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Photos for Your Landscaping Website: From the Phone to the Portfolio

Your work convinces on site. The pictures of it sit unsorted on the boss's phone: backlight here, a wheelbarrow in shot there, portrait format everywhere. We show you what a phone camera really can do, and we prepare your existing shots so they become a gallery that convinces clients.

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Editing from 290 € net Before and after from the same viewpoint Modern image formats, short loading times

12–20 images

are enough for a solid portfolio gallery (project experience)

landscape 3:2

aspect ratio for home page and gallery

2 formats

a modern format plus a classic fallback

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hosting and image data in Germany

Prices · net, plus VAT

from 290 € image editing, net
  • Review, selection, cropping and colour matching of your images
  • Delivered in modern formats so the site loads quickly
  • Meaningful file names and image descriptions for search
  • Built straight into your portfolio gallery on request
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Editing of existing images from 290 € net. Website at a fixed price from 1,490 € net — up to eight pages, portfolio gallery, enquiry form, mobile-friendly, hosting for the first year included. More extensive, with regional pages and a careers section, from 2,900 € net. Care and hosting from 39 € net per month, cancellable monthly.

In landscape gardening the eye decides. Anyone commissioning a terrace, a driveway or a complete garden wants to see beforehand what that looks like when you build it. This is exactly where most company websites fall down: the work is clean, the pictures are not. This page shows how to take usable shots with a phone, which typical mistakes ruin the result, and how existing images become a portfolio gallery that actually triggers enquiries on your landscaping website. Among the businesses we look after is Viktor Waldbauer Garten- und Landschaftsbau from Nordstemmen, working on sand-set slabs, terraces, cisterns and complete garden installations.

Newly laid natural stone terrace against a house wall with a gravel strip

Image review before editing

Image review before editingExtract from a phone gallery
selection needed
Finding per shot
Overview of the whole area, landscape, soft morning light
Before and after from the same viewpoint
Shot in portrait, a crop will be set
Horizon tilted, will be straightened
Midday backlight, hard shadows across the surface
Wheelbarrow and cables cutting into the frame
What is delivered
Aspect ratiolandscape 3:2
Formatsmodern plus fallback
Per projectoverview and two details
For a gallery that carries
12 to 20
images (project experience)
Every selected image gets a meaningful file name and an image descriptionreview at no cost
Editing existing imagesfrom 290 € net
Before and afterfrom the same viewpoint
An illustrative review result; the actual assessment depends on the material you have. The review itself is free, editing starts at 290 € net.

The Most Common Obstacle: Good Work, Poor Pictures

Hardly any business fails because of the quality of its work. What fails is the documentation. There are three thousand images on the phone, two hundred of them from sites, twenty of them showing the finished state, three of them without a site fence, cable drum or half-open boot in the frame. And those three are portrait format, because they were taken in passing. Put those pictures on a website and you have content but no effect. A client torn between two firms will choose the one whose work they can picture.

Pictures Are Read First

Visitors see images before they read text. Only when a photo sparks interest does anyone read on below it. One strong lead image carries an entire page.

The Eye Looks for Similarity

Clients are not looking for the prettiest photo but for the most similar one: same plot size, same material, same ambition. Range beats perfection.

Text Cannot Replace an Image

A description of paving bonds stays abstract. A photo of the finished surface in morning light answers the question in a second.

What a Phone Camera Does Well

A current smartphone delivers images that are perfectly sufficient for a website. The camera is rarely the problem; the shooting situation is. Four things decide the result: light, viewpoint, tidiness in the frame and format. Anyone with those four under control needs no photographer for routine site documentation. Above all, it matters that pictures are taken before the crew leaves, because a second appointment on the finished plot tends never to happen.

  • Use daylight, ideally in the morning or in the last hour before knocking-off time
  • Shoot landscape, not portrait — the home page and gallery need wide images
  • Take before and after from the same spot and in the same direction
  • Tidy the site first: tools, cables, barriers, coffee cups and vehicles out of frame
  • Note or mark the viewpoint so the after shot really matches
  • Always take both: an overview of the whole area and two or three details
  • Hold the camera at chest or eye height, stand still, wait a moment
  • If people are in shot, ask first, or wait until nobody is in the frame
SituationHow it goes wrongHow it becomes usable
LightMidday sun or direct backlight, hard shadows across the surfaceSoft light in the morning or evening, sun behind you
ViewpointWide angle from a crouch, edges toppling away to the backStanding upright at chest height, a few steps further back
FormatShot in portrait, usable on the home page only as a narrow stripShot in landscape, fills lead image and gallery without cropping
TidinessTrailer, wheelbarrow and site fence cutting into the frameArea cleared, attention resting on the work
Before and afterBefore from the garden gate, after from the terraceBoth images from the same spot, same direction
QuantityA single photo per project, usually a close-up detailAn overview, two details and one before shot per project

The Viewpoint Marker Saves Hours Later

Before the digger arrives, take an overview shot from the future viewpoint and remember that spot: the third slab from the garden gate, the corner of the garage, the fence post. On the last day, stand in exactly the same place. Those two images make a before-and-after that no advertising copy can replace. Without that marker you end up with two pictures that show the same plot but cannot be compared with each other.

Before and After Only Work From the Same Viewpoint

Two Images, One Viewpoint — the Strongest Argument in Landscaping

Before-and-after images are the most convincing format in landscape gardening, because they show the work rather than merely claiming it. They only work, however, when both shots are taken from the same point. As soon as position, height or direction changes, the eye compares two different plots instead of two states of the same garden. That is why the before shot belongs at the start of every project, not at the end of someone's memory.

  • Before shot on day one, before materials and machines arrive
  • Orient the viewpoint to a fixed feature on the ground
  • Same height, same direction, ideally a similar time of day
  • After shot only once the final clean-up is done, no leftover material in frame

How Image Chaos Becomes a Gallery

The technical part sounds like a side issue, but it decides whether the gallery appears at all on a phone with a weak signal. An unedited phone image is several megabytes in size. Twenty of them on one page mean waiting, and waiting means people leave. We therefore deliver every image in several sizes, so a phone loads a smaller file than a large screen does, and images are only loaded once they come into view.

Modern Formats

Your images are delivered in a modern, heavily compressed format, with a classic fallback for older devices. The visible difference is the loading time, not the picture quality.

The Right Size per Device

A phone loads a smaller file than an office screen. Images outside the visible area are only fetched once someone scrolls down to them.

Descriptions for Everyone

Every image receives alternative text describing what can be seen. That is a requirement for accessibility and helps people find you through image search.

What the Editing Costs

Photos and Website: Clear Prices

All prices net, plus VAT. What is actually needed becomes clear once we have reviewed your images — and the review itself is free.

Image Editing

For businesses with enough material, just unsorted.

from 290 € one-off, net
  • Review and selection from your existing material
  • Cropping, straightening and colour matching
  • Meaningful file names and image descriptions
  • Delivery in modern formats and several sizes
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Website With Gallery

The complete website with a portfolio gallery at a fixed price.

from 1,490 € one-off, net
  • Up to eight pages, mobile-friendly, hosting for the first year included
  • Portfolio gallery and enquiry form built in from the start
  • More extensive, with regional pages and a careers section, from 2,900 €
  • Image editing included as a component on request
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Care and Hosting

So that new project images do not end up back on the phone.

from 39 € per month, net
  • Hosting in Germany, backups and updates
  • New project images added on an ongoing basis
  • Cancellable monthly, no minimum term
  • One dedicated contact instead of a ticket system
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All prices net, plus VAT. The exact effort for image editing depends on the quantity and condition of the material; we name the price before we begin. How the images are then built into your pages is shown on the page about the portfolio gallery.

Image Rights and Consent

The basic rule with images is this: whoever takes the photograph holds the rights to it. If you or your staff took the shots, you can use them on your website. As soon as an external photographer was involved, you need their written permission, specifically for the purpose of publication on the internet. Images from the web, from manufacturer catalogues or from material suppliers may not simply be used, not even when you installed the material yourself.

  • Your own shots: you or your business hold the rights and can publish freely
  • Shots by a photographer: obtain written permission to use them on the website
  • Private plots: obtain the owner's consent, preferably in writing
  • Recognisable houses, house numbers and number plates: get consent or choose a different crop
  • People in shot, staff included: ask beforehand and document the consent
  • Third-party images from the web or from catalogues: never use without explicit permission

Best to Get Consent at Handover

The simplest route is a short paragraph in the contract or the handover record: the client permits publication of images of the completed work on the website and on notice boards, without naming the address. That costs one sentence, prevents later discussions and is far more reliable than phoning a year afterwards. Ask your legal adviser if in doubt; we do not draft contract wording, we work with whatever you release.

When There Are No Usable Images Yet

Start With the Next Project

We give your crew a short shot list: before image on day one, overview and details on the last day. After two or three projects the gallery stands on its own, without anyone having to drive out specially.

Photograph Older Projects Again

Many finished installations are still there. One call to the client, an appointment in the early evening, twenty minutes on site — and you have images of areas that have since grown in, which is exactly why they look so good.

Build the Site Without Filler

Until your own images exist, we build the site so that it works without a mass of pictures: clear service descriptions, text modules and placeholder areas that are later replaced by real project images without any rebuild.

Typical Starting Points Around Images

All on the phone
Starting point
Around three thousand shots in phone storage, nothing sorted, nothing named.
Measure
Joint review, selection of roughly fifteen images, cropping and colour matching.
Result
A gallery with visible range instead of a collection of random fragments.
Details only
Starting point
Nothing but close-ups of paving joints and kerbstones, no overview shots.
Measure
Introduced a shot list for the crew: overview first, details afterwards.
Result
Clients recognise the finished surface before they dive into the details.
Before shot missing
Starting point
After images available, before images only on a former employee's phone.
Measure
Viewpoint marker introduced and applied consistently from the next project on.
Result
Every new project delivers a comparable pair of before and after.

Illustrative scenarios from typical project situations (project experience) — anonymised, with no assurance of particular results.

Send Us Whatever Is on the Phone

We review your material and tell you frankly what can be made of it and what is missing. The review is without obligation and free of charge.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Photos

How the website of a tree care business could look

The draft shows structure and handling: approaches laid out on tabs, a section on permitted cutting periods, storm damage as a sequence of steps. The business in it is invented.

Draft
Tree care

Tree care with cutting periods and storm procedure

A draft for a tree care business: three approaches — crown care, crown bracing and felling — sit side by side on tabs, and the permitted cutting periods have their own section covering federal nature protection law, municipal tree bylaws and species protection. Six warning signs on the tree lead to the question of when an inspection makes sense. Storm damage is described as a four-step procedure, alongside standby hours, equipment and proof of qualification.

ApproachesCutting periodsWarning signsStorm procedure

Illustrative layout drafts. The businesses shown are fictitious; these are not client projects.

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