diff --git a/website/blog/models.py b/website/blog/models.py
index dafd381..32c8c19 100644
--- a/website/blog/models.py
+++ b/website/blog/models.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class BlogListPage(BaseContentMixin, BasePage):  # type: ignore[misc]
             self.get_children()
             .live()
             .select_related("hero_image")
+            .select_related("hero_unsplash_photo")
             .prefetch_related("tags")
             .order_by("-date")
         )
diff --git a/website/common/models.py b/website/common/models.py
index 722e005..51914c1 100644
--- a/website/common/models.py
+++ b/website/common/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import math
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Optional
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.functional import cached_property, classproperty
 from wagtail.admin.panels import FieldPanel
 from wagtail.fields import StreamField
 from wagtail.images import get_image_model_string
+from wagtail.images.views.serve import generate_image_url
 from wagtail.models import Page
 
 from website.common.utils import count_words
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ from .utils import TocEntry, extract_text, get_table_of_contents, truncate_strin
 class BasePage(Page):
     show_in_menus_default = True
 
-    HERO_IMAGE_SIZE = "width-1200"
-
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
 
@@ -86,6 +85,14 @@ class BaseContentMixin(models.Model):
     def plain_text(self) -> str:
         return extract_text(self.content_html)
 
+    @cached_property
+    def hero_image_url(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if self.hero_unsplash_photo_id is not None:
+            return self.hero_unsplash_photo.get_hero_image_url()  # type: ignore
+        elif self.hero_image_id is not None:
+            return generate_image_url(self.hero_image, "width-1200")
+        return None
+
 
 class ContentPage(BasePage, BaseContentMixin):  # type: ignore[misc]
     subpage_types: list[Any] = []
diff --git a/website/common/templates/common/hero.html b/website/common/templates/common/hero.html
index 1ea3fb5..1891bbd 100644
--- a/website/common/templates/common/hero.html
+++ b/website/common/templates/common/hero.html
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-{% load wagtailimages_tags %}
-
-{% if page.hero_image %}
-  <img class="hero" src="{% image_url page.hero_image page.HERO_IMAGE_SIZE %}">
+{% if page.hero_image_url %}
+  <img class="hero" src="{{ page.hero_image_url }}">
 {% endif %}
 
 <section class="hero">
diff --git a/website/common/templates/common/listing-item.html b/website/common/templates/common/listing-item.html
index adc099c..89db290 100644
--- a/website/common/templates/common/listing-item.html
+++ b/website/common/templates/common/listing-item.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{% load wagtailcore_tags wagtailimages_tags %}
+{% load wagtailcore_tags %}
 
 <article class="media listing-item">
   <div class="columns">
     <figure class="media-left column is-3 image-column">
-      {% if page.hero_image %}
+      {% if page.hero_image_url %}
         <a href="{% pageurl page %}" class="image">
-          <img src="{% image_url page.hero_image 'width-300' %}">
+          <img src="{{ page.hero_image_url }}">
         </a>
       {% endif %}
     </figure>
diff --git a/website/contrib/unsplash/models.py b/website/contrib/unsplash/models.py
index 73587f0..c7f5ab9 100644
--- a/website/contrib/unsplash/models.py
+++ b/website/contrib/unsplash/models.py
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ class UnsplashPhoto(models.Model):
     def get_description(self) -> str:
         return self.data["description"]
 
+    def get_hero_image_url(self) -> str:
+        return self.data["urls"]["regular"]
+
     def get_thumbnail_url(self) -> str:
         return self.data["urls"]["thumb"]