Our mobile phones are quickly becoming our photo albums. Photographers represent a somewhat untapped market for mobile web development. But if you think about it, this market should have been the first to adapt to the mobile world. With the saturation of smartphones in developed nations, e-mail open rates on smartphones are rapidly approaching 40 percent and may be there by the time you read this (http://www.emailmonday.com/mobile-email-usage-statistics).
When you get that e-mail from your photographer that your photos are ready for viewing, aren't you so excited that you try to view them immediately? Yet there are a LOT of photographers who are masters at their trade that do not have websites that are ready to meet the new mobile demands:
So, here's what we'll cover in this chapter:
Creating a basic gallery using PhotoSwipe
Supporting the full range of device sizes – responsive web design
Text readability in responsive design
Sending back only what is needed...