By Optimize your portfolio images to 150-200KB per photo using tools like Lightroom’s export settings with 60-80% JPEG quality—this maintains professional visual standards while cutting load times by 70% compared to uncompressed files. Most visitors abandon sites that take longer than three seconds to load, and your hero images are usually the culprit.
Implement lazy loading on your portfolio pages so images load only as visitors scroll down, reducing initial page weight from several megabytes to under 500KB. Platforms like Squarespace and Format include this feature by default, while WordPress users can add it through plugins …
