Best way to share pictures

[robincheema]

Hi i have just bought a brand new camera and i would like to share my pictures with my friend and family.... but i would like them to be able to add a comment to the picture... i also want certain pictures to be private and some to be public and i want the website to allow high quality print size pictures. I want it to be very fast and with very little to no ads and i want it to be free... and i should be able to sell my pictures, as all my pictures will be copyrighted so i want some money for that.. and may be little bit organized (folders etc).. and i already gave up on photobucket and imageshack...

[drtoker]

sounds like you need your own website man. Most image hosting sites do not have a way to sell pictures, same goes for blogs. If it weren't for the sale part, you could find your answer countless places. Sounds like you need an e-store...

[robincheema]

well if i take selling pictures out of consideration How will i make sure my copyrighted pictures don't make it to some websites home page? at least the hosting website should have rules for copyrighted pics... but i heard about iStockphotos being a good website for professionals.. so i gess i would use istock for the photos i sell and i would use picasa web albums for private pictures as i don't wanna sell them and wanna keep them private.

[drtoker]

there are a few methods to keep your pictures safe, although I do not know what hosting sites would utilize them. Basically you need to disable right click on the page, and dis-allow people to view the source. This will (sort of) protect your images from the avarage person. Just FYI, it is not possible to completly protect a shown image, if some one wants it bad enough, theres always a way to get it, because you can see it! Most people who sell images would only allow a low res image to be shown as a demo, and to get the full high res pic, you would have to purchase it. This way the high def pic is not shown at all.

[carpefile]

Just watermark the ones you want to sell. Doc Toker is right tho, if someone really wants to use your images, they will.