| Pictures are like memories: They’re better when shared with
someone else. And with the increased popularity of digital cameras
and camera phones, people are sharing their memorable photos more
than ever using online albums and personal web logs.
With so many hosting services available free of charge, it’s
easy to start your own online album or diary. We’ll show you
how HP Instant Share can make it simple to share your photos online,
and introduce you to other ways to make your images available to friends,
family, and even the whole world.
HP Instant Share
With HP
Instant Share you can quickly download, organize, and e-mail
photos, and send them to an online finishing service or photo-sharing
web site, too. Even while you’re traveling, you can share
snapshots with your family and friends—across the room or
around the world.
Using HP’s in-camera menu, you can select up to 34 destinations
for your pictures—from e-mail addresses to a printer. Once
your camera is hooked up to a PC or camera dock, the images are
sent automatically. Using HP Instant Share to e-mail pictures
to family and friends means you can share without sending huge
file attachments. Learn
more about sharing photos via e-mail.
HP Instant Share is included with HP Image Zone software, which comes with many HP products. You can also download a free copy of HP Photosmart Essential.
This easy-to-use software lets you edit, print, and share images. All you need to do is select the photos you want to share and enter email addresses. HP Photosmart Share takes care of the rest.
Blogging with photos
Web logs, or blogs, are sites
containing short, frequently updated journal-like postings. Most let
you share personal thoughts and links as well as images. Blogs that
are completely photo-focused are called photoblogs.
In photoblogs, each photo is arranged by date. It’s like a
diary told in pictures instead of words. Unlike a picture gallery
or online album, in which a collection of images is sorted into different
categories or pages for easier viewing, a photoblog is always in chronological
order.
Creative photo sharing
Now that you know how to
share photos online, consider the possibilities:
- Create a photoblog to capture your summer vacation memories.
- Send e-postcards featuring your favorite snapshots.
- Create an online family album that everyone can contribute to.
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