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I totally agree with the others re PBase. Things have improved a great deal over the past couple of months, probably due to the fact that Slug is now charging. You can't run a business on air! $23 is real cheap - about three lens caps. I sell more of my images on PBase than anywhere else. The exposure (excuse the pun) is far more than I would ever get on a personal website.

Cheers
Sheila

Sheila Smart
http://www.pbase.com/sheila

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name - Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
 
Tim32225 said:
IT may SEEM like it costs more, but it doesn't. You have already
mentioned 2 upgrades and you just got your camera. Lucky your
dealer let you trade up lenses for the difference in cost. It
doesn't make sense to buy a cheap lens unless it's the lens you
want.
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I was sooo far over budget I didn't have a choice but to get the tamron 24-135 in the first purchase. Plus, I needed the wider angle than the canon which was the 28-135. I think the tamron was defective b/c it made alot of noise and it was back focusing anyway. The canon focuses beautifully and lightning fast by comparison. I jsut couldn't push the $ any higher that day. After 2 weeks of digesting it all, I realized I had no choice but to swap it for the canon. plus I needed the IS to let me hand hold at lower shutter speeds.
Tim32225 said:
expensive (lots of people swear by Tamron and Tokina 19-35) but I
wouldn't buy a lens that I didn't plan to keep for a while.
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I'm desperate. I need it now for shooting hubbys construction jobs. To go to a better lens is a $500 difference. There's just no way I could do it now.
Tim32225 said:
If you know you're going to upgrade, just get the right lens the
first time instead. You do the math. I believe you' re better in
the long run.
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No can do. Hubby needs a rest! LOL!

Thanks,
Lonnit
Tim32225 said:
lonnit said:
I think though, despite all the above, I will be spending on the
gallery!

Warmly,
Lonnit
Mark Gillett said:
Pbase is cheap and very good for what they offer. The money we pay
is for the expertise that we do not have. Bite the bullett and pay
for a year of hassle free uploading.

Mark
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Sheila Smart said:
I totally agree with the others re PBase. Things have improved a
great deal over the past couple of months, probably due to the fact
that Slug is now charging. You can't run a business on air! $23 is
real cheap - about three lens caps. I sell more of my images on
PBase than anywhere else. The exposure (excuse the pun) is far more
than I would ever get on a personal website.
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Whoa! Back up a minute! You sell your shots on pbase? I've not wandered around there except for uploading my shots for the challange so I wasnt' aware of other services. You say you sell your shots there? How does that work?

Thanks,
Lonnit
Sheila Smart said:
Cheers
Sheila

Sheila Smart
http://www.pbase.com/sheila

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name -
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
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Pbase doesn't handle financial transactions, but it does get people to look at your pictures.

One feature of pbase that you might not be aware of is that it maintains a page of recently updated galleries. A lot of people watch this page and check out galleries with interesting titles. Whenever I create a new pbase gallery, it gets hundreds of hits even before I tell anybody about it.

--Garrett
http://www.pbase.com/garrettlau
lonnit said:
Sheila Smart said:
I totally agree with the others re PBase. Things have improved a
great deal over the past couple of months, probably due to the fact
that Slug is now charging. You can't run a business on air! $23 is
real cheap - about three lens caps. I sell more of my images on
PBase than anywhere else. The exposure (excuse the pun) is far more
than I would ever get on a personal website.
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Whoa! Back up a minute! You sell your shots on pbase? I've not
wandered around there except for uploading my shots for the
challange so I wasnt' aware of other services. You say you sell
your shots there? How does that work?

Thanks,
Lonnit
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lonnit said:
Sheila Smart said:
I totally agree with the others re PBase. Things have improved a
great deal over the past couple of months, probably due to the fact
that Slug is now charging. You can't run a business on air! $23 is
real cheap - about three lens caps. I sell more of my images on
PBase than anywhere else. The exposure (excuse the pun) is far more
than I would ever get on a personal website.
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Whoa! Back up a minute! You sell your shots on pbase? I've not
wandered around there except for uploading my shots for the
challange so I wasnt' aware of other services. You say you sell
your shots there? How does that work?

Thanks,
Lonnit
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Since I have posted a gallery entitled "Price List", I have had several requests for both prints and CDs. Folk contact me through my email address and it goes on from there. One PBaser has set up a PayPal system on PBase but that is way beyond my IT knowledge. It is certainly looking a lot more professional than it has in the past, possibly due to the fact that money is being put into the site.

Cheers
Sheila

Sheila Smart
http://www.pbase.com/sheila

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name - Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
 
Garrett Lau said:
Pbase doesn't handle financial transactions, but it does get people
to look at your pictures.
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Ahhh.. so then they purchase thru a link to webstore or email the photographer.
Garrett Lau said:
One feature of pbase that you might not be aware of is that it
maintains a page of recently updated galleries. A lot of people
watch this page and check out galleries with interesting titles.
Whenever I create a new pbase gallery, it gets hundreds of hits
even before I tell anybody about it.
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Wow! That's cool! If it's feedback I want then that ought to do it! LOL!

Thanks,
Lonnit
Garrett Lau said:
--Garrett
http://www.pbase.com/garrettlau
lonnit said:
Sheila Smart said:
I totally agree with the others re PBase. Things have improved a
great deal over the past couple of months, probably due to the fact
that Slug is now charging. You can't run a business on air! $23 is
real cheap - about three lens caps. I sell more of my images on
PBase than anywhere else. The exposure (excuse the pun) is far more
than I would ever get on a personal website.
Click to expand...
Whoa! Back up a minute! You sell your shots on pbase? I've not
wandered around there except for uploading my shots for the
challange so I wasnt' aware of other services. You say you sell
your shots there? How does that work?

Thanks,
Lonnit
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Sheila Smart said:
Since I have posted a gallery entitled "Price List", I have had
several requests for both prints and CDs. Folk contact me through
my email address and it goes on from there.
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I get it now. :)
Sheila Smart said:
a PayPal system on PBase but that is way beyond my IT knowledge.
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When I'm at the point where I can sell I'll just link the gallery to my website and set up another storefront that can handle the sales. I already have an on-line biz so that's no big deal.

Yes, $ thrown at things can tend to do that! LOL!
Sheila Smart said:
It is certainly looking a lot more professional than it has in the
past, possibly due to the fact that money is being put into the
site.
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Thanks!
Lonnit
Sheila Smart said:
Cheers
Sheila

Sheila Smart
http://www.pbase.com/sheila

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name -
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
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It's late so I didnt' have time to do anything but load in some pix. But here they are. The ones from Manhasset I took today. I was very happy with them considering I'm only 3 weeks into this new photography hobby. :) Feel free to post any comments. I can only learn by critique!
I hope you enjoy it.

Warmly,
Lonnit
http://www.pbase.com/lonnit/root

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Give "Gallery" a look. It is freeware and is PHP based.

http://gallery.sourceforge.net

PHP (or more accurately mod_php) with Apache is easy to setup and works well (even on Windows), but IIS could work with PHP via CGI. Higher performance can be obtained via FastCGI, but it may not be that simple to setup (it took me awhile to get that to work well).

http://www.phpbuddy.com/sub_articles.php?other_articles=4

-rdd
MDM said:
Im running IIS6

MDM
Mike G said:
lonnit said:
I'd like to start a gallery. I was going to do it on my domain but
I'd prefer a pbase type one where people can enter comments. I
can't build one of those myself. Pbase only offers it free for 30
days and then you can't add to it, plus they may remove it. ARe
there any free ones out there?

Thanks,
Lonnit

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I want a Canon 1Ds, but can only afford a Canon A70.
 
I hate those sites with pop-up ads. I'm a big pbase fan. The fee for a year is very reasonable, about $23 if I recall correctly.
 
Hi Lonnit!

You are prolific! The enthusiasm is wonderful. I see you've gone pbase and that seems to be a good site.

However, if you're looking to sell your photos in the future, you might want to consider something like http://www.photoreflect.com which is free.

Putting stuff up is completely free and you can setup your packages for sale as you like and even include a batch of remote labs to do the print work or setup packages for local print. You can setup discounts, shipping options, etc. You can also setup your own logo for the site and create your own watermark which will be put over the images on the site.

All the setup and photo editing, package editing, etc. is done with a remote client you download called PhotoReflect Publisher. It's basically a watered down version of their premiere pro packages that are $750.00 a pop available at http://www.expressdigital.com and which seem VERY full featured. You can download them for trial runs. Windows only.

All this is free but they take fees for anything you sell. They also take fees to process payments since they receive the funds and cut you checks every two weeks. The fee if you're doing under $20,000/year is 18%. While this may seem high, if you don't want to build your own site taking the time to create it, secure it and setup payment processing, etc. it's not bad. Especially since you can put up as much as you want. If you aren't selling, you aren't paying.

Just thought you might be interested in this for the future. It's not for everyone, but it seems to be working for a batch of photographers.

I guess the best of both worlds would be Pbase with a photo-store add-on system for X bucks. Maybe that's the way Pbase is going but I don't know.

Good luck and keep on shootin'!
lonnit said:
I'd like to start a gallery. I was going to do it on my domain but
I'd prefer a pbase type one where people can enter comments. I
can't build one of those myself. Pbase only offers it free for 30
days and then you can't add to it, plus they may remove it. ARe
there any free ones out there?

Thanks,
Lonnit
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WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!
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rlindabury said:
Hi Lonnit!

You are prolific!
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LOL! I believe I've become an addict!

How could anyone NOT be enthusiastic with a 10d in their hands and the incredible people in this forum to guide them!
rlindabury said:
pbase and that seems to be a good site.
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I sacrificed actual sleep last night to get those shots up. There's no info accompanying them yet except titles. And those may even change. LOL!
rlindabury said:
Just thought you might be interested in this for the future. It's
not for everyone, but it seems to be working for a batch of
photographers.
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It sounds great if one doesn't have access to an online storefront. Fortunately I do and it's not such a big deal for me to set it up, but I will check this out and keep it in mind. :) Thanks.
rlindabury said:
I guess the best of both worlds would be Pbase with a photo-store
add-on system for X bucks. Maybe that's the way Pbase is going but
I don't know.
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It wouldn't surprise me.
rlindabury said:
Good luck and keep on shootin'!
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Thanks.:)

Lonnit

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Please visit my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/lonnit/root

and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions. :)



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!
 
lonnit said:
It's late so I didnt' have time to do anything but load in some
pix. But here they are. The ones from Manhasset I took today. I was
very happy with them considering I'm only 3 weeks into this new
photography hobby. :) Feel free to post any comments. I can only
learn by critique!
I hope you enjoy it.

Warmly,
Lonnit
http://www.pbase.com/lonnit/root
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Boy,you are GOOD!!!!
really enjoyed your pictures, sweet, warm, perfectly composed.

feivel
 
feivel said:
feivel said:
http://www.pbase.com/lonnit/root
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Boy,you are GOOD!!!!
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boy will I have fun learning it!
feivel said:
really enjoyed your pictures, sweet, warm, perfectly composed.
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Warmly,
Lonnit

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Please visit my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/lonnit/root

and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions. :)



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apart from a slight problem with the thumbnails, it's ok for me. Click on the photo link below and click the "next" button to view more. I am going to remove the pics with the missing thumbs and hope that by re-submitting them, repair their database.

http://gallery18069.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=1434005

PS. Have you given up shooting car door mirrors then ?
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I have a white lens (thanks to Tippex !)
 
Gordon S Walker said:
apart from a slight problem with the thumbnails, it's ok for me.
Click on the photo link below and click the "next" button to view
more. I am going to remove the pics with the missing thumbs and
hope that by re-submitting them, repair their database.

http://gallery18069.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=1434005
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I like the bird/feeder shot - looks like it should be a poster with some text on it!
ShootingD60 said:
PS. Have you given up shooting car door mirrors then ?
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LOL! Far to controversial! LOL! ;) Instead I shoot my butt in the bathroom mirror - nobody seems to mind that!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

Lonnit
ShootingD60 said:
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I have a white lens (thanks to Tippex !)
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Please visit my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/lonnit/root

and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions. :)



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as for what you're doing wrong? Nothing as far as I can see, you have a great eye for a picture. You look for the unusual whereas I tend to stick to the traditional. I really must be more radical in my approach. The great tit on the bird feeder is one of those shot's you get while shooting but don't realise that it's ok until you see them at home. It is one of my faves along with one of my swan shots on pbase. (eoslensman)

Thanks for the nice comment too. Now try and get your butt in a car mirror, I'd really like to see that. ;-)
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