Graduating from Flickr to Photoshelter was an easy decision. It just took me a while to do it.

The Feast, New York, NY

Grover Sanschagrin on A Picture’s Worth at Photoshelter, 10 Signs That You’re Ready to Graduate From Flickr:

“I knew it was time to upgrade from Flickr once I realized that many people, not just clients and friends, wanted to view, share, use and purchase images from the events I was attending and photographing,” said Taylor Davidson, a New York-based photographer and Flickr graduate.

“Handling requests from magazines, websites, PR agencies and the speakers themselves was simply too difficult with just Flickr, and I needed a solution with an e-commerce transaction platform to handle sales.”

From now on, I’ll use Photoshelter to deliver images to clients and sell a range of my professional work (prints, downloads and royalty-free licenses), Flickr to share personal images (including, soon, images from my upcoming trip to Ghana), and Facebook for highlights personal and professional.

Why all three? As I commented on Photoshelter’s post,

… it’s not a question of using either/or, but in using each in the appropriate manner. I get clients from both Flickr and my Photoshelter site, but for delivering images and showing my professional work, Photoshelter is the way to go. Glad I switched.

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