diff --git a/public/css/default.css b/public/css/default.css
index 32ac1f9f..d2d0edb5 100644
--- a/public/css/default.css
+++ b/public/css/default.css
@@ -199,33 +199,57 @@ i.space-invader.alt-7::before {
 
 div.polaroid {
 	background: #fff;
-	box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+	box-shadow: 4px 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
 	line-height: 0;
 	position: relative;
+	transition: 0.25s;
 }
-div.polaroid img {
-	background: url('../images/nothumb.svg') center no-repeat;
+div.polaroid:hover {
+	box-shadow: 4px 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+}
+div.polaroid img.normal-photo {
+	background: #fff url('../images/nothumb.svg') center no-repeat;
 	border: none;
+	left: 0;
 	object-fit: cover;
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0;
 	width: 100%;
+	z-index: 20;
+}
+div.polaroid img.blur-photo {
+	filter: blur(50px);
+	left: 0;
+	object-fit: cover;
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0;
+	width: 100%;
+	z-index: 0;
+}
+div.polaroid img.placeholder-image {
+	background: #fff;
+	z-index: 20;
 }
 div.polaroid h4 {
+	background: #fff;
+	bottom: 0;
 	color: #000;
 	margin: 0;
 	font: 400 18px 'Coda', sans-serif;
 	padding: 15px 5px;
+	position: absolute;
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 	text-align: center;
+	width: 100%;
 	white-space: nowrap;
 	overflow: hidden;
+	z-index: 20;
 }
 div.polaroid a {
 	display: block;
 	text-decoration: none;
 }
-div.polaroid:hover {
-	box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-}
+
 
 
 /* Album title boxes
diff --git a/templates/PhotosIndex.php b/templates/PhotosIndex.php
index 196e870c..b01a9230 100644
--- a/templates/PhotosIndex.php
+++ b/templates/PhotosIndex.php
@@ -83,27 +83,33 @@ class PhotosIndex extends Template
 
 	protected function photo(Image $image, $className, $width, $height, $crop = true, $fit = true)
 	{
+		// Prefer thumbnail aspect ratio if available, otherwise use image aspect ratio.
+		$aspectRatio = isset($width, $height) ? $width / $height : $image->ratio();
+
 		echo '
-				<div class="polaroid ', $className, '">';
+				<div class="polaroid ', $className, '" style="aspect-ratio: ', $aspectRatio, '">';
 
 		if ($this->show_edit_buttons)
 			echo '
 					<a class="edit" href="', BASEURL, '/editasset/?id=', $image->getId(), '">Edit</a>';
 
 		echo '
-					<a href="', $image->getPageUrl(), $this->url_suffix, '#photo_frame">
+					<a href="', $image->getPageUrl(), $this->url_suffix, '#photo_frame">';
+
+
+		foreach (['normal-photo', 'blur-photo'] as $className)
+		{
+			echo '
 						<img src="', $image->getThumbnailUrl($width, $height, $crop, $fit), '"';
 
-		// Can we offer double-density thumbs?
-		if ($image->width() >= $width * 2 && $image->height() >= $height * 2)
-			echo ' srcset="', $image->getThumbnailUrl($width * 2, $height * 2, $crop, $fit), ' 2x"';
-		else
-			echo ' srcset="', $image->getThumbnailUrl($image->width(), $image->height(), true), ' 2x"';
+			// Can we offer double-density thumbs?
+			if ($image->width() >= $width * 2 && $image->height() >= $height * 2)
+				echo ' srcset="', $image->getThumbnailUrl($width * 2, $height * 2, $crop, $fit), ' 2x"';
+			else
+				echo ' srcset="', $image->getThumbnailUrl($image->width(), $image->height(), true), ' 2x"';
 
-		// Prefer thumbnail aspect ratio if available, otherwise use image aspect ratio.
-		$aspectRatio = isset($width, $height) ? $width / $height : $image->ratio();
-
-		echo ' alt="" title="', $image->getTitle(), '" style="aspect-ratio: ', $aspectRatio, '">';
+			echo ' alt="" title="', $image->getTitle(), '" class="', $className, '" style="aspect-ratio: ', $aspectRatio, '">';
+		}
 
 		if ($this->show_labels)
 			echo '