Wedding Photos
Anyone have photo-sharing tips? I've put up some links to guests' Picasa albums on our wedding website, though we're trying to figure out the best way to host the various photos that doesn't require people signing up for a service or downloading Picasa. Flickr's user interface drives me crazy, and I'm also not a fan of Shutterfly - after signing up for it I couldn't actually download any files, though their photo-to-product services are lauded. Oooh, C just told me about smugmug...trying them now...
(I tried combining them all into one album, but that was like 52-card shuffle because some timestamps were off of the cameras, though the idea of real-time many-camera angles seems cool. Also, if you've got a set of photos I'm happy to add them to the list.)
Dropbox is really cool. My
Dropbox is really cool. My sister and I use it to exchange pictures. Also, there is a Firefox plug-in which will download all the images from a Flickr album so you don't need to download the original pictures one by one.
Dropbox
Do you know what dropbox is?(here is the website.) Basically, you install the program and it sets up a "dropbox" folder on your hard drive. Anything you put in the dropbox folder is uploaded to their cloud, and updated in real time. If you install your dropbox login on another computer, you then instantly have access to all your files. Or you can share folders within dropbox with other users. The interface is done through your standard windows explorer.
So...
idea #1: Set up a single dropbox account (2GB data is free, or you can pay $10/month for $50GB or $20/month for 100GB). Give people with photos your username/password, have them install the dropbox folder and put the photos in it. They then have access to all the photos too. Have them copy whatever photos they want from the dropbox folder, and sometime in the future they uninstall dropbox and you change your username/password.
idea #2: have each person get their own individual dropbox account (free 2gb), and have them share their wedding photo folder with you within their own dropbox folder.
This solution requires them to sign up or install something, but once it is set up, it is a breeze to move the photos around. All they need to do is plop the photos in a folder and you have access to them almost instantaneously. This prevents you from having to right-click/save-as a bajillion times so you can permanently save all your wedding photos from the flickrs of the world.
Just an idea. Dropbox is a great piece of software.