The object of a mobile website is to be very lean.  It reminds me of the days of dial up internet connections when web designers squeezed every pixel in an image as small as possible.  Mobile means lean — and not only shrinking images, but only using when necessary.  Once you have a banner – you’re left with little precious real estate for graphics.

So, what to do with a photographer’s mobile website, when his business is visual?  We decided on one image per page, with a main gallery page listing/linking to each photographic category (business photos, portraits, real estate, etc.) gallery page.  This gave the visitor a heads-up to know clicking through they would be viewing/downloading images.  Being respectful is important in creating a mobile website.  This offered the limited-bandwidth user a chance to opt out – or bookmark to view on their desktop.

Each gallery page has a maximum 6 images, and these were highly optimized.  It gives the user an idea of the photographer’s style and feel without a big bandwidth use.

Both the desktop site and mobile site easily let the user switch back and forth if bandwidth is not an issue.