One of the hardest parts of the post-wedding wrap-up was getting everyone’s photos together into an album. Dozens of people took pictures, but we only got copies from a small fraction of the guests. We also got a mix of emailed photos, prints, CDs and enlargements, none of which were easily combinable into an album. Mind you, this was in 2003, and traditional film photography wasn’t quite dead yet; here in 2008, it’s very hard to find people still shooting film.
Create a group on Flickr.com
Photo courtesy of Magali deVulpillieres.
My favourite way to share photos between groups of people is to create a group on Flickr.com. It’s easy to do and free, but you’ll probably want to upgrade to a “Pro” account (just my opinion; $24.95/year, or ask for an account as a wedding present - they can be given as gifts). Here’s how to do it, via Flickr.
Your wedding guests can sign up for a free account and upload their own pictures to the group, or take the pictures that are emailed to you and upload them yourself to Flickr.
If you’re concerned about privacy, don’t worry - you can make your group as public or private as you want.
It beats printing out dozens of pictures - anything that can be done digitally is generally better for the planet than physical “stuff”. Plus, it’s much easier to share the albums with a large group of people, and the comments are priceless!
Check out the new BluePlanetWedding Eco Wedding Flickr group. Upload the pictures from your own wedding, wedding ideas, and more, and I’ll be adding my own finds to the group. It’ll take some time to build the group, so in the meantime, enjoy the Green Weddings pool.
August 18th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
[…] One of the hardest parts of the post-wedding wrap-up was getting everyone’s photos together into an album. Dozens of people took pictures, but we only got copies from a small fraction of the guests. We also got a mix of emailed photos, prints, CDs and enlargements, none of which were easily combinable into an album. Mind you, this was in 2003, and traditional film photography wasn’t quite dead yet; here in 2008, it’s very hard to find people still shooting film. Create a group on Flickr.com Source: http://www.blueplanetwedding.com/blog/2008/08/18/share-all-of-the-wedding-photos-taken-by-everyone/ […]
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August 28th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Great idea to create an album on Flickr. You can also create an album on others sites too. Just do a search on Google or Yahoo.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
@Wedding Photographer’s Camera:
You’re right; there are lots of photosharing sites, Flickr being the biggest.
Check out The Wedding Lens in the next post for a wedding-specific photo and video sharing site.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Great idea - I wish I had thought of that for my wedding - we’re still sorting through all the prints, cds and e-mails - 4 years later!!!