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Do you use Flickr or other?
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Conrad Birdie
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KCook
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Trensamiro
Veteran Member
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Flickr since a year ago.
Cheap, powerful, and lots of exposure, about 1,500 pageviews per day on average and lots of comments and favourites.
Easy and fast uploading of pics while adding them to sets, filling up their descriptions, adding tags, permisions, etc. on the fly, in a quick and effortless batch process. Lost of sizes made available including original size to people of your choice in various levels from just you to everyone.
And, may I repeat it again, lots of worldwide exposure, i.e., lots of people will see and eventually comment or favourite your pics, with full statistics made available to you, including counts per set, individually per picture, per day, etc., referrers (from where did they find your pictures), etc.
Or, if you prefer, you can restrict access to your pictures to just you, or your family and relatives, or your friends. You're in command on when to grant permissions and to whom.
It works for me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirepapa/
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See my Lumix ZS3 (TZ7) pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirepapa/
BSHolland
Well-known member
Using PBase since 2004, great site. http://www.pbase.com/bernard74/profile
Seth...
This question is a lot like asking "which camera should I buy" because they all are good, and they have pros and cons, and people will tell you what they use is the best. simply because it fits their needs best.
Since you mentioned Flickr, I can tell you something about it since I am a Flickr user. I have also used Smugmug, Zenfolio and Picassa in the past too.
Flickr is different than the others because it is not designed to be a portfolio or gallery site. It is really a photo sharing community. Flickr has gazillions of "groups" that are based on topic, subject matter, photographic technique, camera, geography or anything else, and each group has their own photo pool and discussion forum. And any member can create a group if they don't find one that suits them.
Flickr even has groups for photo shoot meet-ups in most geographic areas. And this is a pretty good way to learn more about photography since many of the members will be more advanced than you or me are. Typically, they select a location, and sometimes even have aspiring models volunteer to come to shoots.
And Flickr is ridiculously cheap. For $25 a year I get unlimited uploads. All the other sites will charge you $40 to $90 a year for that. And you can even get a free membership that limits you to having only your 200 "most recent" uploads viewable (although all your uploads are saved, and will be viewable if you ever upgrade to a paid account).
Flickr is not a good portfolio site. Zenfolio, Pbase and Smugmug are much better at presentation. However there are free add ons that can make it function more like a presentation site (Flickriver and Fluidr, for example).
Whichever site you end up using, I suggest you get a free Flickr account as well. Just for the forums and the groups. They can be a great resource, and you can connect with other shooters who use the same gear or have the same shooting interests.
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Marty
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/marty4650/sets/72157606210120132
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marty4650/sets/72157606210120132/show/
my blog: http://marty4650.blogspot.com/
Olympus E-30
Olympus E-P1
This question is a lot like asking "which camera should I buy" because they all are good, and they have pros and cons, and people will tell you what they use is the best. simply because it fits their needs best.
Since you mentioned Flickr, I can tell you something about it since I am a Flickr user. I have also used Smugmug, Zenfolio and Picassa in the past too.
Flickr is different than the others because it is not designed to be a portfolio or gallery site. It is really a photo sharing community. Flickr has gazillions of "groups" that are based on topic, subject matter, photographic technique, camera, geography or anything else, and each group has their own photo pool and discussion forum. And any member can create a group if they don't find one that suits them.
Flickr even has groups for photo shoot meet-ups in most geographic areas. And this is a pretty good way to learn more about photography since many of the members will be more advanced than you or me are. Typically, they select a location, and sometimes even have aspiring models volunteer to come to shoots.
And Flickr is ridiculously cheap. For $25 a year I get unlimited uploads. All the other sites will charge you $40 to $90 a year for that. And you can even get a free membership that limits you to having only your 200 "most recent" uploads viewable (although all your uploads are saved, and will be viewable if you ever upgrade to a paid account).
Flickr is not a good portfolio site. Zenfolio, Pbase and Smugmug are much better at presentation. However there are free add ons that can make it function more like a presentation site (Flickriver and Fluidr, for example).
Whichever site you end up using, I suggest you get a free Flickr account as well. Just for the forums and the groups. They can be a great resource, and you can connect with other shooters who use the same gear or have the same shooting interests.
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Marty
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/marty4650/sets/72157606210120132
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marty4650/sets/72157606210120132/show/
my blog: http://marty4650.blogspot.com/
Olympus E-30
Olympus E-P1
Soenda
Veteran Member
I'm another pBase user.
I like the ease of navigation, the flexibility of design and the latitude of the people running the site. I've had very good luck with responsiveness to any questions or problems I had. Have been a member since 2006.
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http://www.pbase.com/soenda
I like the ease of navigation, the flexibility of design and the latitude of the people running the site. I've had very good luck with responsiveness to any questions or problems I had. Have been a member since 2006.
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http://www.pbase.com/soenda
gychang49
Forum Enthusiast
Recently switched to shutterfly due to unlimited free storage and can down load full noncompressed file if needed (haven't confirm this however).
It also has an app to upload via lightroom.
gychang
It also has an app to upload via lightroom.
gychang
beshannon
Veteran Member
I use Picasa, Photobucket and Smugmug all for different things
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http://brianshannon.smugmug.com/
http://brianshannonphotography.blogspot.com/
Andrew
Leading Member
I'd love to share my photos and get feedback but my chief concern before I get into this and deide which site to use is copyright protection. How safe are my pics from getting hijacked? It's tough enough protecting my print rights regarding newspaper work and I don't want to see my photos used indiscriminately over the web.
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F717(gave to wife) Sony S85(great little camera that
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Sony H9(retired) Panasonic LX3 that became an LX5 (small
enough to go everywhere), Nikon D5000 that grew into a D7000, Sony HX1
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Sony F505(retired), Sony F707(gave to son), Sony
F717(gave to wife) Sony S85(great little camera that
was stolen), Sony CD 1000 (ancient but a great lens),
Sony H9(retired) Panasonic LX3 that became an LX5 (small
enough to go everywhere), Nikon D5000 that grew into a D7000, Sony HX1
stevenjames
Veteran Member
SmugMug is the best I've found.
Numerous ways to configure your own website with designs, galleries etc.
They don't compress your images like the free sites do.
I upload/backup all of my images then make galleries and display only the ones I want to show and not bore everybody.
Be sure to check it out, they have very skilled employees and answer your ?s within an hour or two (or less).
Your photo's can be purchased from 2 labs in various sizes on various surfaces.
You can also set prices with the balance deposited to you (great for professionals and many use smugmug for this purpose).
Honestly there is nothing that it can't do. I also like the dry wit they use site wide.
Shameless plug:
check out my site for a quick look see at what you can do with minimal effort:
http://www.stevenjamesphotography.com
Steve
Numerous ways to configure your own website with designs, galleries etc.
They don't compress your images like the free sites do.
I upload/backup all of my images then make galleries and display only the ones I want to show and not bore everybody.
Be sure to check it out, they have very skilled employees and answer your ?s within an hour or two (or less).
Your photo's can be purchased from 2 labs in various sizes on various surfaces.
You can also set prices with the balance deposited to you (great for professionals and many use smugmug for this purpose).
Honestly there is nothing that it can't do. I also like the dry wit they use site wide.
Shameless plug:
check out my site for a quick look see at what you can do with minimal effort:
http://www.stevenjamesphotography.com
Steve
Roland Harvey
New member
I too have been a long time Flickr user. I recently came to the end of one of my 2 year subscriptions with it and sat there a looked hard at what to do.
In the end I searched hard and setup a smugmug account, people here and elsewhere all say its good, and more importantly the images that you upload are the same quality when you want to download. Smugmug even have the option to use Amazon S3 to store your photos on (great for back up, if you have spare cash lying around).
I managed to find a tool to transfer all of my photos from Flickr and put them on smugmug in a batch, which took a few hours. And this is where I could see the file sizes in Flickr where not as big as I thought confirming my worst fears.
Anyway, to cut it short. Now I have a paid for account on Smugmug (look for discount codes to cut down the first year cost) I now faced a Flickr account which has expired and reverted to free status, so I cannot see all my photos, all my friends are on Flickr encouraged by me of course, and they cannot see all the photos. Grrrr.
So in the end I had to renew the Flickr subscription.
I agree with a previous poster. Flickr is a social photo sharing site, it has some amazing features, it is by far the site to associate with. Applications mostly link with Flickr. Its really well thought out and the functions are great. Yes there are others that are better. But Flickr was the first and continues to improve. I'm sure some will comment on its changes since Yahoo acquired Flickr.
For presentation it is not as good as others. But it depends what you are looking for.
Good luck
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Roland Harvey
http://www.thepic.co.uk/photographers
In the end I searched hard and setup a smugmug account, people here and elsewhere all say its good, and more importantly the images that you upload are the same quality when you want to download. Smugmug even have the option to use Amazon S3 to store your photos on (great for back up, if you have spare cash lying around).
I managed to find a tool to transfer all of my photos from Flickr and put them on smugmug in a batch, which took a few hours. And this is where I could see the file sizes in Flickr where not as big as I thought confirming my worst fears.
Anyway, to cut it short. Now I have a paid for account on Smugmug (look for discount codes to cut down the first year cost) I now faced a Flickr account which has expired and reverted to free status, so I cannot see all my photos, all my friends are on Flickr encouraged by me of course, and they cannot see all the photos. Grrrr.
So in the end I had to renew the Flickr subscription.
I agree with a previous poster. Flickr is a social photo sharing site, it has some amazing features, it is by far the site to associate with. Applications mostly link with Flickr. Its really well thought out and the functions are great. Yes there are others that are better. But Flickr was the first and continues to improve. I'm sure some will comment on its changes since Yahoo acquired Flickr.
For presentation it is not as good as others. But it depends what you are looking for.
Good luck
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Roland Harvey
http://www.thepic.co.uk/photographers
jb_va2001
Veteran Member
Andrew wrote:
... How safe are my pics from getting hijacked? It's tough enough protecting my print rights regarding newspaper work and I don't want to see my photos used indiscriminately over the web. ...
... How safe are my pics from getting hijacked? It's tough enough protecting my print rights regarding newspaper work and I don't want to see my photos used indiscriminately over the web. ...
jb_va2001
Veteran Member
angelhappy
Forum Enthusiast
Have used flickr for years but until the last year I turned to a pro account. For $25 a year you get unlimited downloads/uploads full resolution. Not to mention the forums and sharing that goes on. Its the most fun and creative way you can use pictures. There is a whole community out there of photographers and models and some myght be living in your area as I found out. Have fun!
Osvaldo Cristo
Veteran Member
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O.Cristo - An Amateur Photographer
Opinions of men are almost as various as their faces - so many men so many minds . Franklin
O.Cristo - An Amateur Photographer
Opinions of men are almost as various as their faces - so many men so many minds . Franklin
jnuss
Active member
I've used fotki.com for the past five years. If I were starting over again, I'd investigate
Flickr as that appears to be the most popular. Unfortunately, I have over 6000 photos
uploaded to my fotki account. It would be a major effort for me to switch to another
provider. All are pretty competitive. A few have a trial period. If like me, you plan on
doing a lot of uploading, you need to do your homework. Good luck!
Flickr as that appears to be the most popular. Unfortunately, I have over 6000 photos
uploaded to my fotki account. It would be a major effort for me to switch to another
provider. All are pretty competitive. A few have a trial period. If like me, you plan on
doing a lot of uploading, you need to do your homework. Good luck!
stevenjames
Veteran Member
I should have mentioned that I've been using flickr as long as I have smugmug.
flickr as mentioned is more of a photo community with infinite groups. I have a pro account there so I can upload as many pics as I want though I try to keep my photostream (flickr speak) count low so as not to bore folks.
Smugmug is where you can also store all of your original high res. images but can also configure a friendly or professional photo website with numerous galleries & categories. As mentioned your "admirers" can order prints, mugs etc. at cost or you can mark up the cost.
I'm currently in the process of giving my smugmug site a facelift as I'm morphing it from a site that's been storing & displaying all my snapshots to one that will host my website when I return to shooting a few weddings/yr and maybe a few other part time photo projects.
It is very well organized with help always just a click away where you get full complete step by step help and if you're having brain gas can click the "speak to a real person" button.
So there you have it, its late and I have a life to get back to.
When you get your smugmug site all fancy and purdy be sure to post a link. If you don't choose smugmug then don't let me know this was all for naught
Steve
Henry Falkner
Veteran Member
I have used pbase.com since 2003. There is an annual charge, under 30$US. I get no advertising. You get templates for your background to choose from. But I just use inverted text (white) on an inverted background (black), since in my perception this distracts least from my pictures. We have not had any real disasters for quite some time now, but even when we had, pbase lost none of my pictures. I can organise my pictures the way I want - unlike YouTube, which dictates in what context my videos appear in.
Again, I do not compete with advertising.
DPReview also offers gallery space, but I have never quite got the hang of how it works, so I am not making an effort to maintain my DPReview galleries.
Henry
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