Flickr is a great social networking site for both professional photographers and other photography enthusiasts. A word of caution though, Flickr does not allow any form of promotion of services and sale of photographs. Nonetheless, Flickr still provides a perfect opportunity for professional photographers to enhance the image of their company and there are safer ways of promoting your business in Flickr without being sanctioned. For more information visit www.flickr.com

YouTube is easily the hottest video sharing network today. It was the brainchild of 3 former PayPal employees and was formally launched in February of 2005. Wedding photographers can benefit from the popularity and reach of the site by using it in uploading and sharing slideshows of wedding photography portfolio. For more information visit www.youtube.com

Shutterfly is a leading Internet social and personal networking site that provides a wide range of options for members to share, store and print photos of various interests using cutting edge platform that Shutterfly is known for. You can use the tool of the Shutterfly to reach out and stay connected with your clients by creating an appealing photography portfolio. For more information visit www.Shutterfly.com

Photobucket is photo and image hosting site which was founded in 2003 and was later acquired in July of 2007 by Fox Interactive Media. It is a popular site for photo and image uploading and sharing. Professional wedding photographers can benefit by using an assortment of album themes in designing their photo portfolio. One can also use the photo editor to create appealing photos included in the portfolio. For more information visit www.Photobucket.com

Twitpic is a fast growing photo sharing and hosting media that allows the posting of photos on the Twitter. It boasts of real-time posting by users making it a perfect tool for professional wedding photographers in need of a dedicated connectivity with their clientele. For more information visit www.Twitpic.com

Webshots is a popular photo uploading and sharing network that lets users to showcase their professional images. It provides functionality to members in creating slideshows of sample shots from the photography portfolio and sharing them to target clients. Webshots is considered as one of the largest video and photo sharing sites. For more information visit www.Webshots.com

Photo.net – This is an online photo sharing and video sharing network that now boasts of a large membership and casual viewers that visit the site on a daily basis. The profile of active members includes photography enthusiasts and hobbyist, professional photographers and newcomers in the world of photography. It offers great opportunities for professional photographers to share their photography portfolios to target segments of their market. For more information visit www.Photo.net

dotPhoto Pro – This online photo sharing network is very popular to professional photographers who are actively sharing their photos to a growing number of clients in the market. Members of dotPhoto Pro join as Pro Resellers in order to get their custom designed Online portfolio. This online photo sharing network offers the professional photographer of the opportunity of gaining more business online. For more information visit www.dotPhotoPro.com

fotki.com – Starting out as an exclusive site of friends in 1998, Fotki has now metamorphosed into an extremely powerful photography portal and is now recognized as one of the leaders in the online photo sharing networks. Its networking principle is based on personal as well as business orientations making it more responsive to the wide ranging interest and preferences of its members. For more information visit www.fotki.com

funtigo.com – This online photo sharing service provider helps members create a personalized and custom-designed scrapbook within a short timeframe. It provides a lot of user friendly features that allow you to design your portfolios, add text, graphics or animation to make it more appealing to your target viewers. For more information visit www.funtigo.com

ImageEvent – It is reputed to be one of the most respected online photo and video sharing sites worldwide. Since its inception in 1999, ImageEvent has become the authority in the photo and video sharing business with its popular and trusted premium sharing and hosting packages that it provides to its clients. For more information visit www.ImageEvent.com

Pbase.com – Pbase.com was launched in July of 1999 by Chuck Neel, a trained computer programmer and photographer. The site was created in answer to his need and the clamor of other photographers for an online forum where they can share their digital and other scanned film photographs. At present, the site manages around 42 million photos and almost half of its active users are based outside the US. For more information visit www.Pbase.com

phanfare.com – Since its launch in 2004, Phanfare has evolved into a more functional photo-sharing and social networking site. Phanfare has integrated into their system more powerful collaboration tools giving more opportunity for members to move photos in and out of Phanfare. For more information visit www.phanfare.com

PictureTrail is a popular photo sharing network and at the same time a widget destination. The full range of services offered by PictureTrail makes it a perfect tool for professional photographers to stay connected with their client base. You can use the Flash-based slideshow feature of Picture Trail to create a more appealing and effective presentation of your photography portfolio.For more information visit www.PictureTrail.com

Pixagogo is a photo sharing and hosting service provided by Telenet. The premium service package that it provides to photography buffs and professionals are Web-based solutions that provide its clients with the flexibility on how the photos stored in their servers are going to be used. For more information visit www.Pixagogo.com

Dropshots is the photo uploader and sharing network which can be used by professional photographers in sharing professional images with a focused group and specific targets viewers. One can store a maximum of 500 photos. It uses an uploader that is simple and fast. For more information visit www.Dropshots.com

Flukiest is a photo sharing Website where professional photographers van upload a total of 500 pictures and videos. Flukiest is emerging as one of the most popular interactive sites for artists, professional photographers, directors and technologists. For more information visit www.Flukiest.com

sevenload is a popular international site for photo sharing and hosting. It supports more number of photo formats than any other image hosting sites making it a perfect medium for wedding photography portfolio. Users are allocated up 250 MB hosting more photos than most other hosting and sharing sites. For more information visit www.sevenload.com

Mixpo is an international photo and video uploading and sharing site that is user friendly. It is considered as an online photo and video advertising media that is perfect for the needs of an expanding wedding photography business. For more information visit www.Mixpo.com

Clickfriends offers simple and easy way of uploading, sharing and hosting photos. Professional wedding photographers can create unlimited number of albums to target specific segment in the market. For more information visit www.Clickfriends.com

Snapsfish is photo uploading and sharing site which boasts of 70 million members from more than 20 countries. It has now more than 2 billion assorted photos and offers more value added features including custom designed photo albums and an assortment of editing options. For more information visit www.Snapsfish.com

SmugMug is a paid membership online photo sharing and archiving network. It offers unlimited and easy photo uploading and sharing without the annoying spam and ads. Photographers benefit from a secure application where they can showcase their works with targeted individuals and groups. For more information visit www.SmugMug.com

FOTOLOG: Since it was launched in 2002, Fotolog was able to generate more than 23 registered members with more than 3 billion views every month. This popular photo blog site made it to the circle of top 20 global sites in the Alexa rankings. For more information visit www.fotolog.com

Zoomr is a popular photo sharing and archiving site the offers a variety of Web 2.0 based features including RSS, Ajax, and tagging. With Zoomr, photo enthusiasts can also personalize photo albums and portfolios by using LightBox, SmartSets and PeopleTags. For more information visit www.Zoomr.com

Zoto is a photo uploading and sharing network that provides members with safety features and control in the access of photos that they upload. Users can also use Zoto to post filmstrips and slideshows to any blog site. For more information visit www.Zoto.com

Photoworks is an online photo sharing and uploading network with an assortment of photo editing functionalities. Users can import Flickr photos through Photoworks. Photoworks is also equipped with a photo evaluating tool which is very useful when printing photos. For more information visit www.Photoworks.com

Atpic is a full functional photo sharing site that comes with a variety of Web 2.0 based features including RSS feeds, CSS, GeoRSS and GeoTagging. Users who are well versed with Cascading Style Sheets will not encounter any problems in developing the style that they prefer while those who are not familiar with CSS have the option of selecting from a roster of predefined formats. Photo galleries can either be made private or public. For more information visit www.Atpic.com

Jalbum is a popular photo uploading sharing site which allows members to manage and create appealing photo galleries using open source software. Jalbum boasts of more than 23 million picture galleries of almost half a million active users. For more information visit www.Jalbum.com

Ipernity is a free photo, video and audio sharing and a social network which is comparable to Flickr. Its functions and features are geared towards professionals and artists. For more information visit www.Ipernity.com

Twitter is popularly referred to as a “micro-blogging” site where users are allowed to post a max of 140 character notes and messages for other members to follow. Twitter is now fast becoming a popular tool for photographers to present their photography portfolio to their target client. For more information visit www.Twitter.com

Facebook is an open community-based social network that is owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. Users can join network groups organized in terms of location, interest and profession and comes with functional features that allow users to link and contact other people. For more information visit www.Facebook.com

InterArtCenter This is a popular social network that offers functional services for photographers, animators, illustrators and designers. This online platform can be used by photographers to showcase their professional portfolio. For more information visit www.InterArtCenter.com

StumbleUpon – Professional photographers and photo enthusiasts can harness the service of StumbleUpon to further their business and their profession by doing photo stumbling. You can create appealing and attractive presentation of your photo collection posted alongside a commentary or poetry. You can actually use StumbleUpon to increase traffic to your own Website by using your carefully executed photography portfolio. For more information visit www.StumbleUpon.com

Ning promises to provide professional photographers with the relevant connectivity with their clients through a system of networking that is simple, at no cost and with infinite of choices. Ning provides a better alternative in discovering and maintaining link with most important people- your clients. It enables members to share and upload photos. It also provides members with the option of embedding a branded photo slideshow presentation anywhere on the web and comes with a link back to the photographer’s social network. For more information visit www.ning.com

Jaiku – This microblogging site is usually compared to Twitter and has added mobile capabilities as it is compatible with the Nokia S60 mobile phones. It claims to have a more polished applicationof Web 2.0 than Twitter although they are generally considered identical. For more information visit www.jaiku.com

Ecademy – This is one great way of professionalizing your photography business. Ecademy is a business-focused social network that was started in 1998 and boasts of millions of active users worldwide. Wedding photographers can use the media tools of Ecademy to effectively locate and connect with the people that can help your grow your business. For more information visit www.ecademy.com

Ziggs – A professional photographer can utilize the Zigg as his management tool in promoting and developing his package of services online. Ziggs is themedium where you stay connected with your ever growing clients. For more information visit www.ziggs.com

LinkedIn is a social network for professionals that cover 170 industries in more than 200 countries. You can find and collaborate with other professionals and individuals who can help you grow your photography business. Through your established network you can create and share your photo collections and portfolio. For more information visit www.linkedin.com

Biznik is not a LinkedIn copycat. Biznik caters to people who are serious in expanding their businesses. Biznik social networking involves both online and face-to-face contact of members who share common interest. It is one great medium for you to showcase your photography portfolio and the warm body contact is one great way to follow through business opportunities that you may have started online. For more information visit www.biznik.com

Behance – The Behance is a business social network designed specifically for creative professionals. It provides a relevant venue for creative professional to showcase their work portfolio to their target viewers. The network offers an easy to use Behance tools in assembling and creating an appealing photography portfolio. For more information visit www.behance.com