Hello future smuggers!
Ok so first let me admit that I’m cross-posting this with my commercial site and this site because I want everyone to get a chance to use this discount code if they are interested (and hey, everytime someone uses this code, I get a little bit back too!). This was originally posted at http://www.studio602photography.com/blog/2009/02/hello-future-smuggers/.
I have been a member of the smugmug community for quite some time now. First, I used smugmug as a place to store my personal images and then upgraded to their ‘Pro’ version when I got serious with photography and started picking up clients. If you are tired of Flickr and really want some place where you can store an unlimited amount of your own photos for a very low price, don’t have to deal with ads for services you don’t want, and don’t want to manage your own web space then take a look at smugmug. www.smugmug.com.
If you are interested, I even have a discount code for you! When setting up your account, just enter this code: 5ZrdPCjacjan2 and receive $5 off of your new account. I know in today’s economy every little bit helps! This code does not expire.
Over the past several years, the guys over at SmugMug have made several changes. If you are a pro member (not sure if this is true for non-pro accounts), you can opt to have your images printed by Bay Photo. So not only does smugmug eliminate the need for you to run the credit card and collect sales tax (they do that all for you), but they can do direct fulfillment through a very well respected pro lab. Neat!
One more thing I recently discovered was that there is now a plug-in for Adobe Lightroom 2.0 which can export your finished photos directly to Smugmug. I find this really helpful, as I now run two export plug-ins: one for Smug and another for Facebook. I have also recently just started using the iPhone smugmug application, which lets me upload photos directly from my iPhone to my smugmug account. Like all iPhone apps, it’s a big clunky but it gets the job done.
Ok, enough sales pitching for one day 