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Following Scoble’s show about SmugMug, I’ve decided to give it a go. I want somewhere to store my photos online safely and reliably, allowing my friends and family easy access, and myself the ability to share my photos with the world.

I am extremely impressed by the services offered by SmugMug. They are a family run business, regular photographers and most importantly, they turn a profit. In this day and age, it’s nice to know your photos aren’t going to be sold on to BigCorp over night.

The SmugMug team are very keen on photography and making sure your photographs look good. They have a lot of pro users with some stunning shots on the site. They have just launched some brilliant new features for viewing your photos at premium resolution on small and large screen monitors. If you love photography, they are well worth a second look.

Depending on how it goes, I think I will drop my pro membership on Flickr come the new year to offset the cost. I get my photo sharing kick from Zooomr, and Flickr aren’t able to offer assurances like back-ups of my shots even at pro level. I won’t ditch them all together, I just wont need the extra capacity of a pro membership.

I’ve decided to go for a Power user membership, which allows me various customizations, but more importantly allows me to upload video. As time moves on I’ll be using video more and more, and want them to be as safe as my photographs.

I will begin uploading my collections to SmugMug over the weekend. If you are interested in giving them a go too click here for a free 14 day trial. If you do decide to sign up in the longer term use the code NGGfJsOJxWpEM to get a $5 discount (this will also get me a discount when I renew).

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