Sharing images electronically with family and friends

[easyrider]

I just clicked on the smugmug link in your signature (nice pics by the way), but I noticed that even as a guest I was given the option of sharing via various social media services. Any way to block those options if desired?

Smugmug galleries can be password protected or even not listed -- meaning you need the exact link to go there.
I do not like their recent remake and have so far managed to stick with the old layout.
I have been looking at Zenfolio and other options.

 

[froyd]

Simple cheap and secure; put on CD or DVD and hand to them...

Regards, David

I have done that for family, but these days, I just use une of the many file transferring services, ...still CDs do not work really well for RFF posts 😉

 

[Aristophanes]

For private sharing using a Mac I use Apple's Photo Sharing (not Photo Stream). Not able to download whole albums because it does not "album" default. But it is free. And what's the point of downloading albums, anyway?

CD/DVDs are almost dead as optical drives are not being loaded onto many home computers anymore and the upcoming dominant viewing platform is mobile OS devices.

For outside of my inner circle I use Flickr, which loads directly and conveniently from many apps.

 

[David Hughes]

I have done that for family, but these days, I just use une of the many file transferring services, ...still CDs do not work really well for RFF posts 😉

Hi,

I know but part of the spec was "keep them invisible to the unwashed masses ... and allow the chosen few to download full resolution copies".

RFF photo's get spread around a little more than a CD handed over to a friend.

Regards, David

 

[kxl]

Check out Zenfolio. I have a Premium Account with them and have been a happy customer.

Their Basic Plus product ($30/year) meets your needs.

 

[SayCheese]

Within Flickr? Or do you mean from LR when you export to Flickr? Here is a photo from the RFF gallery Here is the nasty version spat out by Flickr 09 - Crack Me Up.jpg by kafe-pic, on Flickr

Output sharpening when exporting from LR is what I meant. But I may be less demanding than you in this application: on my device I recognise just a minor difference in sharpness between the linked images.

Regards, Klaus.

 

[David Hughes]

...CD/DVDs are almost dead as optical drives are not being loaded onto many home computers anymore and the upcoming dominant viewing platform is mobile OS devices...

Hmmm, but there are thousands, if not millions of them out there. As a comparison, you might like to consider how many firms make film cameras these days and when digital started to become normal (I'm using the word loosely), which ought to lead to us saying that it's been impossible to use film for a couple of decades due to the rise of digital and the lack of new film cameras. But it doesn't, does it?

Just my 2d worth.

Regards, David