Top Photo Publishing Websites
The Internet is full of websites geared towards photography lovers. These sites allow subscribers to share photographs with other members, privately or with the public. Many sites inform and educate photography enthusiasts by offering photography tips. Each website offers something unique to users. Choosing the best site depends on how the user wishes to publish their photos.
Flickr
This site allows users to create a profile to share photos with friends and family. Members upload and tag their photos, including descriptions that tell a story. Users can join groups of people with similar interests with whom they can share photos and discuss concepts. The site offers flexible privacy controls that allow subscribers to only share photos with those they choose.
Photobucket
This service allows users to upload images or videos to share. Users have the advantage of sharing only the photos that they wish to share publicly. The service has slideshow creators, a scrapbook builder and a remix builder for videos. This website is a popular image hosting service for users posting ads on eBay and other websites.
Photo.net
This site offers education and art in one package. It is composed of a community of photographers who share and enjoy photography. The site provides information and reviews about different types and brands of cameras. It has informative articles as well as interactive forums and galleries that allow users to interact with other professional photographers. Users choose from a free or paid subscription.
Picasa
This is a service owned by Google. This service allows users to upload large batches of photos and send a link to the photos to another email address. This is popular for families and companies wishing to maintain online web images that can be shared with only specific people.
Image Shack
This service is growing in popularity due to their “yfrog” service that allows subscribers to upload photos and videos for use on Twitter social media. The service allows users to create an HTML code link of the photos for use on blogs, websites and social media sites.