I have found that a blog is a great way to express oneself with words
and photographs. I use wordpress.com, and there are no costs
involved because the site is supported by advertising. There are
many templates to choose from, and there are statistics available
concerning the number of visitors to each post. The bandwidth
allowed is enormous, and as long as you make appropriate-sized jpegs,
the limits should allow you to post for years. If you have a lot of
friends and acquaintances interested in what you have to say, you
will get a lot of hits. Alternatively, the tags and categories and
content will automatically attract a lot of visitors.

If you want a place to post and archive your photographs as full-
sized jpegs, Flickr.com provides that service for $25 per year.

Lee Rentz
Shelton, WA
http://leerentz.wordpress.com


On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:

> On a related note to the discussion on photo equipment, how/where
> do you post photos for others to view? Looking at the posts of
> others, it appears that my two options are to join a photo hosting
> site like Photobucket or to create a personal website.
>
> I like to write, so I am inclined to explore an option which would
> allow me to post commentary as well as photos. A friend from the
> motorcycle side of my hobby world suggested creating a blog where I
> could link in photos from a photo hosting site. My favorite photo
> sites I have seen on Tweeters are the websites of professional
> photographers. Are these expensive to start and maintain? How
> many photos will such a site hold?
>
> Feel free to reply privately to me if this tread is too far off
> topic for Tweeters.
> Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA.
>
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