I am a seriously amateur photog armed with a DSLR and.. a knack. Not sure if it is a good knack or a bad knack, but I love to take pictures. My brother has been using Smugmug for quite some time, and I finally got on board a couple of years ago. I was getting really tired of Snapfish and the like – since you could only see crummy small images, deal with ads, and have to login. Smug is my personal art gallery – I show what I want, and people can see the photo just as I intended. You can get prints, gifts, and even get your ORIGINAL file backups anytime you want. They are a small company, and care about their customers.
If you take a lot of photos, it is time to move away from Flickr and the like. Check it out. Here are some of my fav’s.
[...] them online somewhere, so if you lose your local data, you can get it back. Personally, I pay for Smugmug. I feel it is worth every cent for their superior photo presentation, as well as the backup factor. [...]