Photography websites. Where are you posting?

[picturesbyme]

Besides my site I recently posted some on youpic: http://youpic.com/#!/user/AtlanticPicture
and of course the social sites like facebook http://www.facebook.com/AtlanticPicture
and vk.com http://vk.com/atlanticpicture which is way better than fb, but I'm looking forward to learn about other ones.

Show your work! Where do You post?
Which site/s you like (or don't ) and why?

Thanks.

 

[sootzzs]

I was actually thinking of asking the same question but as a complete beginner who just looks to get constructive critique. Facebook is not exactly that. Not for me at least. Flickr???

Your photos are amazing btw. Your choices of light and exposure are aspiring for me. And the models are not that bad also .

 

[MRLinVA]

You should check out www.Viewbug.com. It has various memberships including a free option. They have theme-based contests that you can enter (!20 at any given time). And you get a fair amount of feedback.

 

[picturesbyme]

Thank you
I was thinking of flickr but not fan of the ui.
Maybe http://500px.com/ .. ?

Viewbug is interesting too.

Is there a site were you can overview all the photo pages and upload to all, or that's the future... ?

 

[dirtcastle]

500px has the better interface, and overall higher caliber of photos. But I still prefer the community at Flickr for some reason. Flickr seems more casual than 500px.

 

[sleepnever]

All of my photos that I post are on Flickr. Only a few are on 500px, but that's only because I don't want to post in several different places. I post my extra favorites to 500px for more exposure, but even then its few and far between.

I recently read that there is quite a community on Google+ of all places.

 

[Waterloo]

I have some of my photos online at www.photoshop.com. It's free and there is a publish plugin for Lightroom.

http://www.photoshop.com/products/photoshoplightroom/photoshopdotcom-plugin

 

[friedmud]

All of my photos go to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friedmud/

My best / favorite go to 500px: http://500px.com/friedmud

Both sites are useful for different purposes. Flickr is a great place for my family to look at vacation photos. 500px is a great place to explore my photography hobby as an art form.

 

[vargyropoulos]

I'm also of the opinion that Flickr is better for putting up sets of photos (family vacations, photoshoot samples, etc). I have not interacted too much with the Flickr community so I can't comment on how constructive the criticism is.

I recently started posting on 500px (http://500px.com/VasilisArgyropoulos) and although the vast majority of comments/votes/"faves" are made with an anticipation of a reciprocal vote, I have received enough honest feedback that it has helped me improve my skills. I am not crazy about the anonymous "dislikes" since I have seen amazing photos getting flagged with dislikes just so that their scores would lower and bump the photo down the ranks.

 

[The Lemonator]

I prefer flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26297398@N02

 

[picturesbyme]

Awesome pictures Everyone.
Keep it coming

Photoshop.com looks interesting too.

 

[nightbreath]

I'm not sure why you've chosen vk.com, as its main audience is Russian-speaking, and most of registered people are teenagers. The reason it works for me is that I live in the area and I'm a wedding photographer, so it's about time for some of them to get marry

I believe that every photography-related community has specific photography segment that it may be mainly specialized at. So it's up to us to identify what fits our needs

 

[picturesbyme]

I'm not sure why you've chosen vk.com, as its main audience is Russian-speaking, and most of registered people are teenagers. The reason it works for me is that I live in the area and I'm a wedding photographer, so it's about time for some of them to get marry

I believe that every photography-related community has specific photography segment that it may be mainly specialized at. So it's up to us to identify what fits our needs

Simple, my girlfriend is from Ukraine (ZP)
VK has a great English translation so language isn't a problem and the site in general is light years better (for our taste) than fb.

Not sure about that user info.. according to their data: Audience
Over 190 million users are registered on the site.
Around 2 500 000 000 pages are opened daily (LiveInternet).
Around 67% of visitors live in Russia (LiveInternet).
More than 70% of users are over 25 years old (comScore).

Love your work.

 

[nightbreath]

Simple, my girlfriend is from Ukraine (ZP)
VK has a great English translation so language isn't a problem and the site in general is light years better (for our taste) than fb.

Not sure about that user info.. according to their data: Audience
Over 190 million users are registered on the site.
Around 2 500 000 000 pages are opened daily (LiveInternet).
Around 67% of visitors live in Russia (LiveInternet).
More than 70% of users are over 25 years old (comScore).

Love your work.

We're from DP, 2 hours away

As for VK, I feel that people over 25 don't visit the web-site that often, compared to younger people. Audience is interested in something extraordinary these days, so to please them pictures should really stand out of the crowd.

We've got interesting results during this year wedding season, so I'll add you to my friends list in VK to share those as soon as we have time to upload them

You have very nice works too, but I believe there's always room for personal growth

 

[nightbreath]

P.S. I didn't get the percentage of >25 years old correctly from the first sight, because my eyes just didn't believe that. I don't think that's true even now. My personal feeling says the visitors core is in the 17-25 years range.

 

[wayno]

Flickr for a lot of things:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56462773@N07/

My Facebook page for particular highlights and other bits and pieces:

www.facebook.com/waynegrivellartandphotography

That's what I stick to at present...

 

[Ellen Schmidtee]

I find that facebook is a good place to post photos I want to share with family, friends, and bands I shoot, and many of them follow me on facebook.

Bands don't follow me, but when tagged in the photos, they do notice it. The fans do to, and often tag themselves when in the frame.

I haven't posted photos on any site of the kind mentioned in the thread, but will probably do so in the near future.

 

[Waterloo]

I find that facebook is a good place to post photos I want to share with family, friends, and bands I shoot, and.....

I've removed all my photos from facebook. I found it's too easy to steal from facebook and had issues with a "friend" who had copied some of my photos and posted them on her page and presented them as if she had taken them. All without my consent and no credit given. The security settings on my Photoshop.com albums are set to prevent copying and printing.

 

[nightbreath]

I've removed all my photos from facebook. I found it's too easy to steal from facebook and had issues with a "friend" who had copied some of my photos and posted them on her page and presented them as if she had taken them. All without my consent and no credit given. The security settings on my Photoshop.com albums are set to prevent copying and printing.

There's no way you can prevent copying and printing on internet. I'm familiar with dozen ways to protect your image and none of them work if someone is a professional in web-technologies.

 

[Waterloo]

You are surely correct. But, with facebook it's a simple drag and drop of any photo.