Some advice that is, hopefully, practical:
Olympus makes some of the best still cameras out there, both film and digital. Their digital storage media are usually easy to access and can be purchased with good, large amounts of storage space.
I'm not sure, however, how much money there is in still shots these days. With digital video being pretty darn cheap, that's the way that most sites worth their salt are going.
Make members have at least one special character (&, %, $, et al.) in their passwords. You should save yourself a lot of brute force hacks that way.
And lastly, the common sense suggestion: if you can get it for free, take it. If someone you know with a skill offers to give you a hand, accept.
You knew that already, though.