Hi all, I have some questions for some of the hobbyist photographers here who have set up their own website or found some other solution to host a portfolio of their photography work. Not sure if this is the right sub-forum so mods feel free to move this thread if it isn't. Some background about me to help you give me relevant advice, I'm definitely an amateur photographer not looking to make a living off UW photography.
I'm looking into setting up a place to showcase the photos that I've taken, leaning towards making a personal website, likely going to be using a service like Squarespace to get started quickly if I choose this route, but not ruling out platforms like Flickr or 500px. I have a little self taught programming experience though not with HTML, Javascript or CSS so building from scratch would not be out of the question but would not be my first choice. I'm currently trying the trial version of Squarespace and I like the customisability offered with little need for programming knowledge. 500px is nice too because they offer an element of social integration into a wider photography community and also the customisability through their portfolio function, though I have yet to try that out. Any thoughts or suggestions for getting something like that set up?
Another tangential question would be with regards to monetisation options. I was looking at 500px Prime which offers the ability to sell photos. I'm not under any delusion that photography is going to be a sustainable or even consistent source of income but I wouldn't complain if I got checks occasionally to offset the cost of this hobby kind of like what many instructors here do. Anybody got anything to share one way or the other about whether photographers actually get sales through 500px or alternative platforms that facilitate something like this?
Any thoughts about either or both of my questions?
I'm looking into setting up a place to showcase the photos that I've taken, leaning towards making a personal website, likely going to be using a service like Squarespace to get started quickly if I choose this route, but not ruling out platforms like Flickr or 500px. I have a little self taught programming experience though not with HTML, Javascript or CSS so building from scratch would not be out of the question but would not be my first choice. I'm currently trying the trial version of Squarespace and I like the customisability offered with little need for programming knowledge. 500px is nice too because they offer an element of social integration into a wider photography community and also the customisability through their portfolio function, though I have yet to try that out. Any thoughts or suggestions for getting something like that set up?
Another tangential question would be with regards to monetisation options. I was looking at 500px Prime which offers the ability to sell photos. I'm not under any delusion that photography is going to be a sustainable or even consistent source of income but I wouldn't complain if I got checks occasionally to offset the cost of this hobby kind of like what many instructors here do. Anybody got anything to share one way or the other about whether photographers actually get sales through 500px or alternative platforms that facilitate something like this?
Any thoughts about either or both of my questions?
