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Jul 19, 2017 12:50 |  #1

I am looking for a way to store photos and allow access to individuals with a password giving them access to only their photos. I have smugmug now, but it looks like I would have to create a separate gallery for each person to limit their access to their photos only.

This would be for school and corporate photos.

How do you guys do this, and what sites or systems work best for you?

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Jul 20, 2017 10:48 |  #2

For corporate photos, their is simply no need for private galleries. I have an assistant with 2 white boards who writes their name and they hold it for the first photo so you always have the right name. I use Dropbox for all corporate and commercial clients, and their is usually a single point of contact who distributes the photo gallery link internally.

For students where privacy is a real issue, your strategy will depend on how you are providing the photos back to the students-via email, a school staff member, or ??? Whiteboards with the student name in the first picture are still the best technique. Yes individual folders are the only way to make passwords work, and they also simplify the upload. Smugmug can upload from Lightroom or File Manager with folders.




  
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Jul 21, 2017 05:00 as a reply to  @ Scott Spellman's post |  #3

Yes, there is a need for privacy, in both cases, that's why I'm asking. I don't have a problem with the process of taking the photos, we do this an awful lot. I'm trying to convert to an online private proofing process, with private access.


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Jul 27, 2017 09:13 |  #4

I've been using zenfolio. You can create private galleries that cannot be seen, not even a thumbnail, without a link and code that you create and provide the customer.

I do a lot of private work and have had no problems.


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Jul 27, 2017 16:31 as a reply to  @ abacus022's post |  #5

I think Smugmug has the same feature, the problem is that I would have to have a separate gallery for each person.


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Jul 28, 2017 10:02 as a reply to  @ ShotByTom's post |  #6

In respects to zenfolio, I don't think so. I do think that is the far easier way, as you can copy the access level form the gallery permissions. But I do believe you can give separate password access to separate photos in a single gallery.

My work flow for group photos is after I finish a set of several photos of one individual, I download that to my PC in a separate sub folder, in a folder labeled for that entire group. Then after I am done, I can upload all from one of the subfolders up to my site, and can apply the access permissions to all of those single individual photos.

I'm not explaining it will, but aside from the post processing, it doesn't take long to get it uploaded and notify the subjects. I've done 25-30 individuals in less than an hour. Which I don't consider too bad.


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Jul 28, 2017 17:29 |  #7

I'd ask over at https://www.lightroomf​orums.net …s/extending-lightroom.24/ (external link) to see if there are plugins to help you automate the upload to smugmug. I've seen a plugin that can read barcodes that you might be able to use to populate metadata, and I've seen plugins that can create collections (and galleries I believe) from metadata. I don't know if there are any plugins that can automatically create password protected galleries from the metadata though. I'd be interested in hearing if you do find a solution. Good luck.

Another option I just found is http://www.snapizzi.co​m/ (external link). It looks like their software ($40/month) used to work with smugmug (at least according to a tweet from last spring); however, they don't list them as one of their platforms now. Regardless, the site will give you an idea of some of the other sites that might do what you need.


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Jul 28, 2017 18:00 |  #8

so are you saying you want to put them into one gallery and with each password it only shows their image?


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Jul 28, 2017 20:17 as a reply to  @ peeaanuut's post |  #9

That's what I would like to do, but I'm finding it pretty difficult. I did find a possible solution with www.imagequix.com (external link) but I'm going to check out Zinfolio too. Thank you abacus022!


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Jul 31, 2017 17:08 |  #10

ShotByTom wrote in post #18413728 (external link)
That's what I would like to do, but I'm finding it pretty difficult. I did find a possible solution with www.imagequix.com (external link) but I'm going to check out Zinfolio too. Thank you abacus022!


No problem. I hope you find a solution that works for you.


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