Are you looking for a provider that you can trust enough to host your pictures? There are a lot of options when it comes to sharing your photos online these days. So, how do you decide which one to use? Well, I have done a little digging to find some of the popular photo sharing hosts. Each company offers something a little different than the other, so I've highlighted some of their options to help you find the one that will best suit your needs.
Shutterfly
Shutterfly Studio® is free to organize, edit and share your photos. Family and friends can view your shared pictures and projects online without being a member. You can order your prints to have them delivered to your door, or pick them up at your local Target store in as little as an hour. Create your own photo book by choosing the layouts and background, then add your photos and journaling.
Kodak Gallery
Create a slideshow and email it to your family and friends, whom can easily view without being a member. They offer to print tons of stuff.
Picasa™
Now owned by Google
Organize your photos, make an album, add ratings, and password protect your collections. You can email your pictures, create a web album, slide show or even a movie. Easily post multiple photos into your blog.
Smugmug
There is an annual Fee. You have unlimited storage space, they securely backup your photos, you won't receive ads or spam, easily post photos in blogs & forums, add photos from your camera phone, have your own URL, create and join communities, create private share groups or just network with family and friends. You also have access to Tags, RSS feeds, APIs, and Ajax.
Snapfish
(a division of Hewlett Packard)
Secure & easy online photo sharing, free unlimited storage space, editing tools and software, wireless imaging service, plus over 80 personalized photo products.
Hooray™
Photo sharing with audio, Photo albums, Story Books, Greeting Cards and Photo Calendars.
My Photo Album
Free unlimited photo and video sharing, your own personal web address and 40 unique ways to share your memories. Personalize how you share with a different background, skins and frames, your friends don't have to joint to view your photos, have private and public album settings. Plus, printing options.
Smilebox™
With Smilebox™, you can create animated scrapbooks, photobooks, slideshows, postcards, and ecards for any occasion, and email them to anyone. Sign up for an account and they offer more. This site looks like a lot of fun and they play music.
Story of my Life™
Picaboo
If you're a little intimidated to try creating a scrapbook from scratch, you can try using this free software download and share your photo album with others or have it printed. It does take a few minutes to download, but it was easy to use.
They offer free space up to 250MB, you can purchase more space for a one time fee, which most is donated to a not-for-profit organization. You get your own website, which is secure and you can invite your friends and family to share your space. This is a community where you can write and organize your life story. If you're looking for something with a different pace, then this is it. This is a very personalized website, I recommend checking it out.
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Comparing Photo Sharing Providers
How to Organize Your Digital Photos
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jennifer_Thompson]Jennifer Thompson
I think it's pretty obvious as to 'why' we need to organize our photos. It's not a difficult task, but may require some time if you have tons of digital photos to sift through. If this is the case, then you may want to complete one step at a time.
You need to figure out how you want to organize your photos. As I see it, you have a couple of options to choose from:
1. You can create a folder for the year and then add subfolders for events and/or people.
My Pictures-2007-Christmas or Halloween
2. You can create a folder for events and/or people and then add subfolders for the year.
My Pictures-Christmas-2005 or 2006
When naming your photos you'll want the file name to be something that's unique and easy to search, just in case. Use the folder name, subfolder name, who's in it and then number them. Using the folder and subfolder names isn't necessary. It helps create uniqueness. It's also helps you relocate them when using an image editing program or a printing service.
ex. "Christmas_2005_Bob_Fred_001"; "Christmas_2005_Bob_Fred_002";
ex. "Christmas_2005_Sarah_Kim_001"
When organizing my photos I, personally, prefer the second option. I like having all of my photos of a person or event in one location. If you have lots of photos to scan and have generations of photos, then the first option may work better. Once you have decided which system you would prefer, then you can start moving photos into the appropriate folder. If you have time, you should name your photos as you move them. If not, you can save it for a later date and work on renaming each photo as you have time. From here on out, you will want to rename your photos as you save them on your computer.
To save time and keep your photos organized be sure to download them after each event, create a new folder and name each photo. Pretty easy, huh? Now you just have to find the time to do it. [http://freedigiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/ ]Free Digi Scrapbooking is a place where you can find free kits, tutorials, tips & tricks, inspiration, how-to guides and the latest news in digital scrapbooking.
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