You spent weeks finding access to the perfect
location, you’ve researched it and you got up in the middle of the night to get
there and set up ready for the perfect time of day, yes the weather was not
right the first two time but this time everything was right. Then you spent too
many hours to count in postproduction, making sure the image was just right,
till your vision was realised in the image before you. After all this effort
don’t you think that the world should see your image?
Web and Water in Sepia Postcard by martinspaperstore
Make postcards from photos online at zazzle.com
There are many ways to put your images on
the internet for other people to see them, both paid and free. Over the coming
months I will look at some of them in more detail but for now it will just be a
brief over view of some of them. As a rule of thumb the more control you want
the more it will cost you ether in time, skills or money.
Website:
Having your own website may seam like the
obvious option and indeed they can be a great asset. Though they can be a
little static and search engines like new content all the time. How much
control over the look of your website will depend on your programming skills
and how much money you want to pay?
Blogs:
This may be the first place that you think
of placing your images and I would recommend that you have your own blog even
if you have your images elsewhere, so that you can have a central point on the
internet that links to all your other internet galleries. If you are short on
time this will give you one place for you to market that will link to all your
images on the internet. Wordpress.com or Bloger.com or Tumblr.com
are a good place to start.
Photo Galleries:
Photo galleries have the advantage of being
known for their images which means that people looking for photos will know
what to expect when they go to the site. They range from Flickr that is free
and popular to paid for hosting at sites like 500px.
POD Print on Demand:
POD sites are sites that let you sell your
images on products and you get a percentage of the sale. Some sites let you add
your images for free while others will charge you every month even if you do
not you make any sales. Some sites like Zazzle will let you add sections /
galleries while others like Redbubble will put all your images in one store /
gallery.
Of course as in everything there are
advantages and disadvantages to each of the above methods, indeed even within
each method above there are advantages and disadvantages between each company
involved in each method. First off you need to decided what you want from your
exposure on the internet and of course this may change over time but what do
you need now? This will help you know if a particular method / sites advantage
is an advantage for you, even to pay for and if the disadvantages of a
particular method / site is in deed a disadvantage for you.
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