Saturday, August 16, 2008

Why Share Photos Online?

The days of toting thick photo albums everywhere we go are rapidly declining. Today, with the advancement in modern technology, we can easily send photographs to even the most remote parts of the earth in an instant. We don't need stamps, and we don't need to make laborious trips to the post office in order to share photos with family and friends who live in other states or even other countries. Instead, we have the option of online photo sharing! Let's take a look at some of the varied benefits of sharing photos online.

If photography is your passion, or merely a hobby, sharing your work online is a great way to get some recognition and possibly even gain the opportunity to make some extra money from your photography.

Photo sharing is a great way to commemorate the special times in your life. From the birth of your first child to your cousin's college graduation, online photo sharing will allow your cherish memories and share them with others.

Online photo sharing will also afford you the ability to upload old, aged photos, antique images, and other memorabilia from your family's past and share it with your entire family tree! What a great way to preserve important family history.

We take so many photographs over the holidays. Why not save on postage and share your many images online instead? Instead of spending a fortune developing photos of your tree and dinner table, simply upload all your memorable photos and send them instantly to relatives in other states, or college buddies you don't see very often!

Sharing will allow you to create a beautiful 'life's story' to share with your friends and family. If you've taken pictures of your children from infancy through present day, or even if you have photos of yourself from your youth to today, share them online to commemorate your life's story. This is a great tool for special events and reunions.

Online photo albums make great gifts too. If you can get your hands on your loved one's photos, consider uploading his or her pictures to a scrapbook of your choosing and presenting the project as a gift. The recipient will be thrilled with the outcome and love the idea of sharing his or her photos with friends from church, people at work, and everyone else!

Photo sharing and online scrapbooking are both great ways to be creative with your memories. What good are photos if no one sees them? Instead of putting your photos in a shoebox, or in an album on a dusty shelf, put them in a place you know everyone goes...online!

After you've gotten the ball rolling with online photo sharing, you'll be amazed as to the ideas that will flood your mind. Not only will family and friends enjoy your photos, they might just catch the photo sharing bug themselves! With online photo sharing, it only takes moments to make a connection between yourself and those you love!

MJ Johnston writes for a variety of websites, including Hoorray, a photo sharing site that offers the quickest and easiest way to create a free online photo album.