Hosting Debate
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PHOTOBUCKET:
I disagree here. If I didn't care about image quality I'd use a P&S camera. I don't know why everyone makes refrence to the fact that "[we] are not professional photographers." I take my hobbies seriously, don't you? Photobucket negates any sharpening that has been done in photoshop and then some. I do agree that $25 is more than reasonable. That's $2 per month, or two quarters a week... less than a cheeseburger at McDonalds.
Flickr:
Sorry to pick your post apart, but I disagree here too. They've got image quality advantages over most of the competition, but they're geared too much towards their internal community for me to really consider them for hosting per se. I do, however, search their images and read through discussions daily. It's a great resource.
Sorry to pick your post apart, but I disagree here too. They've got image quality advantages over most of the competition, but they're geared too much towards their internal community for me to really consider them for hosting per se. I do, however, search their images and read through discussions daily. It's a great resource.
SmugMug:
SmugMug is great for people willing to pay. I dislike the fact that even when you register a domain, your webpage ends up being displayed via their URL (yourdomain.smugmug.com). I'm paying for their service, I shouldn't have to advertise for them too. Their layouts are great for people that don't have the ability to create someting completely unique, but you can usually tell when you're looking at a smugmug page - if you want to stand out from the crowd I don't think this is the way to do it.
SmugMug is great for people willing to pay. I dislike the fact that even when you register a domain, your webpage ends up being displayed via their URL (yourdomain.smugmug.com). I'm paying for their service, I shouldn't have to advertise for them too. Their layouts are great for people that don't have the ability to create someting completely unique, but you can usually tell when you're looking at a smugmug page - if you want to stand out from the crowd I don't think this is the way to do it.
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I can see where you're coming from. I like the flickr community/website a lot too, I just hate using it to hose images that I'm going to post elsewhere. Like you said, it's too much work and effort. I upload to my web space via FTP for images that I post here.
I've had web space long before I ever got into photography, so I guess I'm just used to the $10/month that I pay for hosting. It really is invaluable to me.
I've had web space long before I ever got into photography, so I guess I'm just used to the $10/month that I pay for hosting. It really is invaluable to me.
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Lame excuse! 
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ok i need a free place to host like 100 pics that i just took at a wedding anniversary, i want to be able to give out the website to all the people that attended and let them be able to look at the pics and be able to download them if they want to print them off. should i just create a new flickr account and send everyone there? or does anyone have a better option?
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After doing it once, I would be able to do it much quicker the next time but still, there is a code for every little thing! <~ I might as-well have created a HTML webpage from scratch!
Originally Posted by .:Chris:.
Their layouts are great for people that don't have the ability to create someting completely unique, but you can usually tell when you're looking at a smugmug page - if you want to stand out from the crowd I don't think this is the way to do it.
In My Opinion, Smugmug is a great website but the initial set-up can be very frustrating!!!
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yeah after a good minute of thinking it over im just going to buy a server and design our own shit. gonna be the same price as smugmug every year with a domain and email accounts. Like i said only problem i have when making sites is i dont like the end project and scrap em.
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