Adam, I have an iPhone 5S but have not updated to iOS8 although they often remind me on the screen! My iPhone knowledge is very limited as I bought it mainly for an emergency phone which also included a camera and ability to show my images.
However I do not have any trouble viewing images. On Safari I have it set to my artistwebsite and Galleries. Touching a gallery produces the individual images in that gallery and I can then touch an image to get an enlarged image and all the info ie description, comments, etc.
Edit I'm sure I have iOS7, maybe you are still on iOS6?