Introduction

If you’re already planning your next vacation (or you’d like to start thinking about it), we’ve got great advice to help you make the most of your vacation photos. We’ll tell you about all the different ways to print and share your pictures—during your trip and after you get home. We’ll also give you some pointers on what to think about before you go.

Plan before you go

As you ponder what to pack for your trip, consider your options for downloading photos from your camera to a storage device. This is important because when the pictures are no longer on your camera, you have the freedom to shoot more pictures during your vacation and easily share them, even before you get home. You could:

• Go to a cyber café. If the PCs at the café have memory card slots, insert your memory card directly into the computer. Or, connect your camera to the computer via the USB cord that came with your camera. Then, download your photos and post them on the internet.

• Transfer your photos to a PC. A notebook PC allows you to connect your camera and download your pictures immediately. You can e-mail them to friends and family back home. HP notebooks are packed with image-editing software and other features that photographers need to enhance and share their pictures. (Don’t forget the connector cable!)

• Store them on multiple memory cards. Extra memory cards are incredibly portable, and they allow you to store so many more photos. HP Secure Digital memory cards offer high storage capacity—from 64MB up to 1G—in a product the size of a postage stamp.

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Pack the digital photography essentials

Memory cards aren’t the only accessories you’ll want to bring along on your trip. Here are a few other items you can slip into your suitcase:

• If you want to shoot all day without losing power, pack an extra camera battery or two.

• Consider bringing along your HP digital camera dock so you can charge your batteries in the camera when you’re not out snapping pictures.

• A sturdy camera case can help protect your camera from the elements and limit everyday wear-and-tear. An HP Photosmart SCUBA/underwater camera case is a wise choice for anyone shooting near water.

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Be ready to print anywhere

If you’re attending a family reunion or other event where you’d like to print and share photos on the spot, pack a portable printer. Select compact models include batteries, carrying cases, and handles for extra portability.

The HP Photosmart 475 compact photo printer stores up to 1,000 pictures right inside the printer, freeing up space on your hard drive or your camera’s memory card. It also prints in a variety of sizes, including 4" x 12" panoramas—perfect for those vacation vistas.

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Share your pictures before you get home

It’s easy to share photos of your vacation with friends and family back home while you’re still traveling. If you post your photos to Snapfish, send an e-mail to friends and family, and invite them to view your photos online.

If you’re using an HP notebook PC, you can use HP Photosmart Share software to e-mail photos right away. Simply designate destinations (e-mail addresses) from the back of your camera and send images automatically when you connect your camera to your PC.

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Enhance your vacation photos

It’s easy to make minor edits and add captions and borders to your photos before you send them using built-in features on the latest HP PCs, portable printers, and digital cameras.

HP digital cameras have special features built right in. You can automatically remove red-eye, and enhance lighting using HP’s Real Life technologies—features that make it nearly impossible to take a bad photo. And be sure to capture some panoramic shots using the HP in-camera panorama stitching and preview features.

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Post-vacation photo printing

Stock up on HP photo papers if you’re going to use your HP photo printer to make professional-quality prints at home. Options include 5" x 7", 8" x 10", 4" x 12" panorama, and more. Be sure to frame a few so your memories will always be close by. Learn more about choosing photo paper.

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Get creative

If you want to get creative with your photos, check out the HP Activity Centre. It offers travel and vacation-themed frames, photo cards, and scrapbooks that make the most of your memories. You can customize many of these projects by adding your own pictures.

Here are just a few of the fun, free projects you’ll find:

Travel album pages

Vacation photo frames

Road trip scrapbook

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