After some futzing around, the photo gallery is now back online. I haven’t added any new pictures in a couple days, though I have been taking pictures.
I’m thinking now that I’m going to archive all my photos on Flickr. This approach has a couple advantages. I have a pro account there (I jumped on the Flickr bandwagon right when it was announced and got a pro account comped for referring new users), so I can upload 2GB worth of photos every month. The annual cost is $25, which is going to scale pretty well once I get all my ~5K images uploaded.
Flickr is also a great way to share photos. If you have a Flickr account (and I’d recommend getting one if you’d like to see the Ava pictures I have set to “friends and family only”), not only can you view my photos, but you can comment on them and even leave notes on the pictures themselves. Yahoo! bought Flickr since I signed up, so you have to have a Yahoo! ID now to sign in to Flickr, but that’s not a huge hassle.
The very best thing about Flickr, though, is that there are lots and lots of very cool photographs there to browse and enjoy. If you see something you like, you can use the photo’s tags to find similar pictures or to head off in a completely different direction. Heck, you can even order prints straight from Flickr to be delivered to your house. Flickr also has all sorts of great tools for working with your pictures and integrating them into sites like this one.
If you have any questions about Flickr, drop me a line; I’m happy to bring another user to the site.