"Want to Share The Photos You Love
-- Easily, Quickly, and Safely?"
If you love digital photography, you probably have hundreds -- if not thousands -- of pictures, and you may not know what to do with them. For example, how do you...
store them safely so your precious memories don't just vanish, and you lose them forever?
organize them so you can find the pictures you want... when you want... (without spending a lot of time you don't have to get organized)?
share them with your friends and family in a way they say "wow" (and not go into a coma or find them boring)?
easily create great online photo albums, as well as photo books, calendars, gifts, and other fun stuff?
even get started?
Hi, my name is Audri Lanford, and as much as I love digital photography, I've discovered that it's not easy to find REAL answers to questions like these. In fact, it can be downright frustrating!
So, my husband, Jim, and I decided to create this site -- to help you find the answers to your photo sharing questions. This site is dedicated to helping you enjoy sharing your photos and memories a lot more. Enjoy your visit -- and don't forget to sign up for our free newsletter!
A lot of people think digital photography is too difficult for kids to master, but you can easily prove them wrong. After all, what's one of the perks of digital photography? You can take a hundred pictures, decide you hate them, and delete them all without paying a cent for film and development. That makes digital photography and kids a perfect match: kids like to mess around and with digital cameras, they can.
If you've thought about introducing your kids to digital photography and want to do it in a fun and interesting way, try some of these ideas.
Everyone loves great photo captions. They take a scrapbook or picture book beyond the mundane, add a personal touch, and liven up your photos. But for some people, the process of coming up with photo captions is absolutely excruciating. They're terrified that they'll write something dumb, or they just can't figure out what to say so they end up writing nothing at all.
Fortunately, when you're working online you can fiddle around with your captions without worrying you'll be stuck with one you don't like. With systems like Flickr and iPhoto, you can practice with a variety of captions without committing to them.-- and you can edit your captions anytime. Here are some tips to get you started on your great photo captions
Whoever came up with the idea of using photo mugs as photo gifts must be a billionaire by now. It's such a simple concept: take a mug -- something people use all the time -- and make it personal by sticking a photograph on it.
We see them everywhere these days, but not too long ago, they were all but unheard of. In those days, just having a photo mug was a status symbol of sorts -- the ultimate in photo gifts. Now that they've become so common, though, just a photo mug doesn't seem quite as impressive. So how can you make your photo gifts stand out from the crowd?
Were you ever concerned about how to store photos online? Many people once were. Websites used to be notoriously fickle about deleting stored data -- even iPhoto one time lost one of my files. People worried that they wouldn't be able to access their precious photos if something went wrong. Many people still have concerns about privacy.
Fortunately, most of those qualms have been addressed, and it makes a lot of sense to store photos online. Here are some answers to the most common questions about online photo storage.
Smilebox is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. With options to make scrapbooks, slideshows, e-cards, photo albums, and postcards, you'll never run out of things to do -- and reasons to smile. Let's talk about slideshows.
If you're like millions of other online browsers, you've probably joined (or have at least thought about joining) the social networking website Facebook. With membership, however, comes a few quirks. Here's how to best overcome these blips and fully enjoy what some users liken to a funtastic online reunion.
Most photo-sharing websites offer at least some impressive features, but PictureTrail is truly inspiring. With its fun tools and a hefty list of options, PictureTrail provides fantastic ideas to trigger your own creative impulses.
Photo backup is imperative if you want to ensure you never lose your precious images. A virus in your computer or a computer crash might suddenly make them unusable. Or worse, they're deleted. Fortunately, it's very simple to protect your photos with these simple strategies.
If you're a Mac lover, or just someone who's unwilling to part with over $500 to own a copy of Adobe Photoshop, you might want to check into Gimp. You can download a partial version of Gimp for free or pick up the full version dirt cheap.
Either way, the program is nearly as good as Photoshop, boasting many of the same features and a lot of fun effects. And while the program may look confusing at first, there's actually nothing to it. A few quick instructions, and you'll be using Gimp like a pro
PictureTrail is a leading photo sharing social network that allows members and visitors to share photos online, host images, and order and sell prints. You can also create widgets to place on your own website that point to your albums on PictureTrail.
There's more to PictureTrail than you might realize. Get in the know and avoid confusion by understanding a few key issues.
