth list
Each vendor has a hero image and booth number in a master Sheet.
Image URL · Vendor · Booth · Shop link
Link column opens their shop. Masonry feels like a walk through the fair.
Real estate or interiors lookbook
Listings have different image shapes — cropping ruins the room shots.
Image URL · Address · Style · Listing link
Tall and wide photos coexist. Captions stay optional.
For image-first publishing, not product catalogs
- Photographers, designers, and artists sharing visual work
- Event teams publishing photo walls or sponsor logos
- Agencies curating reference boards for clients
- Anyone with image URLs in a Sheet who wants a real gallery URL
Masonry, not a rigid grid
Images keep their natural proportions in a multi-column masonry layout. Captions sit below each tile — only the columns you enable in settings. Optional link column wraps the whole tile in a click target.
From Sheet to gallery in three steps
- Paste your Sheet URL at bettersheets.co/sites
- Choose Gallery as your template
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then pick visible columns and publish to
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Gallery Sheet structure that works on day one
Recommended columns
Image URL · Title · Caption · Category · Link
Tips
- Put a direct image URL (JPG, PNG, WebP) in your image column, or enable Unsplash for rows missing images
- Use column start to skip checkbox or ID columns on the left
- In site settings, check only the columns you want visitors to see under each image
- Set a link column to make tiles open a portfolio page, listing, or source URL
- Enable search when the gallery has more than ~20 rows
What you get with Gallery
- Masonry layout
- Mixed aspect ratios look intentional, not cropped into identical boxes
- Column picker
- Show captions and metadata without exposing every Sheet column
- Optional link column
- Each tile can open a detail page or external URL
- Visitor search
- Find images by caption or category text
- Image column + Unsplash
- Fill missing images with stock photos and photographer credit
- Live Sheet data
- Add a row, get a new tile on the next page load
FAQ
- Do I need the same image size for every row?
- No. Gallery uses a masonry layout so tall and wide images can sit side by side without forced cropping.
- Can I hide columns from visitors?
- Yes. In site settings, check only the columns you want shown as captions. Leave all unchecked to show every column except the image and link columns.
- Can tiles link somewhere?
- Yes. Set a link column in Gallery settings. When a row has a URL there, the whole tile is clickable.
- Can visitors search the gallery?
- Yes. Enable search in site settings. Search runs across visible caption text.
- Is preview free?
- Yes. Publishing a live subdomain requires Better Sheets membership.
- How is this different from Catalog?
- Catalog is built for product cards with uniform images and commerce fields. Gallery is image-first with natural proportions and selective column display.
Good fit
- Your Sheet is mostly image URLs with optional captions
- You want to hide internal or draft columns from the public
- Mixed image sizes should display without awkward cropping
Not a fit
- Rows are products with prices and SKUs (use Catalog)
- You need a sortable data table (use Simple or Dashboard)
- Rows are article links, not images (use Feed)
Your images are already in the Sheet
Paste the URL. Pick Gallery. Choose which columns to show. Preview in under a minute.
Turn my Sheet into a site
Free preview · No code
One Sheet. One gallery URL. Show only what you choose.
Stop sending folder links. Publish a masonry wall that stays current when you edit the Sheet.
Create my Gallery site
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Preview any template free. Save drafts and publish a live *.bettersheets.co site with Better Sheets membership (from $9/month when billed monthly). See pricing.