Using BigHugeLabs to Publish Photo Posters, Jigsaw Puzzles, Comicbook Captions, and More If you’re not into having a general public audience for your photography, yet you want something
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If you’re not into having a general public audience for your photography, yet you want something published to show your friends, then BigHugeLabs is the place to be (see Figure 10.8)
The site has generators for making the following with your images: motivator posters, magazine covers, movie posters, David Hockney–like posters, mats, trading cards, wallpaper for computers, Andy Warhol–like posters, and mosaic posters
To make any of these creations, you just click on one of them on the homepage For example, when you click on Motivator, you’ll click on Browse for the file you want to upload from your computer (That’s all you have to do; there is no Upload button to push.) Then you click on the listed options you want for your photo (cropping, orientation, border), choose the color of your text, type in the text you want the poster to have, and then use a drop-down menu to select the text style you want Finally, you click on Create Your poster will be shown in the next window, where you’ll have options to Add to Cart, Edit, Start Over, Save, Upload to Flickr, Share, Email, and Create High Res
The site lets you save your new creation, but it
only saves it in low res (72 KB) To get a
high-res file of your image, you have to join the site
(You’ll be prompted for what to do after you
click on Create High Res.) It costs $5 per week/
$10 per month/$25 per year to join, and you
get to make as many high-res images as you
want during that period of time High-res is
only available for Calendar, Hockneyizer, Jigsaw,
Magazine Cover, Mosaic Maker, Motivator,
Movie Poster, Scout, and Warholizer features
You do not have to join the site to buy a print
of an image you’ve made Prices for prints are:
❈ 8×10: $15
❈ 11×14: $20
❈ 16×20: $30
You can also have the jigsaw image made into
a jigsaw puzzle for $40
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Figure 10.8 BigHugeLab motivator poster with uploaded image.
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Promoting Yourself
If you want people to know about your work, you have to let them know what you’ve
got From making prints for your images and showing them to people on the ground,
to sifting through the Internet to find people interested in your photography, promoting yourself will keep you busy When you’re putting your work out there, you’ll have to
consider your budget The most logical place to start is to build a website on one of the free web-hosting sites In this chapter, I’ll tell you how to build one that’s within your budget You’ll also get a look at the best photography websites out there to build a wish list of what you want on your site as your budget allows Remember, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel when you are promoting yourself Many people have done it well before, and with the Internet, you can see what they’ve done
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A website can be as simple as one page made with Weebly (refer to Chapter 3), or you can go full steam ahead with a site where the content constantly changes—one filled with numerous articles to help photographers shoot better pictures (Take a look at bobatkins.com and also at Figure 11.1.) It can also have a store for website visitors to purchase photos
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Figure 11.1 Building a website can be quick and easy.
Trang 5There are basically three quick and easy ways you can go about building a website The first
is to use a free website host, such as weebly.com There are also other free web-hosting sites
at fortunecity.com and bravenet.com The second method is to buy hosting and online web-building tools at a site such as BetterPhoto.com And the third is to have a professional make
a website for you However, many professional webmasters require that you have them make all the changes you want to your website, which can get expensive
Here are three options for building a website that are easy on the budget
❈ BetterPhoto.com BetterPhoto offers two photography website options The first is Deluxe
BetterPholio, and the second is Pro BetterPholio Both offer uploading of unlimited photos Delux BetterPholios costs $199 for the first year and $169 per year afterwards It includes a domain name (a name you create for your site if that name is available) and has options for making different designs Pro BetterPholios cost $349 for the first year and $299 per year after
It includes all of what Delux BetterPholios does and adds on blogs, analytics (site statistics), and image sales The site uses a PayPal interface for payment See the upcoming “Selling Images on Your Website or Blog Right Away with PayPal” sidebar
❈ PhotographyWebmasters.com Photography Webmasters sets its options by the number of
photos you upload The prices range from $29.95 for 2,000 photos to $99.95 for 20,000 photos They offer a wide range of web designs It costs $100 to get your site customized and
$499 for them to create a ready-made website You can make advanced slideshows, music videos, QuickTime movies, flip-album shows, and more The site includes the option to sell your images
❈ PhotoBiz.com PhotoBiz.com sets its options by the number of photos you have uploaded.
All websites include image sales The prices range from $15 for 200 photos to $100 for 12,000 photos They also offer the following extra products for a one-time fee: online proofing/ordering system for $125, Flash website template for $125, HTML website template for $45, and client mini sites for $175 The site uses a PayPal interface for payment
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N O T E
If you’re into building your own website with software, there are many options Some are listed at www.digitalphotographywebsite.com/easywebsitebuilders.html