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Many years later and I still love SmugMug. They are about to have their 5 year anniversary! Very exciting.

It's funny how having a kid changes how you utilize cameras and photo sharing services. I find that I'm uploading a few hundred pictures a month now and sharing with people all over the world. SmugMug has been great for giving me the flexibility I need to share photos via their great email feature as well as setting the right privacy settings for each album.

One of the weak points of SmugMug for years has been their video support. My wife and I have taken hundreds of short video clips of Sarah over the past year. First time giggling, saying "Dada", playing with our cat and so on. It's such a joy to watch these later and share them. Because they are only a few minutes long it's quick and easy to get a smile "fix" .

I've been using MSN Soapbox to upload and share videos for the past few months but I don't care much for this solution. I wanted my videos to go side by side with my photos. Well Chris MacAskill (one of the co-founders) and I were chatting and he mentioned the new video support. I rushed on over and lo and behold they now offer video services. I uploaded a few WMV files and they were flawlessly converted to H.264, the new hotness in video formats. Even better is that they support 1280 x 720 which my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 supports.

note: you need a power/pro account to upload videos.