SayHi

Photographer portfolio examples where the caption is part of the picture.

Maya Okonkwo is fictional, working between London and Lagos in the copy. The edit is real layout: large stills, a series title, and captions that say what the print is. Editorial is her page. Portfolio is the same edit with the type turned down.

These are fictional demos shipped with SayHi, labeled as such. They are not customer stories.

Editorial — a small magazine, not a contact sheet

Atlantic Edge opens as a text block with the print size in the sentence, then the photograph. The page reads in order. That is the point of the template.

Why this works.

Editorial

Portrait of Maya Okonkwo

Maya Okonkwo

Weather, concrete, and the people who wait in both

Photographer working between London and Lagos. Large-format landscapes, night streets, and the in-between weather that does not make the postcard.

London / Lagos

Selected work

Atlantic Edge

Cliffs at first light, fog still deciding whether to lift. Printed 30×40 on cotton rag. The path is real; I waited for a morning with no hikers.

Mist over coastal cliffs at dawn, a narrow path along the edge
Atlantic Edge, 2025

Cast Concrete

A stairwell in Peckham that only works for twenty minutes a day, when the sun hits the mid-landing and the dust becomes a second architecture.

Sunlight cutting across a brutalist concrete stairwell
Cast Concrete, 2024
Rain-wet night market street with warm stall lights
After Hours, Lagos, 2025
Hands holding a brass rangefinder camera on a wooden table
Studio table
@mayaokonkwoProcess, not a feed of everything

Open sayhi.page/mayaEditorial template

Portfolio — wider stills, shorter voice

Use this when the sequence of pictures is the whole argument and the words are only labels. Maya’s captions still matter; they just have less room.

Why this works.

Portfolio

Portrait of Maya Okonkwo

Maya Okonkwo

Weather, concrete, and the people who wait in both

Photographer working between London and Lagos. Large-format landscapes, night streets, and the in-between weather that does not make the postcard.

London / Lagos

Selected work

Atlantic Edge

Cliffs at first light, fog still deciding whether to lift. Printed 30×40 on cotton rag. The path is real; I waited for a morning with no hikers.

Mist over coastal cliffs at dawn, a narrow path along the edge
Atlantic Edge, 2025

Cast Concrete

A stairwell in Peckham that only works for twenty minutes a day, when the sun hits the mid-landing and the dust becomes a second architecture.

Sunlight cutting across a brutalist concrete stairwell
Cast Concrete, 2024
Rain-wet night market street with warm stall lights
After Hours, Lagos, 2025
Hands holding a brass rangefinder camera on a wooden table
Studio table
@mayaokonkwoProcess, not a feed of everything

Open sayhi.page/mayaPortfolio template

What to copy

An edit

A photographer portfolio website that shows everything shows nothing. Six to twelve pictures.

Enquiry, not a shop

Print sales and job requests can be a contact form. Proofing galleries and checkout are a different product.

Series, named

A heading for the body of work beats a filename. Atlantic Edge is a series. IMG_2048 is not.

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Photographers

Selected stills, captions, and an enquiry path. Not a client proofing gallery.

Portfolio

A one-page portfolio: large work, a short bio, and a URL for a bio or an email.

Examples

Fictional people with real layouts: developer, photographer, musician, designer, creator.

Build a portfolio

A few pieces of work, a sentence under each, and a way to reply.