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diff --git a/client/src/components/Gallery.tsx b/client/src/components/Gallery.tsx
index 145ed44..e0df494 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Gallery.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Gallery.tsx
@@ -4,47 +4,60 @@ import { motion, AnimatePresence } from 'framer-motion';
 interface GalleryItem {
   id: number;
   imageUrl: string;
-  caption: string;
   alt: string;
 }
 
-// Placeholder data using board member headshots
+// Gallery photos from community events
 const galleryData: GalleryItem[] = [
   {
     id: 1,
-    imageUrl: '/headshots/tessa.jpg',
-    caption: 'Tessa Williams - President',
-    alt: 'Tessa Williams headshot',
+    imageUrl: '/photos/FullSizeRender 2.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community gathering',
   },
   {
     id: 2,
-    imageUrl: '/headshots/rita.jpg',
-    caption: 'Rita Sommers-Flanagan - Vice President',
-    alt: 'Rita Sommers-Flanagan headshot',
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_1615.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
   },
   {
     id: 3,
-    imageUrl: '/headshots/aubz.jpg',
-    caption: 'Aubz Orr - Secretary',
-    alt: 'Aubz Orr headshot',
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_2166.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
   },
   {
     id: 4,
-    imageUrl: '/headshots/eliza.jpg',
-    caption: 'Eliza Gutierrez - Treasurer',
-    alt: 'Eliza Gutierrez headshot',
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_6067.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
   },
   {
     id: 5,
-    imageUrl: '/headshots/skyla.jpg',
-    caption: 'Skyla Heaton - Board Member',
-    alt: 'Skyla Heaton headshot',
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_6069.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
   },
   {
     id: 6,
-    imageUrl: '/headshots/kevin.jpg',
-    caption: 'Kevin Wolff - Board Member',
-    alt: 'Kevin Wolff headshot',
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_6079.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 7,
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_6080.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 8,
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_6084.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 9,
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_7655.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 10,
+    imageUrl: '/photos/IMG_7657.jpg',
+    alt: 'MCDi community event photo',
   },
 ];
 
@@ -88,11 +101,6 @@ const Gallery: React.FC = () => {
                     className="w-full h-full object-cover"
                   />
                 </div>
-                <div className="p-3 bg-[#6B1631]">
-                  <p className="text-yellow-400 text-sm font-semibold text-center truncate">
-                    {item.caption}
-                  </p>
-                </div>
               </div>
             </motion.div>
           ))}
@@ -140,20 +148,13 @@ const Gallery: React.FC = () => {
               </button>
 
               {/* Image Container */}
-              <div className="bg-white rounded-t-lg overflow-hidden shadow-2xl">
+              <div className="bg-white rounded-lg overflow-hidden shadow-2xl">
                 <img
                   src={selectedImage.imageUrl}
                   alt={selectedImage.alt}
-                  className="max-w-full max-h-[70vh] w-auto h-auto mx-auto object-contain"
+                  className="max-w-full max-h-[80vh] w-auto h-auto mx-auto object-contain"
                 />
               </div>
-
-              {/* Caption */}
-              <div className="bg-[#6B1631] rounded-b-lg p-4 border-2 border-black shadow-2xl">
-                <p className="text-yellow-400 text-xl font-bold text-center">
-                  {selectedImage.caption}
-                </p>
-              </div>
             </motion.div>
           </motion.div>
         )}