* SmugMug is a premium photo sharing web site with an emphasis on professional photography.
* Members are allowed to upload unlimited number of photos, create new functionality, tagging and uploading from Picasa, iPhoto and other software packages.
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmugMug Source: Wikipedia]
* SmugMug is using Amazon S3 mainly as a storage solution for customers’ photos which can be accessed anywhere, anytime while also providing real-time backup and failover systems.<BR>
The architecture basically consists of three software components:
[[Image:Smugmug-architecture.jpg|center|500px700px|thumb|[http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2008/06/03/skynet-lives-aka-ec2-smugmug/ Source: blogs.smugmug.com]]]
===TweetPhoto===
===Flickr===
* Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users * Used to share personal photographs, the service is and also widely used by bloggers as a photo repository.
The flickr Flickr architecture is shown below:
[[Image:flickr.jpg|center|thumb|500px|[http://www.iamcal.com/talks/ Source:www.iamcal.com]]]
The platform for Flickr is as follows:
* PHP
* MySQL