I often have more photos to share than I actually post to this blog. But I've nearly maxed out the storage for my Picasa Web Albums (can you believe that you only get 1 GB for photo storage but Gmail gives you 7 GB for email?) so I am trying to decide what to do. I'd love to hear any of your recommendations, so either email me or leave them in the comments.
What's the best photo sharing site?
Here are some of the options I'm considering, as well as a few pro's and con's that I see for each:
Upgrade my Picasa storage
I can upgrade to 10GB for $20/year. That's not too bad and seems on par with other paid photo storage services. I already use the Picasa desktop application, so the integration between that and the web is really nice. Picasa allows user comments, but there isn't much of a community feeling like there is on Flickr (where random people will comment on your photos and you can add them to "pools" of commonly themed photos from people around the world.) The Picasa Web Albums interface is nice, although the pictures would look crisper if they were on a black background. Facial recognition is also a plus.
Delete some of my existing photos to free up Picasa space
Obviously I have all these photos on my hard drive. But I like sharing them. I'm not a great photographer, but I do alright I think. I could replace the old stuff with newer stuff but then pictures embedded in my old blog posts will be broken. I like having the blog as a record of my experiences so this seems like the worst option.
Flickr
Flickr is pretty popular, especially among the pros. Which is weird, because their site interface sucks. The comments and community though are probably my biggest attractions to Flickr. I also like how you can add to "Pools" of photos such as the Unclutterer Workspaces Pool. Also with Flickr you are limited on your uploads per month but not total storage.
SmugMug
Personally, I think the photos on SmugMug look the best. Perhaps it has to do with the black background interface. It just makes them pop more. I don't know much about SmugMug except that it's $40/year. I have no idea about the ease of uploading, commenting, or community aspects.
What other options should I consider? What would you recommend?
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6 comments:
trying to think out of the box... but have you thought of a static ip, and hosting them yourself? prob more than 20/yr, i guess...
I say Flickr.
Not because I use it, but because if you bother to pay for it, you get what is essentially unlimited storage.
As long as you don't turn into a Flickr whore, you won't waste too much time bothering with the plethora of Flickr people who spend their days building up their Flickr armies and basically being attention-seeking toddlers.
If you're still in doubt, may I suggest complete isolation from the internet? In this day and age, it's nothing less than therapy.
Don't we already have a static IP address? Not sure what Nate is referring to with that but it could be an option.
I'm HUGELY ANTI-Flickr. I think the interface is terrible and I actually don't like the fact that it's so public given what recently happened with our photo. I vote to pay for Picasa and make all our albums private (unless you just want to do public albums for your "scenic" ones with no people)
Wow, I am impressed that my wife knows we have a static IP already. Hmmm, so yeah that is one option. The UI on flickr does suck. Maybe I should do a combo...like a private picasa album for friends and then post pics to share with friends to Flickr?
So nobody's tried SmugMug?
I'd go with Picassa... can't you get some sort of deal on that? I've never tried SmugMug simply because the name is too smarmy.
I like Picasa a lot, but sadly no discounts on the upgraded storage for it.
I haven't had much time lately to resolve this anyway.
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