We're doing an ongoing review of different ways to deliver your photos to your clients - other than burning them to a DVD, that is. Two reasons discs are a pain: first, burning files to a disc wastes time and plastic. Second, it wastes energy physically delivering the disc either in-person or through the mail.

There are a number of ways to transfer your files electronically, one of the simplest being email. However, email has a number of drawbacks. Attachment size limitations, full mailboxes, junk mail filters, attachment filters, clients accidentally deleting emails, etc. The list is endless. The most efficient method for delivering your files to clients is on a server of some sort. Clients have access to their files, the clients can't mess with the files, the files are always there, etc. This list is also endless.

So enter the question: how do I get a file server of my own? Well, you can set your own up with relative ease, but there is some cost involved. For those out there who are less interested in the simpler route, that's where we come in. We're going to make some recommendations of various file-delivery services and weigh in on the pro's and con's. So stay tuned, there's one coming around the corner.