New website

tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
edited April 5, 2011 in People
Hello friends,
I usually post in this part of the forum.
I just wanted to let you know that I have moved from SmugMug Pro away to Zenfolio.
Because of that my website address has changed to http://www.photom.me

With best regards,
Tom
SmugMug Support Hero | Customizer | My SmugMug site - http://www.photom.me | Customization Portal - https://customsmug.com/

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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    Nice work!
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 4, 2011
    Thank you very much.
    SmugMug Support Hero | Customizer | My SmugMug site - http://www.photom.me | Customization Portal - https://customsmug.com/
  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 5, 2011
    Back to smugmug. Ze folios prints are just crap. Sorry for my language. But it is really bad!!!
    SmugMug Support Hero | Customizer | My SmugMug site - http://www.photom.me | Customization Portal - https://customsmug.com/
  • wildviperwildviper Registered Users Posts: 560 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Well that was fast. You care to expand on how you were able to discern the "crapiness?" I have moved from Smug to Zen - but not for prints..for overall ease of use. However, I am coming up to a point where I will have to use the print features. So appreciate your real world take.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    WildViper
    From Nikon D70s > Nikon D300s & D700
    Nikon 50/1.8, Tamron 28-75/2.8 1st gen, Nikkor 12-24/4, Nikkor 70-200/2.8 ED VR, SB600, SB900, SB-26 and Gitzo 2 Series Carbon Fiber with Kirk Ballhead
  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 5, 2011
    wildviper wrote: »
    Well that was fast. You care to expand on how you were able to discern the "crapiness?" I have moved from Smug to Zen - but not for prints..for overall ease of use. However, I am coming up to a point where I will have to use the print features. So appreciate your real world take.

    So I live in UK and after being with SmugMug for a year I though that it would be better to try Zenfolio because it has UK based lab - Photobox. I have used Photobox before and I was not happy with the result - colors different then then on my screen (calibrated monitor). But I thought - I will give a try because maybe Zenfolio has some sort of arrangements with Photobox. I loved the layouts and the simplicity - I am not a CSS and Java master and SmugMug require those things if you want to change something what is not as standard. For me the galleries looked great - well except the contrast added to the thumbnails - I do not know why they do it. I have upload most of my photos and I was very happy with it. The iPhone app is great - you can control nearly the whole site from it. Great! Direct uploading to facebook and Flickr from the admin website is handy - very handy. Great Great. Much better then SmugMug. Then I have decided (still during my trial) to order a print - this photo:

    932332328_cFsks-L-2.jpg

    Nothing special - very dark, contrasty portrait. The size I have ordered 20x30.
    I came in a tube wrapped in a Photobox paper. I thought - very professional! And then I have unwrapped the photo - OMG! I was so mad! Disappointed! Why? Well under the subjects chin there was big, deep, white scratch! But I thought - this can happen. And then the colors - the photo was warm, really warm colors - the shirt was not anymore blue - it was brown-ish. Really bad. The contrast of the photo was to strong. I know the photo is already contrasty - but on the print it was much much worse. But then I thought - be optimistic. But then I look at the paper - they print on FujiColor Crystal Archive paper - it is very very very thin paper. You can see through that paper. It felt so cheap! So I have contacted Zenfolio for refund or reprint. They sent new print - I will check it Tomorrow when it comes.
    To compare this with smugmug - I have ordered a test print from smugmug. This photo:
    1088942150_mAwM2-L-1.jpg

    It came to ma after a week from USA. I do not remember what size I have ordered - but it was huge. I have paid a bit for the shipment - and thats the down side of smugmug. But when I have taken out the photo from the tube - my jaw just dropped on the floor! The photo was like alive!! The color great, sharpnes amazing. And the paper - just beautiful. I had to frame it that photo because I felt in love with the quality. That was my firs print with smugmug and I think it was the best print I have ever seen. Just Beautiful.

    I hate the fact that I have to spend my time to customize my website - well I would call it attempting of customization :) I would rather spend that time to take photos and met new clients etc etc.

    Smugmug will have to start making websites for photographers not web designers :)

    But on the end of the day - when I will start making money with my photography I want that the customers will have the greatest quality of prints. And SmugMug is the only one who can deliver it!

    Thats why I have apologized the SmugMug guys :) And I am back with them :) My renewal is I think on the end of April and I will be subscribing again.

    If you want to compare my websites (looks) SmugMug - http://www.photom.me Zenfolio - http://www.photom.zenfolio.com

    I hope that will help you in making the decision.

    Ps. Zenfolio said that soon they will have a pro Lab in UK, but so did SmugMug said :) But for now SmugMug is for me.... but first I have to finish a degree in CSS and Java :)
    SmugMug Support Hero | Customizer | My SmugMug site - http://www.photom.me | Customization Portal - https://customsmug.com/
  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    tomnovy wrote: »
    Hello friends,
    I usually post in this part of the forum.
    I just wanted to let you know that I have moved from SmugMug Pro away to Zenfolio.
    Because of that my website address has changed to http://www.photom.me

    With best regards,
    Tom
    I almost did the same but I changed my mind at the last minute.
    How do you like it so far?
    Yo soy Reynaldo
  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    tomnovy wrote: »
    Back to smugmug. Ze folios prints are just crap. Sorry for my language. But it is really bad!!!


    Oh, that answers my question then....
    Yo soy Reynaldo
  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 5, 2011
    reyvee61 wrote: »
    Oh, that answers my question then....

    :)
    SmugMug Support Hero | Customizer | My SmugMug site - http://www.photom.me | Customization Portal - https://customsmug.com/
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