diff --git a/frontend/src/ketr-photos/ketr-photos.html b/frontend/src/ketr-photos/ketr-photos.html
index 08c05c8..e263a9e 100755
--- a/frontend/src/ketr-photos/ketr-photos.html
+++ b/frontend/src/ketr-photos/ketr-photos.html
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@
 
             start = 0;
             stop = this.thumbnails.length - 1;
+            /* If there were visible thumbs, use the one from the middle as the starting
+             * point to check visibility. Otherwise, binary-tree the entire image list */
             if (this.visibleThumbs.length) {
               index = this.visibleThumbs[this.visibleThumbs.length >> 1];
             } else {
@@ -390,6 +392,16 @@
               this.thumbnails[index].visible = false;
             }.bind(this));
 
+            /* Randomly index the visible array, keeping the center 
+             * in the middle. This makes the loading look more organic. */
+            for (var i = 0; i < visible.length >> 1; i++) {
+              if (Math.rand() > 0.5) {
+                var tmp = visible[i];
+                visible[i] = visible[visible.length - 1];
+                visible[visible.length - 1] = tmp;
+              }
+            }
+            
             /* Turn on visibility for any item that is now visible */
             visible.forEach(function(index) {
               if (this.thumbnails[index].visible != true) {
@@ -398,7 +410,7 @@
             }.bind(this));
 
             this.visibleThumbs = visible;
-          }, 250);
+          });
         },
 
         findPhoto: function(photo) {