The Best Sites for Photo Storage
By: Frederica Ehimen
We are all guilty of having a billion photos stored somewhere else, besides the old-fashioned photo album, and why wouldn't we? There are so many innovative ways to store, and share photos now. It's almost a technological faux pas, not to use these sites for photos.
First up is of course, Flickr this site allows users the ability to log into Facebook, share, and comment on photos, tag friends, family, or co-workers in any photo. Upload the photos, and get a free membership with them, however your storage space will be limitied. If you decide, Flickr is the one for you, sign up for a one year membership, with unlimited uploads at a cost of: $25.
Shutterfly, is for people who do not consider themselves techies, this site lets you use an express uploader,which you can make accessible from your desktop or browser menu. The ease of sharing is so simple, because all the features you need to organize, share, order prints,or create cards are all on one page. Your photos can have a life of their own, by building folders for them. Once you are ready
to share them with friends or family they will get an e-mail link enabling them to see your photos. No passwords, required now that is super easy! Shutterfly has free membership, and unlimited
Do you want to be known as the Cinematic Photo Pro? Well, now you can with jAlbum, this site gives you all the features you need when you want your photos to have movement. Say for instance, you are at your child's tennis match or dance recital, now you can get a professional looking album, with cinematic quality. Now everyone will look to you, to make their lives easier! Once you download the software, you can start personalizing and sharing as many albums as you want, and customize your photos with their templates. If you are a little nostalgic you will definitely want to check out the template titled: 'family", it even has three-ring binder attached to it. There is currently a 30-day free trial, for two gigabytes of storage space. After the trial ends, you can stay on with them, for a mere $2.50 a month for 2 gigabytes of space, or opt-in
for a $10 a month plan, that ensures you will have 20 gigabytes of space.
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