Using Photo Backgrounds in Web Design: 30 Examples
Using large photos as a web page background is a popular technique that can result in a design that’s vivid and memorable. Caution though: Using large photographic images can significantly affect your web page’s page-loading time, so if you choose to go this route in your design, be sure to optimize your images. In this collection, feast your eyes on some excellent websites that use large photographic backgrounds!
Author: Jacob Gube
8 Comments (Add yours)
Wade
Apr 14 2012
DI, you’re doing a fantastic job at covering the various forms and products of design and I think you should keep it up! I do wish illustrator/photoshop tutorials were a bit more frequent, even if they were about smaller things. Keep up the great work!
Jacob Gube
Apr 15 2012
Editorial Team
Hi Wade! Thanks for the encouraging words!
About Photoshop/Illustrator tutorials: We will try to publish more tutorials. It’s been tough the past few months to find solid Photoshop/Illustrator tutorial content, and we’ve been working with our regular authors to see if they can write more (however, many are engaged in other activities), as well as proactively recruiting new writers (we spent a good chunk of last week contacting potential new writers).
We do currently have many tutorials in our archives though! To get to them, what I usually do is either use the search form or the Categories navigation menu on the sidebar. We’ll work on a better Archives page to improve the findability of our old tutorials as soon as we can!
Thanks for your suggestion and support of our site Wade! These comments do truly inspires us to keep working hard to publish great content for our readers as well as know what you guys/gals think we can do to improve.
Wade
Apr 17 2012
Not a problem, Jacob! Always excited to see what is new on the site. I will also apply to help write some tutorials if you give me the subject matter. I am proficient on Illustrator, but I am always learning as you can tell by me being on the site.
Robert U.
Apr 24 2012
Great tutorials, clear explanation, indeed, I wish the Photoshop tutorials were more frequent…
Michael Bretherton
Apr 19 2012
I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the design of these sites – great layouts, typography and styles. Thanks for putting together a really inspiring collection.
Patrick
Apr 19 2012
Awesome collection! I’m always wary of using photo backgrounds because I feel like they’re too messy or too busy – but clearly I’ve been proven wrong!
Sarah McMahon
Apr 19 2012
Definitely one of the best compilations of photo backgrounds in web design! I’m so glad I found this site, it’s been extremely helpful.
Oliver
May 15 2012
Very nice examples. I really like 360langstrasse. Great work.