Creating a personal free photo website to store and share photos.
May 30, 2020 07:15:57 #
I checked the forum on this topic and many posts are old. I just want to create a website (I know I have to pay for the domain name) but would prefer not to pay a monthly / yearly fee to set it up and use it to store and share photos. I might consider selling photos in the future so it would need that capability. I already use sites like Shutterfly, Amazon, google and others for cloud storage but would prefer to set up my own website and then eventually grow it if I decide to sell photos ( I am willing to pay the monthly fee if I decide to sell photos down the road). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
May 30, 2020 07:32:06 #
Have you considered Fine Art America? not sure about storage as I store my own on HD's but for display and sales it's virtually no work at all, I sell enough to cover the fees. Bob.
May 30, 2020 07:40:20 #
Investigate Flickr that is free up to 1000 images and SmugMug, if you think you want to sell images.
May 30, 2020 07:40:59 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Have you considered Fine Art America? not sure about storage as I store my own on HD's but for display and sales it's virtually no work at all, I sell enough to cover the fees. Bob.
Lucky u I also had my photos & digital art on Fine Art America.I got a lot of nice compliments but no sales & no,my prices were reasonable.I finally took them down.😢
May 30, 2020 07:43:19 #
Marilyng wrote:
Lucky u I also had my photos & digital art on Fine Art America.I got a lot of nice compliments but no sales & no,my prices were reasonable.I finally took them down.😢
Like I said , I'm covering the fee, I also have shots on EYEEM, lots of likes, couple of small sales, EyeEm also lists with Getty so a couple got that far, kind of nice that they got there.
May 30, 2020 08:44:58 #
Unless you want to set up your own server and maintain it, you are going to have a fee. I use Smugmug because it’s unlimited storage for one annual fee. If I want someone to be able to get a photo, I send them the link and the password to that folder and they can view, download, or purchase hard copy images direct from Smugmug. If you want to make a profit on your images you can set that up on Smugmug as well.
May 30, 2020 09:27:15 #
ejones0310 wrote:
Unless you want to set up your own server and maintain it, you are going to have a fee. I use Smugmug because it’s unlimited storage for one annual fee. If I want someone to be able to get a photo, I send them the link and the password to that folder and they can view, download, or purchase hard copy images direct from Smugmug. If you want to make a profit on your images you can set that up on Smugmug as well.
Good to know,thank u!
May 30, 2020 10:16:32 #
May 30, 2020 11:13:31 #
If you are a Lightroom/Photoshop subscriber, it includes Portfolio at no extra cost.
May 30, 2020 13:34:20 #
larryhav wrote:
I checked the forum on this topic and many posts a... (show quote)
If you have Photoshop, you have to pay nothing, its build right in and it's a fully functional website!
May 30, 2020 14:13:53 #
dsnoke
Loc: North Georgia, USA
I use the free version of WordPress for seven-oaks.net/dickspics They offer a number of choices for layout, etc.
May 30, 2020 14:21:26 #
I find that many photos belong in more than 1 topic or folder. I desired being able to have a photo exist in 1 folder but appear as a virtual copy in others. I'm using SmugMug which offers that option.
May 30, 2020 14:58:20 #
speters wrote:
If you have Photoshop, you have to pay nothing, its build right in and it's a fully functional website!
I do have photoshop/ Lightroom but knew nothing about this.Could u tell us how we go about starting this,please!
May 30, 2020 17:46:55 #
Marilyng wrote:
I do have photoshop/ Lightroom but knew nothing about this.Could u tell us how we go about starting this,please!
It's called Adobe Portfolio. Here's the basics: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/how-to/create-portfolio-website.html. There are numerous template styles you can employ. You can see one of them at my website, below.
May 30, 2020 19:23:37 #
Thank you all for all the excellent information on this subject. I did not know about “Portfolio” so since I pay the monthly fee for Creative Cloud, I will see if that fits my needs. Smugmug also looks appealing. Thank you again!
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