PhotoTalk
Group Members
- Brendan Fay
- Warut Suksompong
- Panupong Pasupat
- TA: Tsung-Hsiang (Sean) Chang
Problem Statement
There are myriad photo-hosting services on the web, but there are plenty of users who want to, rather than post an entire photo album, post a single, meaningful picture to be viewed and appreciated by itself. Though there are certainly various venues through which a photographer might attempt this, these venues lack the desirable aspects of a service that would be conducive to:
- Showcasing an individual photograph
- Making that photograph accessible through search
- Allowing the photograph to spark conversation between users
Target Users
- Photo-posting users: photographers and casual photo-takers with average computer experience and a desire to share individual photographs as a catalyst for dialog.
- Viewers: users with average computer experience who simply want to view meaningful photos and read the resulting conversation.
- Commenters: users with average computer experience who would like to be able to make comments on photos in addition to simply viewing the photos.
Proposed Solution
In order to offer photo-sharing users and photo-viewing users an opportunity to engage in an enjoyable dialog, the service must provide the environment in which to do this. This will be achieved through an interface which:
- Allows registered users to post photographs to the website along with associated information, including, but not limited to:
- Photographer's Name
- Location of Photograph
- Event Captured in Photograph
- Creates individual pages for each posted photograph, displaying along with it any supplied information
- Allows any visitor to the site to:
- Search for photographs by certain criteria
- View photographs
- Allows registered users to:
- Post comments on photos