This is just a hack to allow for testimonials or blog items to be displayed on other pages.
As for showing photos I've opted to create a gallery page of photos.
Create a blank page
Then add a gallery widget to that page.
I have more control over the look and feel that way.
Example: http://www.rocknrollsocialite.com/live-music
Here I'm using a hidden gallery of live music photos
Next I created a page and added the gallery via the page gallery widget