Presentation

Whole site does a really good job of presenting user content. The user home page its self (Mine is pictured above) shows your ten most popular photos in a cover flow style gallery as well as an about section, your friends, your recent activity… the usual sort of stuff. Clicking through to the image gets you, as you would expect, a nice big version & the ability to start content. Awesome. The site still being developed & new features are being added. Being a camera geek I’d love to see the EXIF data from photos presented nicely along side the photos, & maybe some slightly nicer presentation when the “View Full Size” link is hit.

Community

The site has a really nice sense of community & the Hellamega team make them selves very accessible, this is rare for a site like this but it’s something I really like. Michael does a these awesome spotlight videos, featuring contributors, sharing news, photo adventures & generally just being excited. There are some great contributors on the site, right now I’m loving work by Benny & Michael Petralia.

It’s Invite Only

So this might seem an odd move for a social networking site, but it makes a lot of sense IMO. It means they have an extra level of regulating quality. It means you don’t really get spam users, it means you don’t get that guy who signs up when he is bored one night – uploads 20 pictures of his neighbours dog and then never uses the site again. It also makes the contributors feel special, everyone likes feeling special!

I guess it also doesn’t hurt that two #of #my photos have been featured in their “Photo of The Day” section on the site. So in closing, get on the site, tell ‘em you want in, & get contributing!

Link Round Up

• Live for Fame The site!
• Hellamega The guys behind it
• Andrew Cornett On twitter, give him a follow
• Michael Perry On twitter, yeah follow him too
• Rick Nunn My page on live for fame
• Benny Check this guy out
• Michael Petralia Check this guy out too
• Invite The invite request page