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Questions tagged [photo]

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Where do blogs get their pictures?

I see a lot of blogs that are full of picture galleries, showing celebrities for example, and I wonder how they get all these pictures. Do most blogs just take pictures from Google Images? Or is there another way they get these pictures? What…
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Photography website: How much quality to sacrifice for file size?

I am designing a website for a Photographer. Obviously I compressed the images so that they would load faster and not use all the visitors cap. (There is quite a few gbs of pictures so that would just about take all of my bandwidth for a month if I…
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Host my own picture web site and have links for people to order photos through other services

I have too many pictures and I don't want to pay for storage with Picasa or a similar site as I have my own hosting space that I pay for already. Is there any way I can keep my own hosted pictures and website but still allow people to click to order…
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A large image placed at top of page causes page-speed insights to complain

I made a site that's basically a site asking people to vote for a person and the first page mostly shows a picture of a person which is what the site is about. Most of the text is underneath and scrolling is required to retrieve it. Google then…
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How do I implement "share on Twitter" for photos on my website?

I have a "share on Twitter" button on my website that allows users to easily share a tweet with the web page. The page features a photo, and we would really like to have users tweet the photo itself out. Is it possible to build "tweet this photo"…
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Where can i get photo collection for website/template

I'm developing website templates and wonder how to get (free or buy) photos of product sample for my templates. For example, collection if furniture, shirts, lingerie? Maybe you have preferences with affordable price. Please note that these images…
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If someone takes a photo of my product and posts it on the web do I have the right to use it on my website?

If someone takes a photo of my product and posts it on the web do I have the right to use it on my website?
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Photos - do I really need to look for the author and ask his permission when posting them on my site?

When I find a photo somewhere on the internet, without any explicit information of whether I can re-publish it on my own website, without any hint of who is the owner/author of that photo, can I still do it? I'm puzzled here cause I've seen like…
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How can I name an image so that a) it's still unique b) descriptive

It's a given that a better name for a picture is "cat_eating_mouse.jpg" than "Aou7aIw=2.jpg". On my website I'm going to have thousands of pictures. It's not a big of a problem to name them manually, but to come up with a unique name. Say, I have 2…
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Google page speed says "Properly formatting and compressing images can save many bytes of data"

I keep getting this error message from Google page speed and now have spent 48 hours trying everything. I am starting to look like a panda with black eye sockets from late nights. I have tried EWWW optimizer and have optimized the pictures. I have…
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Using Associated Press photos

I am kinda unclear on how/if I can use AP photos. There are quite a few sites that use it with a credit underneath it. Is that enough? Do you still need the express written consent they talk about on their site? Does anyone run a site using AP…
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Photo management utilities

I'm about to develop a web site for a new client. It's not going to be very intense, but one requirement is that, if possible, the client wants to be able to manage the photo gallery themselves. Since they are not technically savvy at all, I was…
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Online tool to convert photos into youtube video slideshow

I'm looking for a free online tool that would allow creating photo slideshows and uploading them to youtube. Animoto.com is a good example but only has a 30sec free option.
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What are the most commonly used web picture/image/icon sizes?

Similar to what already exists regarding web banner sizes, is it possible to find the list of most commonly used picture/image/icon sizes on the web (e.g. 16x16 for small icons, 24x24 for medium icons, 50x50 to 70x50 for small profile pictures...)?
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Photoblogging engine using PHP and MySQL or PostgreSQL

I am looking for nice looking and with good usability photo blogging software to run on my server. So far I have found PixelPost, Cheesecake and EZPX. PixelPost - look quite abandoned project Cheesecake - also quite abadoned EZPX - Not sure about…
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