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Haven't really tried Smugmug but Zenfolio's themes look outdated and old. Plus after Google's update for SSL, I noticed some ranking drops. I'm currently with Pixpa and the platform is pretty easy and elegant.

There are a lot of factors involved in selling photographs online. Its a saturated market and your photos really need to stand out in order for them to sell. Just go to a photography website like 500px and look for some images related to the niche of photography you're into. If you feel your photos match the quality or are better, you should consider ways to make money out of it. Here are some ways you can use your current photos to make some extra cash: 1) Get yourself registered on stock photography sites like Shutterstock. Since there's no limit on the number of images, try to upload all you high quality images with appropriate titles and keywords. Keep adding regular photos for a passive income. The amount you receive on each image is as low as $0.20 per image, so make sure you focus on adding images regularly. 2) Build your own website using a platform like Pixpa or Zenfolio. Once you build a portfolio website, Pixpa will allow you to integrate an e-commerce store on your photos so people can buy digital or physical prints of your works. Make sure to market your website on social media profiles and optimize it for search engines. Once your website starts ranking for business keywords, it'll automatically bring you regular sales. 3) There are literally hundreds on online competitions being held around the world. Find the ones in your niche and try your luck with all of them. Some would be free, some would have a nominal fee. Plan according to your budget.

Zenfolio's themes are already outdated and non intuitive. Pixpa and SmugMug have the best proofing gallery layouts with integrated website.

Are you looking for a company that does fulfillment or a place to host your photos where people can buy? If you're based in US, you can build your portfolio with Pixpa. I've signed up with them and fulfill orders using WHCC, which is already integrated in the platform. Once user makes a purchase from my website, the details are automatically sent to WHCC and it does rest of the work. There are other labs like Millers, BayPhoto and Nations. The answer is subjective to where you live and how you want to sell.

Thank you for this, Wouter. I am sure I'll not be able to get photos like this on this trip, but I did not want to be constrained on a trip by a lens that is not able to cover up the wide area that I want. I'd carried my 18-55 on my last trip where I did some waterfalls and landscape but realized that I was not able to fully cover the waterfall since the only place to stand was to close to it. I'm not sure what exactly a wide angle lens does, but the only thing I know is to take great travel pictures of mountains, rives and seascapes and I assume 18-55 would not be enough for it. Thanks again for your answer, helped alot!

Thank you everyone. Seems like I've been wrong, and probably should re consider about my gear upgrade. The thing is, everybody has a different taste in photography. For me, the images on Elliott J. Coleman Photography – Capturing the natural beauty of Wales pixel by pixel look perfect and this is what I'm looking for. It may not have a perceptive, but I find them beautiful. Now that I already have Nikon D3200 and 18-55mm kit lens, which other lens would be best for these kind of images? I'm not looking at architectural or building pictures, but rather mountains and seascapes. Also, I'll always keep 18-55 with me if I'm taking long exposure shots of waterfall, or mountains but I need to have a lens that can allow pictures of landscapes and mountains from a wide angle.

It would be great if you can point me to some of the photos you clicked from 10-20mm

Thank you everyone! Here's a website for reference: Elliott J. Coleman Photography – Capturing the natural beauty of Wales pixel by pixel These are the kind of photos I'm looking to take. I assume they've been taken from wide angle lens but not sure. :/

You should go with something that does both, a portfolio website and order fulfillment. Pixpa and Format are two platforms to name. I personally like Pixpa due to its variety of features which include a portfolio website and selling images and products within the platform. Currently they do not have any integration with labs but their support team claims to add WHCC within next four weeks. Format's themes on the other hand look clean and elegant but do not have much options. You can try out free trials for both and see which one works for you.

I'm a beginner too and am using D3200. The photos are outstanding since it has auto focus and settings are easy to configure. The newest version called D3400 would be a perfect fit for beginners with a 18-55mm lens. In most cases, my kit lens functioned great. Now looking forward to buy a wide angle lens for landscapes, but for beginners the kit lens should be just fine!

Hello Peeps, After studying and reading a lot about DSLR's and lenses, I've finally come to conclusion to buy Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM for my Nikon D3200. I'm planning a trip to Europe and have a Nikon D3200 with 18-55mm kit lens. I know its great for landscapes but I do not want to be constrained by lens once I reach there since then there would be no option then. Just wanted to know if its the right decision. Also, read somewhere that there is no autofocus and it has to be done from the Camera itself. Need help on this too.