Photocollect offers a way to create photo and video albums around events
Offering a more elegant and efficient way for participants at the same event to share photos, other than via email attachments or relying purely on Facebook (although the social network is heavily integrated), the service provides features such as the ability to set different security levels on a photo album before inviting contributors, photo downloads, comments and the option to tag people. Mostly, however, it’s the user interface that wins through.
That’s a good point, though Facebook groups and its privacy controls (however, complex) do in theory provide a way around that problem. But if it’s a standalone service you’re after, Photocollect is certainly worth a try.
Photocollect is seed funded by Wyatt Media Group to the tune of $100k, along with investment from co-founder Joakim Gronvall. He also founded the Swedish photosharing community Bilddagboken in 2004. Bilddagboken currently claims 1.4 million accounts (around 87% of Swedens youths) and houses 260 million photos. In January 2010, Joakim left Bilddagboken to pursue Photocollect full time.