How to Upload Your Photos & Get a URL Link

Photo-sharing sites, such as Flickr, Photobucket and Picasa Web Albums, allow you to upload personal photos that can be shared with friends and family. One of the ways you can share your photos is by placing a link to the photo in an email, on a blog or on a social media site such as Facebook or MySpace. The photo-sharing site provides a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for each individual photo you upload.

Things You'll Need

• Flickr, Photobucket or Picasa Web Album account

Instructions

1. Create an account with a free online photo-sharing website.

2. Click the "Upload" or "Upload Photos and Videos" link on the photo-sharing web page.

3. Use the file browser to choose the photo or photos that you want to upload and click the "OK" button.

4. Double click on the photo that you want to share.

5. Choose the "Share this" or "Link to this Photo" option. This option will be on the upper right side of the screen on the Flickr and Picasa Web Albums websites. It will be on the lower left side of the screen on the Photobucket website.

6. Copy the text that begins with "http://" under the "Link" or "Direct Link" section.

References

• Flickr: How do I get the URL of a photo?
• Photobucket: Share Media or Albums to Social Networks or Blogs
• Picasa: Different Ways to Share: Sending links of albums and images

Resources

• Flickr
• Photobucket
• Picasa Web Albums