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Anyone use it? Thoughts, comments, etc..... Jun 27 05 04:07 am Link Tried it briefly - the site worked nicely, but they don't allow nudity at all so it wasn't much use to me. (All photos are supposed to be "family friendly" - I guess begetting children and nudity don't mix well.) Jun 27 05 04:52 am Link a friend of mine is using it right now - he shoots mostly kid sports stuff and sells to the soccer moms. As I understand it, no one has complained about the prints, and its very easy for people to view their images. Jun 27 05 12:09 pm Link Is it a hosting site like Myfamily.com and photobucket.com? Or is it a site like this but family oriented? My brother has a great place that he uses with different image sizes availible for the same image. I will have to get the information. Jun 27 05 12:20 pm Link haven't used smugmug, but pbase.com is similar. great site, i think u can upload whatever u want Jun 27 05 02:26 pm Link Difference between smugmug and pbase: You can upload unlimited (theoretical) photos into smugmug, you're limited by your subscription type on pbase. Pbase you can post anything, smugmug you're limited to family-friendly pics. Jun 27 05 02:41 pm Link smugmug, pbase, etc. they are all very boring sites!!! You are better off paying godaddy $3.95/month for 1GB of space and use photoshop to create your galleries and upload them to your server - you'll get a nicer presentation! Unlimited is also not true - you are limited to 8GB of bandwidth per month -about a DVD and half of photos - plus what's the point, its much easier to make a second DVD as backup as it will take you days of uploading to get a GB uploaded. Don't want to push another service or company, but lots of places offer much nicer presentations of your work. I can point you'd like to contact me. Jun 27 05 02:45 pm Link Posted by marksora: It has a forum for some discussion but its focus is on sharing photos and selling various photo products (prints, mugs, T-shirts, etc.). If you get a professional account (about $90/year) you can charge whatever you like for these products, smugmug charges a fee to fulfil orders and you keep the rest. Jun 27 05 02:50 pm Link yeah, it's definitely cool to have your own identity/presentation.. however, sites like smugmug & pbase have a huge audience.. it's possible that many people who wouldn't have come across your website will see your work there.. and u can always link them to your personal page from there.. Jun 27 05 02:51 pm Link If you buy hosting from a provider and make your own galleries, you're missing the one draw of smugmug, which is selling prints and having them do the fulfilment. I shoot cheerleading competitions on the side and use smugmug to sell the prints. Easier for all involved and it buys me a new lens every few months. Jun 27 05 02:54 pm Link Posted by Chris Ambler: exactly. Jun 27 05 03:48 pm Link Virtually noone will buy prints of your model photos - the people who buy prints are for example friends of a person who posted his wedding photos or something - and they don't even allow anything beyond "family" rating. I think every model should have their own domain and fancy website - when we review candidates for our casting calls - we definitely give preference when we see a nice clean site that showcases their work rather than smugmug link or some free yahoo photos page. Jun 27 05 04:19 pm Link |
