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Hello All

I recently took a bunch of photos at my daughter's birthday party and have been thinking through the best way of sharing them with the other kids' parents.

I figured the best way would be to put them on a site like Flickr and then give the parents the URL for the set. They could then download whatever pictures of their kiddies they wanted.

So, my questions are:

1. Do you think Flickr would work well for this, or is there a better option for sharing them (I don't have other parents e-mail addresses and they will be large files anyway)?

2. I have a free Flickr account at the moment. Is this too limiting and should I get a pro account?

Any thoughts very welcome.

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi

Flickr would be a good medium for this I would have thought yes. A free Flickr account limits your library to 200 images so getting a Pro account isn't neccesary.

Regards
 
You could also use drop box if you don't have too many photos to share.

Let me know if interested and I can send you a referral link.
 
The only thing with Flickr is make sure you make the folder private so only those with the URL can access them.

I say this because
1. anyone can access your flickr page.
2. as you are publishing photos of children online you really want to get all the parents permission to make them public.

So by making a private folder, you can give the link to all the parents, and only they can access that folder.

just a thought
 
Hi

Yes I would have thought a Flickr account would be suitable for this, especially if you've one already set up ...

I would set it to private though, so you can give the link out and not "anyone" can see the photos
 
Get their email addresses.

Set up a Flickr Set as private and issue a Guest Pass to the parents (one guest pass can be used by them all).

Using a free Flickr account is not as restrictive as people think - for a start, you can have more than 200 images on a free Flickr account (it's amazing how many people think you can't).
 
Thanks everyone - much appreciated.

I have about 100 or so photos from the day, so will go the Flickr route with private setting (thanks for the tip) and guest pass. I'll stick with free Flickr for now and do some more research to decide whether a pro account is worth it in the long run.

Cheers!
 
MJWC1 said:
Thanks everyone - much appreciated.

I have about 100 or so photos from the day, so will go the Flickr route with private setting (thanks for the tip) and guest pass. I'll stick with free Flickr for now and do some more research to decide whether a pro account is worth it in the long run.

Cheers!
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If you have BT internet then you get the pro account free:)
 
Is BT British Telecom?

I am in Australia. Our Telecom (now Telstra) gives you nothing for free!
 
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