Photo hosting and sharing sites

I’ve tried out many of the online photo hosting and sharing sites - sites such as Picasa, Flickr, Fotki, Photobucket, MediaMax - and they all have different strengths and weakness.

The biggest problem I’ve found with most of these is either the ads they want to display alongside my photos, the protection and security of my images, the limitations they place on filesize, storage capacity and bandwidth or the sheer frustration of slow uploads and general availability (or lack of it!).

I’d all but given up on finding the perfect photo hosting and sharing solution… until I discovered SmugMug!

SmugMug addresses - and fixes - all of those problems. It’s customer focussed (not driven by advertising) and offers everything I want for hosting and sharing my photos online… no ads, no limits, fast, flexible, secure, reliable and completely customisable.

Upload and view full-size hi-res (300dpi) pics, organise them into galleries, add captions and keywords, and choose what you want to show or hide. Uploading is a breeze and there’s a whole heap of tools to help you do what you want with your photos. It’s a breath of fresh air!

OK, all that comes at a price - but a very reasonable price - starting from just $40/year for the standard package, which is more than adequate for most people’s needs, upto $150/year for a fully-featured professional package.

No doubt you’ll have a favourite photo hosting and sharing site, but if you haven’t found the ideal solution yet get on over to SmugMug and give the free 14-day trial a go… you won’t regret it! (enter code: SKACQux9RMVBs in the ‘referred by’ field on the signup form and SAVE $5 on your subscription)

Check out my photos at SmugMug.