I am getting back into photography (amateur) after working in it for many years. I have been dragged into the digital age and am looking for an image hosting site to store and share pics
Any recommendations? Free ideally
Ta Oracle
I've found photobucket to be very good for putting spics up for public view. I don't sell stuff, though.
Purely recreational i dont do that anymore!
Flickr seems the obvious choice for both; although you might consider a Wordpress blog, which would give you lots of storage as well as a nicer platform for displaying your images.
I think Flickr is excellent, been using it since it started...
Do these sites "own" your photos when uploaded??
Do these sites "own" your photos when uploaded
I wondered that too
Do these sites "own" your photos when uploaded??
No at Wordpress and no at Flickr. You can also set permissions on Flickr so that public/private/friends/family are included or excluded from viewing.
Flickr is very good on ownership and Copyright - see their Creative Commons options:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/