Cheers guys.I continued searching and managed to find the code I was thinking of, turns out it didn't work the way I remembered it.here's the link if you're interested in seeing it, It's a nice bit of code for a photo gallery nonetheless.http://www.cssplay.co.uk/articles/gallery/
I like Hadien's ideas, I will experiment with them and see if either suit my needs.
I think having them in vertical columns will cause me problems later down the line, trying to keep them chronological when I plug in the data.Thanks for your thoughts, both