Kristina

Another option which I don't think anyone has mentioned is to create your own website, (similar to a free blog), but much more flexible.
Then, you can organize it any way you want, include text, travelogues, links, etc. Granted, it's not free but it doesn't have to be expensive.

Andrys- I've been reading some of your messages about photography lately and I kept thinking, "wow, that name seems so familiar..".
I just figured it out!
About a million years ago, (ok, but waaaay back in 1999 I think) I emailed you about Peru as I was contemplating a trip there. I even put a link to your Peru page on my website (www.wired2theworld.com) because you were so helpful. I still haven't made it to Peru, (too many places, too little time!) but I hope to go someday.
Small world.

TRSW

robjame,

Yes you can upload from more than one computer. Like I said, I upload from both my PC and my laptop when I travel.

Tom

hpeabody

I have to agree with andrys, I like my photo album and have a paid account ($15.00 a year) there. The Photo size is good and you have choices you can make to set up the album's appearance.

moolyn

Leely, thanks for answering robjames questions and for remembering my Dordogne trip report from last year! I’m just a P&Ser at this point too but, as a part time art college student, I have aspirations. I agree that my photos would look better on a dark background, especially the ones taken recently in the rainy English lake district. I loved your photos on pbase!

Tom, I loved your photos too! Thanks for adding your opinion.

Toedtoes, thanks for your advice! I’ve already sent an email to pbase asking for clarification of their rights. I notice on another thread that you will be in my city at the end of August. Maybe we can get together even if the group GTG doesn’t work out that week.

Andrys, if pbase doesn’t claim rights to the photos posted on their sight I’m pretty sure I will join and will let you know. Thanks for answering my friend robjame’s questions!

Rkkwan, thanks for weighing in. I’ve learned a lot about cameras from your expert opinions on other threads so I was very interested to see your excellent photos. If pbase doesn’t work out I’ll consider zenofolio. I already checked and zenofolio doesn’t take over rights to the photos posted on their site.

Kristina, I’ve thought of creating my own website but not recently. My server has a provision for this but allows only 5MB of space and limits the amount of traffic.

Hpeabody, thanks for adding your opinion on pbase.

wasleys

I don't think anyone has mentioned http://fotopic.net/

andrys

Kristina! I still have my link to your travelogue under my Peru links at the end of the Peru trip menu of trip regions at www.andrys.com/peru/indox.html -hoping someday you'd get there but wanting people to enjoy your world trek with you. Fantastic to see you here.

Re blogging, I agree. Google bought blogger.com and many of us have the free blogspots there. Mine is at andrys1.blogspot.com

I call it an UnBlog since I don't post much! But I love the capability and it's really easy to use. The archiving of all entries and search capabilities for others is tremendous. All automated.

Re PBase again, I put 5 lines of code in to put in a search there too which looks through my own pages. Anyone can do that for their sites, at most places. Worthwhile.

hpeabody,
The myphotoalbum.com $15 covers all kinds of printing capabilities too from what I understand.
Not as flexible as pbase with gallery display, but I love that you can join for free and upload and see larger pics right away without a mess on the screen.

moolyn,
here's PBase's terms of service - the photos remain ours ! and they have rights to display them on their own site and in their own features such as popular galleries and photos etc.
http://www.pbase.com/help/tos

Also, a special wiki database for pbase help was made by one of our ace members at http://pbasewiki.srijith.net/

- Andrys

andrys

Kristen, sorry. The link to my Peru menu and then links should be www.andrys.com/indox.html

Shorter than I thought.

toedtoes

Moolyn, I'd definitely like to get together while I'm there - whether there's a GTG or not.

On the topic at hand, I use photobucket strictly to post photos on a photog forum I inhabit. For showing off photos, I usually use my website (toedtoesproductions dot com) or a very small upstart gallery (http://tinyurl.com/39gps9). This gallery was actually started by the person who taught me about TOCs and copyrights.

Kristina

Moolyn-If you would really like to have your own website, don't be put off by your server's limit. Most likely, that's for a "free" web page that's not your own domain name.

You can register your own website dot com name and then find someone, even possibly your ISP to host it (that's what I do).
www.networksolutions.com is one of the biggest and oldest domain name registrars.

Of course, then you will need to learn a few more things about posting your site and bit of web design, but given millions of personal web sites out there, it's obvious this is only as complicated as you want it to be. ;-)

Andrys-I most certainly will make it to Peru someday!

hpeabody

Andrys and Moolyn et all, The $15.00 per year is for the special "creative" options. This is above and beyond the basic account. You get more colors and themes, more page styles/backgrounds, more framing options (or not), more size options (I just learned that that applies to your viewers also), And I think my favorite is that I can use my own pics as the background. There is a slide show which I advise my viewers to use. If they look at one pic at a time with the paid account, the pic can be opened up to full size if desired. I have lots of fun matching colors, themes and backgrounds to the subject of my album. I store many pics there, as it is unlimited storage. For the casual user with not so many pics, the basic account is fine, though. I am not so much into printing or gifts or that stuff, so I know not of what you speak.

moolyn

andrys, I’ve read through the terms of service a couple of times and still couldn’t find where it states the rights of pbase except for this: By posting publicly accessible photos or text on PBase, you give us permission to excerpt that content for use in marketing materials and to make minor changes to it for purposes of presentation. In all such cases you will be credited for the work. Since I see toedtoes point I’m going to wait for clarification before proceeding.

Pbase isn’t what I was looking for when I posted my question but I see the possibilities and think that it would inspire me to be a better photographer. I’ve noticed that the camera used to take the photos is identified and I like this feature too as well as the possibility of posting panoramas.

hpeabody, I’m pretty well sold on pbase but I’d like to see an example of a gallery on myphotoalbum.com if it’s not too much trouble. It’s difficult to judge what a site is like by just visiting the home page.

Kristina, I appreciate your advice about posting my own website and it is something I seriously considered in the past and again now because of your suggestion. But I’m at a point in my life where I’m trying to simplify and I’m a bit of a perfectionist so I know I can’t invest the time it would take me to produce a website I’m happy with.

toedtoes, we have a date! Contact me a [email protected] I was very impressed with your incredible insect photos and that you’re a wanabe Canadian. Wow!

hpeabody

Hi, Here is a link to my top level album. The structure is set up with sub-albums. Click on a picture or test link to enter the sub-album and then some of those have sub-albums. I hope this helps give you some ideas. Try the slideshow.

hollysphotoalbums. myphotoalbum .com/

When I try to copy the whole link here it DOES NOT WORK, so you will need to cut & paste it after http:// and take out the spaces (I am a newbie here and have stuff still to learn about this site)

If you can't get it to work, let me know

hpeabody

Me again, It looks like you have been able to paste links here. Maybe you can tell me how it's done here. When I try it (in preview), first it duplicates the whole thing, then even if I delete the duplicate the response comes back

Not Found

The requested URL /forums/<a style= was not found on this server.


http://hollysphotoalbums.myphotoalbum.com/

hpeabody

Ooooooooh, when you do the "final" post the link works fine

moolyn

hpeabody, it looks like you figured this little link glitch out for yourself. I've learned to check that the link works before posting by scrolling down to the bottom left side of the screen and clicking on the link in my post there. If there's no mistake it will work because it isn't connected to a duplicate url with no space between like in the preview.

Myphotoalbum.com looks pretty darn good, not quite as clean as pbase but for a free service with unlimited space it's impressive. Thanks so much for sharing your albums but you do realize that you just made my decision much harder, don't you?

toedtoes

Moolyn - I'll email you tonight with my contact info during my trip. It's definitely a date!

Thanks for the compliment on the photos - I've gotten lucky with a few bugs that have agreed to model for me. Having a good 15 minutes to work angles and such helps a lot. It's those selfish bugs that don't sit for more than 5 seconds that make life difficult.

andrys

moolyn,
Re PBase's TOS, any hosting site will want to be able to use your photo that is there for marketing (such as best galleries or best photos feature) and they will want to be able to include a representation of it whether cropped or included with other shots for that feature. Unlike some other places, they say clearly you will always be credited (not just a photo showing in an ad). Many want to be included in the features.

As for myphotoalbum.com I was the one who gave links to my cousin's albums there to give an example of what you can get for free if you don't want the bells and whistles there. I plan to join someday for backup but chose pbase first because I prize interaction with others interested in photography and also the flexibility allowed on pbase pages.
Most of all, for free access, myphotoalbum.com does have ads, and the one high point of pbase is its total absence of ads when people are viewing your photos.
But myphotoalbum.com is my second recommendation (because of the ability to show larger images one after another), and it's my own first recommendation if one needs a good, free hosting site.

But everyone's needs and likes are very different, so good luck with the plethora of good choices !

- A

toedtoes

Andrys - on pbase's TOC, while they say WHY they will use your photos, they don't mention time frame, limitations, etc. of their using your photos.

I don't think pbase at this time is an issue, but the TOC isn't quite as specific as it could be - thereby leaving some stuff open for interpretation.

For example, no where does it say that if you remove your photos from the site and/or stop using the site, that they will cease to use your photos for marketing purposes. Does that mean that they are claiming the right to use your photos from now until eternity for marketing purposes? Or are they assuming that you will know that they won't use your photos once you stop participating in the site.

Rather than assuming one thing now and finding out 5 years from now that they meant the other, I think it's a good idea to ask for clarification - just to be safe.

As I mentioned on another thread, I got screwed by a website on this exact thing. The owner claimed that "you retain your copyright" all over the place and in the TOC, but way down in the TOC, tucked away in small print was the statement that they "claim non-exclusive, IRREVOCABLE, PERPETUAL rights" to your photos. It went on to add that they could then use your photos for any purpose, that they could alter or manipulate your photos for any purpose, and that they could sell your photos or derivative works with no compensation to you.

moolyn

andrys, I realized after asking hpeabody to share an example of myphotgallery.com that you had already posted the one from your cousin which I'd looked at earlier but didn't like as much as pbase which really appeals to me. All this choice is a little overwhelming but I have totally discarded the idea of using picasa or flickr so I'm getting somewhere.

When I post trip reports I like to add separate albums for each section. Does pbase allow that or are people always admitted to all the albums once you send them a link? I'd like to keep family photos separate, for example. kodakgallery works well for both these things.

TRSW

moolyn,

In a trip report you can give direct links to each individual gallery. Here are a few to click on to see what I mean

www.pbase.com/trsw/venice2006
www.pbase.com/trsw/diablo
www.pbase.com/trsw/italyinsepia

When you create a new gallery it is in lowercase. This gives you the link.

Tom