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Online Proofing or Clients
Robert Boag, Student/Intern
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Harrisonburg | VA | US | Posted: 2:03 PM on 05.26.10 |
->> I did a search through the message boards and couldn't find this topic. If it does exist please excuse my message board spam.
I was wondering how other people hosted photos for clients to view online? Are there any specific companies or programs that you suggest? I am looking to integrate this into my site and I want an easy to use, quick, and sleek way for my clients to preview there images before the Cd's arrive.
Thanks
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Derek Montgomery, Photographer
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Duluth | MN | USA | Posted: 2:14 PM on 05.26.10 |
->> Photoshelter
http://www.photoshelter.com
You can design your Photoshelter pages to look like your website with similar fonts, colors, etc. If you aren't tech savvy, they can do that for you for a fee.
Check this page out for more specific information about Photoshelter and what they can do...
http://www.photoshelter.com/tour |
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Dominick Reuter, Photographer, Assistant
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Boston | MA | USA | Posted: 2:26 PM on 05.26.10 |
->> +1 Photoshelter
I use photoshelter for proofing and delivery.
The cost of a year of archival quality CDs, DVDs and shipping would probably be comparable to a year of their basic subscription, but the flexibility of everything online enables me to be extra responsive to clients.
The embeddable flash galleries can go seamlessly into your existing site, or you can upgrade to the custom archive.
You can see my archive here: http://archive.reuterphoto.com
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Robert Boag, Student/Intern
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Harrisonburg | VA | US | Posted: 4:56 PM on 05.26.10 |
->> Thanks. I don't know how I overlooked this potential of Photoshelter. What plan do you use? The standard plan seems to be the best for what I want to do but I think I would want to really make sure I want to use it before making the investment.
Thanks |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 5:11 PM on 05.26.10 |
->> If I wasn't a code cruncher and had not desire to do so, PhotoShelter would be my first choice.
If you want to host your online proofs on your own server or with your ISP, take a look at ImageFolio (www.imagefolio.com). It has been the backbone of our site for eight years and counting. |
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Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant
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Robert Boag, Student/Intern
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Harrisonburg | VA | US | Posted: 8:28 PM on 05.26.10 |
->> Thanks for all the information. I am gonna pickup a month of the basic version and start playing around. Craig your post was extremely helpful. It really helped me understand how I can step up my workflow.
Thanks a bunch,
Boag |
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Matt Cashore, Photographer
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South Bend | IN | USA | Posted: 3:52 AM on 05.28.10 |
->> I am also looking for a good online proofing solution. I often have clients ask to see all the photos from a shoot, but repeatedly I have found that if I give them the raw photos on a DVD they will make poor picks and do absolutely no post processing or optimization. I could go on at some length but suffice it say after enough instances where I opened a publication or looked at a website and said "What the ?!?!?" I decided that I had to come up with a "look don't touch" proofing solution.
I did consider Photoshelter but I see some issues:
1. In my workflow I use Photoshelter as the final resting place for selects only. Dumping entire raw shoots on Photoshelter would eat up space FAST! And if you weren't *very* disciplined (I'm not) about what you made publicly searchable you could overwhelm customers/clients who are searching your archive.
2. I think Photoshelter can be slow on the user end. I had a very large job not long ago that resulted in about 1000 raw images. Clicking through that many large preview images on Photoshelter would take hours. I have a feeling clients would get through about 30-40 images and give up and demand that I give them a DVD. Repeat first paragraph.
3. Uploading 1000 images to Photoshelter, even with the speediest connection, would take for...ever...
So, those of you who've recommended Photoshelter for online proofing, tell me more. Here or via email. Any complaints from clients? How do you deal with the upload times? |
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Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 9:50 AM on 05.28.10 |
| ->> Matt, if you are only wanting to use it for proofing, why upload full res? Photo Mechanic or Aperture will allow you to export low res jpgs to PhotoShelter, then you client can see them all and pick and you can make the adjustments. I have never had a client complain about the system being slow. |
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Derek Montgomery, Photographer
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Duluth | MN | USA | Posted: 10:15 AM on 05.28.10 |
->> Matt, when it comes to speed issues, I uploaded 2GB worth of files from a recent wedding to my Photoshelter account yesterday and it took about six hours and I have a standard Charter Communications internet account.
I've seen people who are not tech-savvy at all browse through wrestling photos I've posted and order a variety of sizes and a few have managed to figure out the digital download process with ease. The ordering system was once a little complicated, but they have made great strides in the past couple years fixing and improving everything on that end.
Photoshelter also has collections, which can allow you to organize your galleries better. For example, I have a collection called "Sparta Wrestling 2009-10" that contains 6-8 galleries of wrestling pictures from this past season. That way you can keep the ever-growing number of galleries off your front page while still giving your prospective customers a familiar place to go when they want to browse new galleries. |
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