I've done something similar. It started with creating a frontend for more easily viewing my albums on flickr (https://ash.code27.co.za https://ash.code27.co.za)

I've done something similar. It started with creating a frontend for more easily viewing my albums on flickr (https://ash.code27.co.za https://ash.code27.co.za). Then when flickr was acquired by smugmug I migrated all my photos to DropBox, only to later find out that a small number of photos have been randomly truncated. In the end I just started to fork out for Flickr, although I have similar feelings each year when I need to renew.