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<p>Hi Green, loads of good advice already but Erin touched on another angle. Why not get in touch with the venue, show them the images you've already got of previous wedding, and allow them to use the photos for their own marketing - with client's consent unless you've already written it in to the contract.</p>

<p>Show them a slideshow or otherwise pull together a selection of images that really show off the venue and table settings too. Ask them if there is anything they haven't got in their own image library and try to get that for them, or work it out yourself. What would make the most amazing shot that could form the central image of the venue's future wedding marketing ideas...and shoot that! Before you know it, you're their favourite photographer and right at the top of their supplier list.</p>

<p>Or...find out which other suppliers are involved in the day, and shoot for them. Shots of the cake, flowers, bridal portraits featuring the make-up or hair, that kind of thing. Give them images for free, and get them to refer their clients to you. At the very least, get them to link to your site from theirs when they post your work. Might help get more clients, but will also improve the rankings of your site in the search engines.</p>

<p>The other thing I love doing is spending a bit of down time during the wedding breakfast planning a really nice shot, and perhaps testing it out on a passing usher if you need to check on the lighting. Then go grab the bride or whoever after the meal and work on something really special.</p>

<p>The more you know the venue, the easier and quicker (hopefully) you'll get the key shots you need, so more time to play around...</p>

<p>Hi there, I think hostings.com offers 1000 MB rather than GB.</p>

<p>If image storage is your main aim (or were you talking about hosting a website - I think that is Geoff's take), I'd look at something like SmugMug or Phanfare. Very cheap, both allow unlimited storage of images, although Phanfare allows a maximum of 100GB of files to be uploaded each year. Works well for jpgs. RAW files cost extra though. Zenfolio very good too, but RAW not allowed.</p>

<p>@Dima, the bandwidth is used to view or download the files.</p>

<p>Hi Tinamarie, most of the online portfolio services mentioned in Mike's first link are a little bit more for sharing photos as well as being a place to store your images, although some do have a selling facility bolted on. They don't always look super professional either, or offer a fully functioning website as well as the portfolio element.</p>

<p>But the first 2 mentioned - Zenfolio and Photoshelter - offer the lot. They combine your website and online ordering and viewing service, and in some cases incorporate a blog too. Another one to check out is <a href="http://www.photobiz.com/">http://www.photobiz.com/</a>.</p>

<p>I really like <a href="http://www.zenfolio.com/">http://www.zenfolio.com/</a>. The website templates look excellent, the absolute top package is only $250/year which also allows you to integrate your workflow with a selection of pro photo labs too, and storage is unlimited.</p>