Websites and watermarking

[MelissaKB]

I have recently started a small business. I primarily take sport photos at our local high school. To date, I have printed them myself and then take them to the events and sell them directly to the parents. Unfortunatley, someone stole my photos and I am out over $200. I am looking for an economical website to post my photos. Also, could someone direct me to a site that could explain how to properly add a watermark to your image?

[wsu_danielle]

Originally Posted by MelissaKB

I have recently started a small business. I primarily take sport photos at our local high school. To date, I have printed them myself and then take them to the events and sell them directly to the parents. Unfortunatley, someone stole my photos and I am out over $200. I am looking for an economical website to post my photos. Also, could someone direct me to a site that could explain how to properly add a watermark to your image?

I would search for "batch watermarking photoshop" on YouTube. That's where I found the tutorial I use for PSE.

How did they "steal" your photos?

You might check into using Zenfolio, too.

[BK553]

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Try Smugmug. Not free. Zenfolio is pretty good too.

[wsu_danielle]

You could also put them on a free sharing site, like Snapfish.com, once you've watermarked them. Then people could view them and let you know which ones they like/want to buy. It's the cheapest way, although may pose other concerns (people may still choose to copy or print despite the watermark, although I doubt it). They also have group "rooms" but I haven't really looked into it. Just sounds like something that might work for what you do.

[thall17]

Very inexpensive website can be created by listing what you want done on elance.com. You place an add for what you want done and people from all over the world bid on your job. I have used the service many time and have been very happy

[Biomech]

I use Photobox Gallery.com at the moment. It's free, you set the packages and prices and they take a reasonable 10%

[MelissaKB]

Thanks to all of you. I will check this all out. Finally have a day off this week and hope to spend it with my camera and computer. As for how they "stole" my pics. At our sports banquet, a table of moms were looking at the albums and left them on the table when they were donw with them. Someone, porbably an athlete walked off with them.

[TerryL]

SmugMug , you set your own prices, they can get prints, tee shirts, cups, anything they want a picture on, you can also set it up to collect the sales tax

[Ubergeek]

There is a fantastic free utility called Phatch which can among other things add custom watermarks to your images in batches as well as adding borders resizing and re-writing EXIF info so you can add your copyright in the EXIF.

Regards.

[Patti Adams]

I was wondering how or if possible to watermark my pictures before I upload to Facebook.
reason being, i take alot of photos of family property for family that is far away, and recently i have seen my photos on other peoples profile pic's, when i asked where they got the picture from, LOL, they didn't seem to know, just that they liked it. I am so new to this, but maybe I do have some talent if people are taking my pic's for wallpaper, they must like what they see! So I would like to attach my name to it, at the very least.
Thanks to whoever responds.