Photo Sharing

Photo Sharing

June 6th, 2008 @ 11:00 am by Mrs. Flamingo
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At both my father and sister’s wedding, disposable cameras were placed on each table for candid shots throughout the wedding day. At first I thought I would continue the ‘tradition’ but realized that because the majority of people have digital cameras, the use of disposable cams was not necessary.

Mrs. Lemon and Mrs. Cherryblossom utilized photo sharing sites so their guests could upload pics freely. But there are so many photo programs out there that I don’t know which one is best. I want something that is visually appealing with very little ads. I like the option that our guests can order pictures if they would like, but it’s not a must.Here are some Free Photo Programs I found so far…. click on the icon to go to the website.

Photo Sharing : wedding montreal photography Smugmug

Any suggestions on which program I should go with? Will you be asking your guests to upload pictures? Which program will you be using?

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45 Responses to “Photo Sharing”

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Kim

I would NOT recommend a photobucket account for this purpose.

6/6/08 @ 11:03 am (reply)

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lunapark

That’s funny, because the only one that I’ve used and been happy with is photobucket (qoop.com, the service that handles their printing, had fantastic customer service when I used them!)!

The one that I wouldn’t recommend is Kodak Gallery because it requires that people create an account and log in to view photos (and for some reason it’s either really slow for me all the time (no matter what computer I’m using) or it crashes my browser). Flikr is also good and I’ve heard good things about Picasa (though I’m not sure if you can order prints from it).

6/6/08 @ 11:08 am (reply)

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Miss Gingerbread (message) 644 posts, Busy bee

Thank you for posting this. I was just searching Weddingbee last night for more info on this. I’m leaning towards Picasa, but would love to hear what others have done first.

6/6/08 @ 11:16 am (reply)

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tipperella (message) 56 posts, Worker bee

I used Flickr and it worked pretty well. Like Mrs. Lemon, I liked that you can download all the photos that people post to get them printed wherever you want. It is also nice for guests who want to download the pictures for their own use.

6/6/08 @ 11:18 am (reply)

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Mia

That funny, last night I started my Flikr account. I also tried Kodak and it was super slow then it messed all my stuff up. So, don’t do Kodak. I am still going to mess around with Flikr to see how I like it.

6/6/08 @ 11:22 am (reply)

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Sandra

I have a snapfish account and I use it all the time. I also have a kodak account. I heard that snapfish will close your account and erase all your pictures if you do not purchase some thing after a certain amount of time. My sister had a snapfish account and her pictures were erased. she called them a couple of times and were finally able to get them back. Kodak does not delete your pictures and you do not have to purchase anything to keep your pictures.

6/6/08 @ 11:27 am (reply)

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AlliNY

No real advice, but please don’t use snapfish. My cousin used that for her wedding images and I really dislike how that site operates. You need an account to view images, and for some reason, it took several attempts for me to actually be able to save a photo. Flickr’s set up is much nicer IMO.

One thing to note about Flickr, if you have a free account only a certain number of images can be viewed at a time. I had tried uploading all the pics from my cousin’s shower, bachelorette, wedding, etc and I received a warning that I had gone over my free user limit and only the most recent photos would be visible.

Phew. Long comment.

6/6/08 @ 11:30 am (reply)

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melodicsighs

i second that you do NOT use photobucket. it has a lot of ads, seems overrun by teenyboppers, and is always VERY slow when i try to use it.

6/6/08 @ 11:30 am (reply)

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lunapark

@Mia - it’s good to know that I’m not the only one that has problems with Kodak

6/6/08 @ 11:30 am (reply)

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misschickie (message) 169 posts, Blushing bee

I have no experienc with compiling others photos into one shared account, only my own accounts, and then viewing other people’s accounts. I have snapfish, shutterfly, & kodak. I’ve found the quality is best on kodak, but the value is best on shutterfly. Snapfish & Shutterfly have a 1 yr purchase policy, ie: you need to purchase at least 1 print per year to keep your account active and photos saved. What I dislike about all of these accounts is that when someone sends you their photos to view, even if you “save” them to your account, you cannot edit them. So, for example, if someone loads photos and doesn’t put them in the right side up then when you view them they remain the wrong side up. Anyways, not as big a deal as not being able to edit/crop them for your own purchase.

6/6/08 @ 11:39 am (reply)

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Squishy622 (message) 167 posts, Blushing bee

I’m a Flickr fan as well. I typed up instructions for all my guests (adapted from Miss Cream Puff and Mrs. Lemon) to upload photos to a shared account. I hope they do it!

6/6/08 @ 11:47 am (reply)

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KimGator0404

I have only used Kodak but I really like it, I feel like a lot of people I know have the kodak software already, so it would be even easier for them to download the picture into their own system. I currently use it to send my friends and family picture of our gatherings. You just create and album (and you can edit the picture at this time) and then load them on to the website, and invite friend via e-mail to visit. The person that loads the picture on to the website can choose wether or not to have people sign in to view the picture. So if they choose not to, people can just view the picture and browse without signing in or creating an account. I’m not sure if you have to create an account to order things, but I would think you would have to, at Kodak and all the other sites.
I haven’t had a problem with kodak being slow (it does take a little while to upload pictures to the website, but I am usually uploading A LOT of pictures so I expect some wait.
Hope all of this random information helps.

6/6/08 @ 11:55 am (reply)

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Abi

I just doublechecked - you can order pictures from picasa. You’re given the option of which photo printing service you want them sent to: Shutterfly, Photoworks, or Snapfish. So some people may want to just simplify and go with shutterfly or snapfish….but because I love all things google and already have a lot of photos there, I am leaning towards picasa. Haven’t quite decided yet!

6/6/08 @ 12:00 pm (reply)

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Emilie

I just created a Flickr account, but then realized that there’s a $25 fee per year for photos over 100MB, which is roughly 100 photos or less. I thought that it was free? Does anyone have thoughts on something similar but free of charge?

6/6/08 @ 12:01 pm (reply)

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Bumble_dee

i concur with the rest, say no to snapfish and photobucket. i like flickr, but the limitation bothers me so i never use my account. and i love picasa!! but maybe I’m partial towards anything google

6/6/08 @ 12:06 pm (reply)

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Robyn

We have a SmugMug account. My husband obsessively researched photo sharing sites and decided that SmugMug was the best (for our purposes). You can view photos in several sizes (largest format is almost full-screen) either one at a time or as a slideshow. I’ll send you a link to one of our albums if you’re interested in checking out the functionality, etc. Let me know!

6/6/08 @ 12:15 pm (reply)

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cricketpe (message) 65 posts, Worker bee

I LOVE smugmug. I’ve been using them for a few years and they are great! However, I think you have to pay to use it. I like the fact that you can just give people a website to go to, you don’t have to actually invite them to view your pictures. They also don’t have to create their own account to view them. They can still order prints if they want. You also have lots of options for adding captions, etc. Send me a PM if you want to see my smugmug page.

6/6/08 @ 12:16 pm (reply)

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Erin

I haven’t tried to upload photos to a group site, but friends used Picasa for their wedding photos. I could view the photos and download the files without any trouble. (I already have a google login from my gmail account - so I can’t remember if you needed to login to view).

6/6/08 @ 12:17 pm (reply)

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Miss Flamingo (message) 1,366 posts, Bumble bee

@Robyn: Do you mind sending me an email flamingo@weddingbee.com

Thanx!!!

6/6/08 @ 12:25 pm (reply)

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LaborDayBride (message) 136 posts, Blushing bee

Sorry to be slow here, but how do you create the “group” account? I’ve only ever done it for just myself…..

6/6/08 @ 12:30 pm (reply)