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How do you deliver finished images to clients when there are two to three hundred? Is anybody using on-line services that allow the client to view them in a thumbnail gallery, then download them as needed? Jul 12 13 07:52 am Link Your clients seem to get a lot of images. My suggestion would be to create contact sheets in Lightroom, then upload them along with the images into either Dropbox or Gmail Drive. Frankly though, that's a LOT of finished images to upload. Jul 12 13 08:52 am Link I will mostly use my website and a product called pictures pro. We can use to narrow down the edits, they can share with people if they want. I get exposure of my website and view statistics about what people like most. For other jobs I may deliver a CD, DVD or portable hard drive. For some clients I delivers straight to their FTP server. Jul 12 13 09:42 am Link if the total size of your files is near or over 700MB (a typical CD size) then a memory stick would be the next logical step a quick point on CD's or DVD's.. especially the social photography side of things.. with the increasing popularity of tablets and devices more and more households have ditched their laptops and PC's.. when providing a disc it becomes a problem when they have no way of getting these files on to their device. clouds seem to be the way things are going but again you have to think about file size and how you get it there as with anything on the internet upload and download speeds are problematic when handling lots of data at once so face to face or mailing a memory stick is still less hassle and faster Jul 12 13 10:06 am Link dropbox.com Jul 12 13 10:19 am Link m_s_photo wrote: I shoot beauty/fashion just out of personal interest(a hobby?). Jul 13 13 08:51 am Link I'm sure there could be some drop-box like services to load on to a personal website - I hate the idea of farming something like that out to a 3rd party. Lightroom galleries would do it, as well as picasa, or just about anything that could run off a gallery website. I like the idea of handing off a usb drive. Andrew Thomas Evans www.andrewthomasevans.com Jul 13 13 08:59 am Link Eric Simard wrote: This is the way to go. Jul 13 13 10:33 am Link dropbox Jul 13 13 10:48 am Link My site is built on Zenfolio, which does this. Jul 13 13 11:29 am Link For clients and delivering a few hundred images, a DVD in a nice case with a custom sleeve is my favorite tool. For online galleries, Smugmug works well as a gallery with thumbnails and original file download and long term archive of customer photos. Don't forget that a personal delivery of your hard work and direct contact with the client is a great opportunity to get praise for your work, discuss new projects, and collect any remaining fees. Digital delivery is convenient but not always the best choice for building your business. Jul 13 13 05:38 pm Link I use dropbox. File sharing is easy for the entire team, anywhere in the world, and available in one central location. Peter House - Commercial Photographer Jul 13 13 06:14 pm Link Jul 13 13 09:15 pm Link I'm sure my circumstances are different from other photographers and definitely from yours. I shoot from a very specific shot list with clients that know exactly what they want. The client needs from 25-50 photos per day maximum. I just upload the retouched photos they need to their FTP site or mine along with a PDF contact sheet. I don't like using SmugMug, SkyDrive or Dropbox because those are other brands, not my brand. I don't want other companies' logos or ads anywhere near my work. Once in a while I'll drop off a USB thumb drive with a big layered file. Jul 13 13 09:27 pm Link Eric Simard wrote: www.Smugmug.com , DVD, Dropbox. Jul 13 13 09:30 pm Link i have used DVD dropbox and thumb drives, but i do not normally give more than 5 or 6 images per shoot. most of the time I use dropbox. i wish i could be of more help, but i just don't deal with that amount of images. Jul 14 13 12:31 am Link |
