What’s the easiest way to collect daily photos from many counselors and sync them to a Mac for uploading to SmugMug?
Asked 7/26/2017
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I’ll be managing a summer camp’s SmugMug account remotely from home. Each day, around 30 counselors will need to send me photos from a mix of phones and other devices. I want the process to be simple for them and easy for me to access on my MacBook for basic editing and posting.
What’s a good workflow or service for collecting everyone’s photos daily, ideally with automatic syncing to my computer? It would also be helpful if uploaders can’t accidentally delete other people’s files.
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Dropbox or Google Drive is probably the easiest. I'd go with Dropbox personally. I've seen it used by dozens of photographers for this sort of thing. You give everyone access to a specific folder and they drop the pictures in when they're done. Those pictures will sync to your computer's copy of the folder.
That's not the most secure solution, but it is the easiest if your photographers aren't malicious. If they are malicious they could take other peoples' photos off, for example. If you want a more secure solution you could give each photographer their own folder.
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A cloud-storage workflow is likely the simplest option. Services like Dropbox or Google Drive let everyone upload to a shared folder, and that folder can sync to your Mac so the files appear locally for sorting, light editing, and SmugMug upload.
If ease of use is the top priority, a shared folder is straightforward: give each counselor access and have them drop in photos each day. The downside is that people with folder access may be able to see or remove other files.
A better setup is to give each counselor their own upload location, or use a service with a “file request” feature. That allows people to upload files through a link without getting access to the rest of the storage, which helps prevent accidental deletion or tampering. The uploaded files can still be organized into one place and synced to your Mac.
So: use Dropbox/Google Drive for simplicity, or a file-request style system if you want a cleaner and safer workflow.
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