Hi!
I am (slowly) developing a site for a small independent photo agency *). I feel that a lot of the functionality that I need is already in Drupal core and contrib, but there are certain points that I need to address, probably through developing a few new modules. (Theming is obviously an important part of it too, but that's another story.)
I have a few ideas on how to implement the functionality that I need and some choices to make, so I'm hoping for some comments and wisdom from the community. Also, if someone else is already doing or has done anything like this, that would be good to know. Hopefully this could turn into a solution that other picture agencies can use, or even better, a set of general modules that can be used in many different contexts.
In short, I need too look at 1) the handling of large image files and the quality of resized images, 2) a specific image search function and 3) ecommerce integration.
Below are my thoughts so far – sorry for the long post. Please look at the parts that interest you and state your opinion! Thanks!