Add a voice note to your portfolio pages
Tell what the image doesn't show: up to 3 minutes of your voice on a portfolio page, played through a discreet player. A feature no other platform offers.
Granit's voice notes add an audio layer to your portfolio: up to 3 minutes per page, played through a discreet player without leaving the page. Here's what they're for, and when they tip a decision.
Telling what the image doesn't show
You've already worked on the selection, the order and the composition of your series. The voice note picks up everything else: the light that turned three times in ten minutes, the location you found by accident, the brief you had to work around, the choice of the 35mm over the 85.
An image doesn't have to explain everything. But the voice carries what text flattens — hesitation, conviction, humour. In two minutes, the visitor is no longer browsing a portfolio: they're meeting a photographer, a maker.
How voice notes work
- One note per portfolio page, up to three minutes: a series, a project, a story.
- A discreet player built into the page. Visitors listen without interrupting their browsing.
- No production required: no studio, no editing. Your computer's mic is enough.
Voice notes round out the other presentation pieces — free-form compositions and client galleries — without replacing them.
When voice makes the difference
- Wedding photography: three shortlisted photographers, three beautiful portfolios. The one you can hear talk about their approach already has the edge.
- Gallery or residency applications: a jury working through dozens of submissions remembers the one that spoke to them.
- Photojournalism: the image shows the scene, the voice tells the off-frame, the tension, the silence right before.
- Illustration: from first sketch to final version, the voice turns a series of images into a creative process.
Why no other platform offers this
Portfolio platforms think in grids, templates and scroll animations: to them, a portfolio is a layout problem. Format, Squarespace, Behance, Pixieset — not one audio feature.
Yet audio storytelling has proved itself everywhere else: documentary voice-over, museum audio guides, podcasts. It had simply never made it into the online portfolio.
Your images show your work. Your voice explains why you made it — and that's often what decides a client.
Frequently asked questions
How long can a voice note be?
Up to three minutes per note. Enough to tell what matters without weighing down the page or the browsing experience.
Do I need gear or editing?
No. A voice note is recorded directly, with no studio and no post-production. Your computer's built-in mic is good enough.
Do visitors have to listen to it?
No. The player stays discreet: invisible to anyone who only wants to look at the images, available to anyone who wants to understand the approach.
Which pages can host a voice note?
Portfolio pages. The note accompanies all the media on the page: a series, a project or a story.
Is it really useful for a professional portfolio?
Yes. Client, gallery, art director, collective or buyer: the voice gives access to your approach, not just the finished result.
Your voice is part of your work. Tell us what you'd do with it: @index@blog.granit.app on the #fediverse, or @granitupdates on X.