Sending Photographs

[Camdixon]

I took some photographs of a band at a concert, and I really just wanted the band to have access to them. I was going to send them the hi-res photos over the internet, but due to file constraints in an email (even multiple zip files) it would take a lot of time. Is there anyway to zip the files in one or two zip files and post them somewhere where they will be able to access them?

[kuvahmagh]

A zip file won't do much to compress jpegs since they are already compressed.

You could get a site like flickr and post the photos there.

[Barbara V]

I use Snapfish.com for my hi-res photos when I want others to see them. It takes a while, but certainly doesn't take as long as trying to get them out in an email. Gives the recipient an opportunity to order prints to their liking, too.

[Jim Bryant]

don't send high res.......only 72dpi. If they want high res, then sell them a disk of 20 or so images for XXXXX.

[Camdixon]

I wasn't intending on selling them the photos, but I guess in order to save time and less uploads I would prefer to convert the images to 72 dpi. How would I accomplish this? Just use a batch action in photoshop?

[Jim Bryant]

you'd have to make an action or just go into Image - size and change the DPI to 72 on each one. So, if you give them a high res and they like it and ends up on a CD cover, that's money out of your own pocket. Internet isn't too slow, only if have is dial up.

[BCampbell]

Originally Posted by Camdixon

I took some photographs of a band at a concert, and I really just wanted the band to have access to them. I was going to send them the hi-res photos over the internet, but due to file constraints in an email (even multiple zip files) it would take a lot of time. Is there anyway to zip the files in one or two zip files and post them somewhere where they will be able to access them?

I use drop.io often for smaller batches of files.

You can also easily upload them to flickr.

You don't seem to care about business opportunity but you could also have a few prints made and physically send them.

I know more than one person who gave away a few photos to a band/act and later had a publicist contact them about doing a four-figure shoot. There's also the selling prints angle; tell the band they can use your images if they link to your site/whatever, and sell prints from there. Thinking longterm can often return way more revenue than a one-off sale from a few lucky shots.