[PaulE961]

I just subscribed and I need advice. I am looking to creat a site for a photography club in which users can share and show off pictures, both in a public and a private space. I want them to be able to hold internal compititions by voting for the ones they love the best and share their thoughts on these, as well as on other subjets. I need to know if either WordPress, Buddypress or both are capable of doing this. Also, although I never did it, I know that I can connect to WordPress with Lightroom 3. Can I do the same with Buddypress? Thank you for your answers…

[modemlooper]

BuddyPress adds extended profiles and groups to a WordPress install. What you want is doable but it wouldn’t be out of the box. You’d have to do some customization.

[PaulE961]

Ok, thanks!

[idurston]

Hi Paul, did you ever sort a suitable Photography Club setup with members login? I am looking for exactly the same thing. Any chance you can share information on what themes you ended up using and plugins and any advice or pitfalls to avoid? Thank you.

[BuddyBoss]

Self promotion here, our BuddyBoss theme includes Photo uploading to profiles and groups out of the box (mobile too):
http://www.buddyboss.com/demo/members/guest/pictures/

Photo Uploading

You would need to set up some other system for voting up the photos though. BuddyBoss also comes with a system to “Like” content, and shows who liked it. You could change “Like” to “Up Vote” or whatever and then create a custom built section showing the most liked activity posts, limiting it to the ones with photos uploaded. You’d need to edit some code for that.