Why is a pbase.com a great place?
September 12, 2007 by Luka Esenko
It is almost two years now, since I joined Pbase community. At first I only wanted a fast and reliable place to publish my photos. So I bought 500Mb of disk space and started to upload photos. The service back then was quite spartan but I didn’t need any assistance or special features anyways. In fact I was glad, that it was so simple to use, so I got familiar with the system very quickly.
The best thing about Pbase is, that my photos are being viewed regularly without any extra effort. I just upload them, enter proper keywords, mark what equipment they were taken with and that is more or less it. Of course I browse popular galleries, leave a comment or two, so people return a favour sometimes. Pbase also gets high ranks at Google search engine. Since I joined (less than 22 months ago) Pbase community, my pages were visited more than 391.000 times!
One feature that I really like and it comes quite handy is its search criteria. Beside regular search option they have a list of countries and you can find all the galleries (or photos) that were taken it that particular country with just one click! Every-time I travel to some new place I always check the country’s galleries at Pbase. Sometimes I also talk to the authors of photos I am interested in to ask them for some info. People like to help usually.
Another great feature is to search for photos by selecting the equipment(camera or lens) they were taken with. This is a great way to see what is a camera or lens capable of. This way I can easier decide to buy it or not.
Pbase magazine is also quite interesting to read. There are always interesting interviews with great photographers. You can download it by clicking above photo.
At the times when I have nothing to do I often browse the popular galleries. There are always inspiring photos and instead of going out shooting (photos of course:)) I browse them for hours. That’s the only downside of Pbase:).
This blog is about my two greatest passions; photography and travelling. I want to share my experiences with as many people as possible. If you like this place, leave me a comment and show it to your friends as well! Enjoy! 
Agree… PBase is indeed user friendly.