Sharing Photos via the Internet

Sharing Photos via the Internet

When you have a lot of photos that you would like to share with a lot of people, there are several great sites out there that let you share several photos at once with a simple link.

Sharing photos this way prevents you from having to send a large email to a lot of people. It also prevents people from having to download a large email to view your pictures.

RESIZE YOUR PHOTOS:

Before you send your pictures to one of these websites it is important to resize them. Photoshop Elements or another program that allows you to alter the dpi and viewing size of the photo.

In Photoshop Elements go to Image -> Resize - Image size.

Set your resolution to 72dpi and your document size to a reasonable measurement for the screen. See example below.

Note the above settings. The width is set at 9, the height is set at 7.333 and the resolution is set at 72. ALSO NOTICE: The constrain proportions box is checked. If it is not checked then you may skew or distort your image.

Once the file is resized - save it under a DIFFERENT NAME.

PHOTO SHARING SITES

There are two types of photo sharing sites, public and private.

Public sites are designed for people to showcase their work online. They can be password protected so that only those with a password can view the photos, but by default they are meant to be public galleries.

Private sites are designed so that no one can get into your photos unless you send them an email link. This is how most sites work.

COMMON PRIVATE SITE LINKS:

Ofoto

Club Photo
the one Rick uses

Shutterfly
the site my wife uses

Picturetrail

Snapfish

COMMON PUBLIC SITE LINKS:

pBase $26/year for 100 megabytes

Fotki $30 for "unlimited" or Free for 10MB

VISIT THIS SITE TO READ REVIEWS OF THESE SITES AND MORE!

Each of these sharing sites requires that you set up a basic account - with the exception of pBase, none of these sites cost anything for a basic account. pBase has an introductory offer, but you must eventually join to keep your pictures online.

Private sites make their money by selling prints and other goodies,

Public sites make their money from membership fees.