How to Choose a Photo Sharing Website

With the popularity of digital photographs and cameras at an all-time high, the notion of photo sharing online has skyrocketed. Sharing your photos with friends and family is easy, fun and affordable thanks to the many photo sharing sites out there. If you are having a tough time deciding between some of the best services, keep the following tips in mind.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Internet access
• A digital camera
• Digital photographs

1. Shop around. Simply Google "photo sharing" and tailor your search engine investigation to your needs. If you want an affordable photo sharing website, look for sites that offer bundle packages of photographs.
2. If you like the idea of sharing images with your family and friends, Snapfish is a great choice. You can form galleries complete with captions and editing capabilities to store your images. Then, invite your friends to view your galleries through email. They can even order prints they like directly through the service.
3. If you want to organize and upload photos to a comprehensive database, Flickr is a great choice for you. If you have a Yahoo! ID, you'll be off to creating your own galleries even faster. You can add friends as "Contacts," sending them alerts when you have new images.
4. If you like sharing photos, but want to share home videos as well, sign up for DropShots. Video hosting is free, as well as photo sharing features. For the multimedia fan, this site is a must see.
5. If you don't mind paying a membership fee, SmugMug is a great alternative to the "free" photo sharing website. SmugMug lets you create all kinds of things with your images, such as T-shirts, stickers and mugs. You can share photos, as well as order prints.
6. Fotki is another great choice if you like to share and print your digital images. Fotki lets you add photos to social networking functions, such as blogs. You can even participate in photo contests and make your own photo journals.

Tips & Warnings

• Research photo sharing websites and what each offers at what price. That way, there won't be any surprises.