SmugMug

Mallard Duck ©2009 Peter Tooker All Rights Reserved

What is SmugMug? Only the best digital photo sharing website on the internet (in my opinion). Established in 2002, SmugMug prides itself on its independence and service to photographers of all kinds, amateur and professional. It's a relatively small company focused on featuring and securing my photographs the way I want and need them to, not on growing big enough to be acquired and garnering lots of advertising revenue in the meantime. Over the years, I've worked with Picasa, Shutterfly, Snapfish, Kodak and even Flickr, but hands down, my preference is SmugMug. Why?

Thunderbird © Claudia Ward

First, the photo-sharing site you can create for yourself is "way cool" and easy to build. It's a cinch to get answers for any questions through their user-friendly help and fantastic DGrin forums. (DGrin stands for Digital Grin which is their distinctive logo!) You can protect your photos in several different ways and you can even store your 1,000s of photos in the SmugVault. It's all about me and my photos, not them.

Purple Flower © 2009 Claudia Ward

As a photographer with a fledgling business, I also love the Pro features of SmugMug, most of which I won't elaborate on here and now, but I do love the ease with which I could set up my Pro account to offer print images on paper, canvas and even metal, or mouse pads, coffee cups, aprons, and note cards adorned with any photo in my galleries.

Stormy Beach © 2010 Claudia Ward

So this is the official launch of my SmugMug store and I encourage you to visit and browse. If you see something you like, add it to your cart, and I promise you the watermark will disappear before your selection arrives on your doorstep. I'll be updating the galleries frequently so return often to see what's new. Feed back and suggestions for the sight are also welcomed.

Zucchini Blossoms © 2010 Claudia Ward

So Happy Holidays one and all, and thank you for your support throughout the year.

Barn in the Snow © 2011 Claudia Ward

P.S. The images displayed on the post are all available in my SmugMug Store and are indicative of the types of photos you'll find there. There's still time before Christmas.

P.P.S. Just in case you are wondering, SmugMug isn't giving me anything to say these nice things, this is just my candid opinion of their company and products.

 

Comments

[Claudia]

Thank you so much Sandra!

[Sandra Hughes Benton]

This! http://open-window.typepad.com/.a/6a012876bd85ec970c0162fde3a106970d-pi
IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

[ally]

they are really beautiful claudia, so many of them.
I agree that they look great too on smugmug. thanks for the tip about the site.