Set up a web site, or an online photo service. You need a place to put your photo.
The internet is open for business all day every day.
Here are some providers:
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Digital Picture Frames
If you've taken photographs on a recent vacation, you may want to share those pictures with you friends and family easily. Turning on the computer and waiting just to see new pictures is hardly an enjoyable experience. A great solution might be an electronic picture frame. Digital photos are easily distributed and a digital photo frame doesn't have to wait to load an OS like a computer. More Information |
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Digital Cameras
Tired of film? Digital cameras have come a long way, and best of all, they've come down in cost. Simplify your life by getting rid of film, film processing, and all of the associated costs. Trade in that old 35mm or 110 for something a whole lot more useful. More Info: |
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Photography Resources
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Got Photos? So, you have pictures from a recent vacation, or the latest family photo. If you want to share your pictures or photos with friends or family you have to make duplicate prints and mail them out to everyone right? Nope!
With the ubiquity of digital photography, you have a host of options available to you. For me, I found the optimal scenario to be replacing my film camera with an inexpensive digital camera with middle of the road features. I "tote" the camera around and find that I'm in a position to take pictures that I may not have attempted with my film camera out of a concern for wasting a shot. However, since the digital camera lets me instantly view my photograph (albeit at reduced quality from what my final picture will be) I can jettison the picture right away, or keep it.
Even if you still use a film camera, you have electronic options available to you when you send your film in for development. For example you can have your pictures converted to a digital format and returned on a CD. Most film processors now offer this service, and if you can't find one locally, there are a number of larger mail-in film developing services that are happy to accommodate you.
Whether you use a digital camera or get digital photos back during film processing, you'll need an electronic format to use the method I suggest.
A better solution is to upload the photo to your own web page, or photo service, and send
a link to them in an email. This way you get all the convenience of an email, but you don't
clog up your family and friend's mailboxes. Plus, doing this gives your photos a permanent place to live,
with all the advantages of an archive.
Set up a web site, or an online photo service. You need a place to put your photo.
The internet is open for business all day every day.
Here are some providers:
Your web site or photo service will accommodate uploading your pictures from a CD, or from your digital camera.
You can use an FTP program, or a file management utility in the case of a web site.
Or, if you are using a photo service, you may have special software that will help you through this process.
Whatever type of tool you are using, the effort is to create a copy of your picture on the remote computer
where your site or photo service is served from. Note: You'll probably be asked to name your files.
Your best bet is to pick a name that reflects what's in the photo. Also, instead of using spaces, replace
them with hyphens "-" or underbars "_" and you'll avoid some additional pitfalls that snag many amateurs.
Once your files are uploaded, you'll want to share them. To do this, you can send an email
to your friends or family and include the address where your pictures live. If they all live in
a folder, you can provide the location of the folder. Your email might go something like this:
"Howdy friends, I've uploaded pictures from our recent trip.
You can see them here. http://myaddress.bappy.com/recent-trip/"
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Need a hard copy of a digital photograph? You have a variety of options for getting a physical copy of a digital photograph. Here are some suggestions... Option: Many stores and websites offering online services will print out digital photographs. In fact, if you are used to sending in your film and getting back photographs, you won't notice the difference with a printed digital photograph. It's really quite amazing. For stores, I've used Costco personally and they've done a great job for me. For online services, Kodak is one provider that offers an over-the-web alternative to going to a store.
Get prints for only 10 cents at the Gallery!
Option: If you are going to need to do this often, you may want to consider getting a photo grade printer. Click the picture of the printer to the left to see the latest economical photo printers. |
Or, here are some other cool ideas...
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Extra Credit - Having some fun with your pictures and your web site.
When you have stuff you want to share with a larger audience, you need to have your website appear in search engine searches. Try submitting your site to a site like Links Central, which provides examples of sites covering various topics. The nice thing is that sometimes search engines will pick up your site from one of these example sites and you will then appear under searches more relevant to your site's material. links to free stuff - promote your site
If you are looking for other ideas for your website, here's a good place to start.
Web development resources,
Javascript and DHTML examples,
DHTML drag/drop web site.