Where can people admire your photos?

Sunday 22 October 2023, 13:13 by Nando Harmsen | 3,711 views | 52 comments

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Taking photos is a great pastime. It doesn't matter whether you do it professionally or as an amateur. Photography is fun, but showing your work can bring even more satisfaction. How lovely is it to exhibit your work? Where can people admire your photos?

You usually take photos because you enjoy doing it. The aim is to create beautiful images. That can be for yourself, and usually that is the best starting point too. Unless you are taking photos on commission, of course, because then it is not for yourself.

Taking photos for others, on commission or for charity, is very rewarding. I always think it is fantastic to see that my client is happy and satisfied with the photos I have taken. That gives me satisfaction, and it makes my photography worthwhile.

Producing a wedding shoot, with albums full of fantastic memories, is quite a highlight for me as a photographer.
Taking photos for yourself is worthwhile too, or it can be. Printing your photos in a book or album gives you many opportunities to look back. It doesn't matter whether they are from a holiday or a selection of your best images from each year.

Or you can view them on a computer screen or on TV. In a slideshow or simply as individual images that you browse through yourself. And yet, how satisfying is it when you can let others enjoy your work?

A slideshow of my photos of Bruc on YouTube
An exhibition is of course fantastic. Your work printed out or displayed in large format for people who come especially to see it. That is often not within everyone's reach, because it is an investment. The alternative is an online exhibition or portfolio.

My exhibition in Poland. Displaying your photos this way is fantastic.

My photography online

You can have your own website where you show your work, or use an existing photo community website. I use Flickr.com and Viewbug.com for that purpose. And I have my website where I can show images in my blogs.

Nando Harmsen on viewbug.com.

Where can people find your photography?

Do you also have a website or another place where you show your photos? I would like to invite you to post a link to your photos in the comments below this post. I hope this will help you reach even more people.

I will certainly take a look at your online photo space. Will you do the same? It is also a great way to find new inspiration.

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About the author

Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.

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52 comments

MacBigfoot wrote on Monday 23 October 2023 at 20:27 | reply
For the photo club, I have a photo printed at A3 size almost every month, I plan to make space for that at home and hang up a (changing) selection.

You can find me on Flickr. For now still a free account, until I reach the limit.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/macbigfoot/

What I see a lot of photographers doing is publishing on Instagram, and nowhere else: I think that’s such a shame: you use expensive equipment to take beautiful photos, but show them in a small format with prescribed ratios.
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Nando wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 09:26 | reply
Nice to see your photos.
I also saw a lot of 'snapshots' among them, and a whole series of similar photos of kitesurfers.
If you want to get the most out of your free account, only post your best images. That way you can really turn it into a portfolio
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Jax wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 10:58 | reply
Except during holidays, I actually only take photos at football matches. My photos can be seen on the Facebook page Fanproject '98.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:05 | reply
On Facebook it's easy to let the footballers or clubs have a look. Not such a bad idea in itself, I think.
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MacBigfoot wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 11:04 | reply
I was planning to clean up many of the old photos, including the snapshots indeed, at some point. I still have enough space on my free account.
Maybe I should indeed do that sometime soon to build a nicer, real portfolio.
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guest wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 11:45 | reply
Hi, I have my own website, which can be found at www.pdtphoto.be and I can also be found on mymodel.be
Regards Pierrot
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:04 | reply
Thanks for sharing your site. Nice to look at your photos.
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guest wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 12:51 | reply
So far, I share my photos on
My Facebook account Leendert Moerland

That way, many people can already enjoy them
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:08 | reply
Thanks for sharing. What I usually dislike about Facebook is that personal things you post there get 'mixed' with photography. Luckily there are also albums
But definitely nice to have a look through it.
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Francis Decrocq wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 13:30 | reply
I have been involved in photography for over 46 years. After some wandering around with my own website, Instagram and Flickr, which did not satisfy me, I ended up on Facebook. I post at least one photo daily and regularly an album. I consider Facebook a solid alternative to my former website. My profile: https://facebook.com/francis.decrocq
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:10 | reply
At least one photo a day... That's a lot. The nice thing is that at least you have to take a minimum of 365 photos per year.
Thanks for sharing.
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hubert haenen wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 13:57 | reply
You gave me a push to put a photo gallery on my site. Thanks.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:11 | reply
Hadn't you done that yet?
Glad I could motivate you
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Wijns Patric wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 14:10 | reply
I share my photos on my own website www.photo-patricske.be. You can also find some of my photos on Facebook and Instagram.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:13 | reply
Of course I already knew that one.
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guest wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 14:38 | reply
I share my photos on Flickr. Here's the link.https://www.flickr.com/photos/hazel47/
I've had a subscription for a few years but am going back to the free version.
Regards Hazel
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:14 | reply
Thanks for sharing, Hazel.
The photos of leaves and dandelion seeds on water are really nice.
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lydia horemans wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 15:06 | reply
I share on Facebook
Lydia Elizabeth Horemans
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:15 | reply
Thanks for sharing your photos. I saw you have quite a few awards. Nice.
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Rudolfo wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 15:15 | reply
Nice article and funny idea, that slider on YouTube! I'll look into it.

My account can be found at www.RudolfoDalamicio.com
Or via IG: rudolfodalamicio
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:18 | reply
Those slideshows are definitely fun, also to make.
You have some beautiful work in there, I have seen.
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Ton Brosse wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 15:16 | reply
I have had my own website for several years now (which I built myself, alongside other websites that I build). Exhibitions of my photos have also been displayed several times in care and nursing homes. Also in a theater, a community center and a hospital. Sometimes I remove photos from my website and/or put other ones on it again. Unfortunately, due to health problems, not much has come of photographing over the past few years. Fortunately, things are getting better, so I can devote more time to my photography hobby again.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:19 | reply
Sometimes it is indeed necessary to take a time-out, especially when health requires it. Get well soon, and enjoy getting back into photography.
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Marga Straver wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 15:49 | reply
Dear Nando Harmsen,

I've had a website for years. Since the end of 2014. But not a single person looks at it. What is unknown is unloved,.

I've been a member of a photography club F70 in Rijswijk, South Holland since 2017.

There are good photographers in it and average ones, and unfortunately those who really try but just don't have it in them.

At the time I really liked having a website for photography.
Unfortunately, the website is outdated and having it updated is no longer affordable.

My website is:

www.livingartfotografie.nl

https://livingartfotografie.nl/

Kind regards,

Marga Straver
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Gert wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 15:55 | reply
Nice initiative. I completely agree: photos are meant to be shown. For example, there are about 10 prints hanging in my house, 30 x 60 cm. There is a stick in the TV with folders of photos per holiday, occasion, report.
Sometimes I put something on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070922940327

And I have my own website with my photos and some stories, which you can find at: https://fotografie.gertvaneck.com/

And sometimes there is also a photo of me on a website that I build for others.
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Margarita Wubbels wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 16:28 | reply
Like Ton, I built my own website. After a hack, I had to rebuild it. It’s not entirely to my liking yet; a hobby is never finished. www.wunigards.nl
I don’t do anything with Instagram, and I’m barely active on Facebook.
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Liesbeth Verkade wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 19:25 | reply
You’ve challenged me!
I’ve actually been wanting a place to show some of my photos for a while now. Inspired by your course on Lrc modules, I’ve already tried something on youtube and had a go at creating my own website. The latter failed miserably. Too complicated for me.
Inspired by this article, I created an account on Flickr. (Elisabeth Verkade)
Now I just need to muster the courage to put some photos on it! I always find it difficult to judge what’s actually worth showing.
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Liesbeth Verkade wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 12:04 | reply
https://www.flickr.com/photos/199386747@N05/
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guest wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 19:32 | reply
Nice, all those websites you come across like this.
Of course I post photos on the well-known Social Media platforms such as:
*https://www.facebook.com/roland.osvan
*https://www.instagram.com/roland_vanos/

But I also post various things about hobby photography on our website:
*https://jomeroma.nl/

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Jos Geusens wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 21:27 | reply
Years ago, I posted photos and other things of mine on DeviantArt. It is an interesting community because of the deviant concept, but not so much for photography, I think. As a result, it quickly becomes saturated.
Instagram I use more as a graphic platform and not specifically for photos. In my opinion, it is also absolutely not suitable for displaying the work properly. The resolution is reduced and the compression is too high.
Because I felt that all the effort of tuning my photos in terms of colour and resolution for Instagram was wasted effort, I created an account on Flickr this year.
Because I also still have a lot of photos from my analogue era, I add these from time to time as well.
I don't necessarily see Flickr as a portfolio, but rather as a way to also give the photos I feel are worth posting a quality reproduction.

You can find me at https://flic.kr/ps/41QQcU
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Donald Willemsen wrote on Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 23:40 | reply
I have only just started with Flickr and the first photos are on there now. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gempephotography . You can find more on Facebook.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:20 | reply
Of course I had already looked at this one earlier.
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Jo VP wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 10:50 | reply
I post my better work on youpic.com https://youpic.com/Strangefella With the free version you can upload (only) one photo per 12 hr, which makes you rather selective about what you present. If you want to publish several images at once, you have to switch to the pro version, which is paid again, as is usually the case.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:03 | reply
With one photo a day, you do indeed have to be critical. It encourages you to choose the best of the best.
You could also add some biography to your account, as it's still empty. Tell us who you are.
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Frans van der Kolff wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 12:05 | reply
Interesting article. I had a large website with my (amateur) photos and stories about travel and nature. I stopped doing that for two reasons: the GDPR, which I could not fully comply with because of the external modules I used on my website, and the great lack of interest. Nowadays I post my photos (especially of animal behaviour) on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/frans.vanderkolff). It is only a hobby, but the interest in it has increased by a factor of 1000 since switching to Facebook.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:05 | reply
Having your own website takes work, a lot of work. That’s not due to a lack of interest, but because people can’t find you.
Facebook makes it easier in that respect.
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Walther wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 12:09 | reply
Dear Nando, I post my photos on Zoom.nl.
https://zoom.nl/profiel with my profile name Waltherwb
Kind regards,
Walther Bakker
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:07 | reply
I think that is only accessible to Zoom members then. Since I’m not a member, I can’t see anything from you. Unfortunately.
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MacBigfoot wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 11:53 | reply
sorry:
also for non-members:
https://zoom.nl/profiel/waltherwb
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Frans van der Kolff wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:17 | reply
Thank you for your response. What you say about discoverability is true. But despite the necessary 'advertising', first on forums and later also on Facebook, the discoverability and the number of responses on the website did not improve. I also had my Facebook page alongside my website for quite some time - there were hardly any people who went from one platform to the other. It may be due to the effectiveness of my 'advertising', but the difference in the number of responses on the website and Facebook was striking.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:42 | reply
I admit that it is difficult, but this is not something that is built up in a week, a month or a year. You have to provide added value on the site.
Keep in mind, a medium like Facebook is fleeting What you post today is forgotten by the end of the day.
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Jo VP wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:36 | reply
I don't see how more information about me could contribute to the quality of my work, nor what impression it would make on anyone.
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 15:41 | reply
Are you never interested in the person behind the photos? I am. What kind of person are they, what are their interests? What inspires him or her? It also gives the photos more depth.
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Hester wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 17:16 | reply
This is my flickr account.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/185105315@N06/
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Nando wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 10:56 | reply
Thanks for your link.
I saw that the panorama photo we covered is among them too. Nice.
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Mannau wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 17:46 | reply
Dear Mr. Nando,
I have thought about posting my photos somewhere before...but I don't really dare - I have already seen so many beautiful photos - including yours....brrr I'm just a hobby photographer
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Nando wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 10:57 | reply
You should be proud of your photos. Show them, flaunt them. And don't worry too much about others or other people's photos.
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Jo VP wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 18:31 | reply
You can find that information elsewhere on the site (outside the biography), for example in skills & endorsements.
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MacBigfoot wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 11:49 | reply
https://zoom.nl/waltherwb
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Marga wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 14:04 | reply
Dear Nando Harmsen,

I also posted a comment a few days ago.

I see that many comments are being posted on messages from others and responses from yourself.

Unfortunately, there is no interest in my website here either.

Dear Nando Harmsen,

I have had a website for years. Since the end of 2014. But not a single soul looks at it. Unknown makes unloved,.

At the time I really enjoyed having a website for photography.
Unfortunately, the website is outdated and having it updated is no longer affordable.

My website is:

www.livingartfotografie.nl

https://livingartfotografie.nl/

Kind regards,

Marga Straver
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ingrid schot wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 14:33 | reply
Hello Nando, I always enjoy watching your videos on Photofacts.
They are really educational.
I've also had a website for years, it would be nice if you'd like to take a look at it too.
I mainly do children's and portrait photography.
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Peter Scholtens wrote on Friday 27 October 2023 at 14:12 | reply
My photos can be seen via the following link
p.scholtens.myportfolio.com
Kind regards
Peter Scholtens
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