Kodak Gallery is one of the older photo hosting sites. While most people are using Flickr and Photobucket, there is still a healthy number of subscribers at Kodak Gallery. Unfortunately, Kodak Gallery is forcing those who have free accounts to spend money yearly.
By Alan Hutchison: After building a strong portfolio, getting a good professional website to showcase your photography is probably the next most important investment a professional photographer can make.
Take Gavin’s site for example. Gavin has invested a lot of time in getting the look right, to match his branding and values, and properly showcase his work. Gavin builds all his sites on Wordpress and has the technical skills required to manipulate the HTML and CSS code on the site to make them truly his own.
However, not all photographers will have the necessary skills to do this, so this article will present what I believe are amongst the best looking (and easiest) website platforms for photographers out there. They range from straightforward flash templates with a full admin interface, through to fully programmable portfolio sites with integrated blogs. All of these websites can be built with minimum technical knowledge and I’ll rate them from 1 (easy peasy lemon squeezy) to 5 (You lied. What is this CSS you speak of?).
Read on for what I believe (IMHO) are ten of the best website platforms out there for photographers.
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At this year’s PMA a new breed of cameras were introduced. The micro four-thirds standard or hybrid camera, is the catch phrase being thrown around, to describe a camera which has an interchangeable lens supporting point-and-shoot cameras. It lacks a mirror box, which defines an SLR. So it directly images on the sensor. What remains a mystery, would be if these new, but odd technical showpieces will find a market. Panasonic, Olympus and Samsung have all decided to throw their hats into uncharted waters.
by Gavin Seim: There’s some great photo tools and plugins out there, but they can be expensive and we all hate paying full price. To get you more bang for your buck I’ve been arranging vendor affiliate deals and discounts.
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On Todays Show: Gavin Seim – Trey Ratcliff. This week I talk about attending workshops, the new Pocket Wizards and join HDR legend Trey Ratcliff for a great talk about the world of photography and HDR.
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by Alan Hutchison: When we think of formal portraits we tend of think of studios and expensive lighting set-ups. Well here’s a quick tip to achieve that same look just using available light, a scrap of dark cloth and a baby changing mat. Yes, you heard right, a baby changing mat. Let me explain.
