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Start a free photo gallery

One of the best ways to improve your photography is to share your images with other photographers in free online photo galleries. Its often in these communities where you'll learn the most, as you bounce idea's off each other to help improve your technical skills. As you can see from the list below, there are many photo galleries to choose from.

1. Digital Camera Magazine Community
   
   Digital Camera UK offers web site visitors a free photo gallery where you can submit your own photos or comment on other photographers images. It's also a fantastic way to get your images seen. The Digital Camera team regularly searches through member images and picks the best photos to showcase as Photograph of the Day on the front page of their web site.
   
   Sign up for a free photo gallery with Digital Camera Magazine Community
   
   
   
2. Digital SLR Photography - members showcases
   
   Digital SLR Photography is another magazine publisher for photographers that offers web site visitors a free photo gallery. Note, with all these online galleries offered by magazine publishers, you don't have to be a subscriber to upload your own images. Similar to the gallery listed above, you'll also have a chance of scoring one of your photographs on the front page of their web site, or chosen as an editors favorite.
   
   Sign up for a photo gallery with Digital SLR Photography
   
   
   
3. Digital Photographer Galleries
   
   Digital Photographer galleries are one of the largest I've seen from a magazine publisher, as in member numbers. If your after inspiration from searching through galleries they list a featured section, as well as 'most commented', 'top rated images', 'most viewed' and 'photo of the week'.
   
   Start a Digital Photographer Gallery
   
   
   
4. Flickr
   
   One of the largest and well known social networking web sites from which to start a photo gallery. If you havn't already heard of Flickr then where have you been *smiles*!
   
   Start a Flickr Gallery
   
   
   
5. PhotoBucket
   
   Photobucket offers free photo galleries to photographers. Upload your photos and share them with friends and family. The neat thing about PhotoBucket is that you can also start a group album that is shared with a group of photographers.
   
   Start a PhotoBucket Gallery
   
   
   
6. Webshots
   
   A free Webshots gallery allows photographers to upload 1000 photographs initially, plus 100 more for each month of membership. The free version has advertising throughout your gallery, however you can pay for an upgrade if you want them removed.
   
   See what Webshots is all about and sign up for a free gallery
   
   
   
7. Picasa
   
   Picasa is a popular gallery from Google. Not only do you get your own photo gallery, but you also have free editing tools on hand with their fabulous software. Last time I looked, you couldn't add an outside link back to your web site (if you have one), which many photographers find useful for obvious promotion reasons. However, if you're simply after a gallery from which to display your images to family and friends, then Picasa may be the place for you.
   
   Start a Picasa Photo Gallery
   
   
   
8. Webs
   
   Webs allows photographers to create a photo gallery web site with over 300 templates to choose from. You can also upload multiple images, set your prices, and collect payment via PayPal and/or Google Checkout.
   
   Sign up for Webs
   
   
   
9. Windows Live Photos
   
   Seems everyone including Windows is getting into the act when it comes to free photo galleries. Windows Live allows photographers to post photos online for anyone to see, or share with just the people you choose. If you have a Hotmail, Messenger, or Xbox LIVE account, then you already have a Windows Live ID. You can also download some free software called Photo Gallery which makes it easier to upload, organize, edit and share your photographs.
   
   Check out Windows Live Photos
   
   
   
10. Photo.net Gallery
    
    Photographers can browse galleries or sign up for their own at photo.net, a popular community for sharing digital images.