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You have thousands of images on your hard drive and your mother wants to see the birthday photos of her granddaughter. You can burn them to a DVD, take them in to the lab and send her a shoebox crammed with photos or you can select a sampling and upload them for her to see.
First of all, you should make sure you are not saving images on a hard drive. It is not a quuestion of if it will fail, but when. You don't want to be looking in the phone book for disk recovery experts. It is expensive and why bother when backing up is so easy. Now that you have stopped to back up you are ready to select a photo sharing site. A photo sharing site allows you to upload your photos and have them shown in your own personal gallery. Different sites have different methods for keeping out th epeople you don't want to view the photos. Most offer additional services such as added storage and the ability to order prints. Some display ads on their site which help pay for the bandwidth and storage space they are letting you have for free. Check out what each offers and how convinient they are to use. A photo sharing site is only useful if it allows you to share your images easily with others. Look for the simplicity in uploading, the storage limits they might have and the price, quality and service of the print service. Below are a few of the popular sites for photosharing: |
