Creating Your Own Photographer Gallery

Signing up and creating your photographer gallery with Paintings From Photos is quick, simple and free. We provide tools for you to upload and manage your photos and the marketing to get them noticed. Our goal is to provide protographers with a vibrant and exciting community and the opportunity to sell their photos as not just photographic prints but as prints on canvas and as paintings. Sound interesting? Read below for some common questions or sign up now!

How do I register?

Just click here , fill in your details and click "sign up" - it's as easy as that. You will then be sent an activation code/link so that we can verify your email address. Once you have clicked on this you are fully registered.

Does it cost to register or put my photos online?

Registration and use of the site is free and will remain so. We don't make our money from "hosting plans" or joining fees but when you sell your photos! That incentivises you to keep on adding great photos and us to work hard to sell them.

Who owns the photos once they are on your site?

The photographer retains full copyright and ownership of their photos. You do though grant us the right to display and market your image, in any reasonable way we see fit and without restriction whilst your photo is uploaded and live in your gallery.

What kind and quality of photos are you looking for?

If you would hang the photo on your wall as a piece of art then it is probably the "right" kind of image. In terms of photo quality we require all photos to be in a .jpg format and of reasonable size. Our system will work out the dimensions of your photo and only allow customers to purchase products that will look great at their requested size. So for example a 500px x 500px photo if uploaded will not be sold as either a photographic print or a photo on canvas as the quality would be too low but will be allowed as a painting. Our system can accept images up to 8mb so if in doubt send the highest quality images you have.

How much do I get paid for my photos?

You set the price that you would like to sell your photos at by using what we call "priceplans". These are fully explained once you sign up but allow you to price photos individually or as a group ensuring that you receive what you belive is a fair price for you images. Any sales you make during a month are recorded in your account and paid monthly by either cheque or via Paypal.

How are you going to sell my photos?

Well we can't guarantee you sales but we use a combination of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) techniques and PPC (Pay per click) advertising to ensure that the site receives a large volume of relevant browsers. People like art and every home and room has a photo, poster or original artwork hanging on the wall so just keep on adding good photos, with detailed descriptions and the sales will come. Remember that the more photos you have on the site the better chance you have of appearing in customers searches and selling you photos. Our most succesful photographers have hundreds of photos on the site.

I've got more questions where can I get answers?

You can find more detailed faq's once you sign up in your photographer account section or simply pop along to our forums and leave a message.