online photo sharing hayley charles, kelsey kempke, lindsey stieben & christy gerstner
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Online Photo Sharing
Hayley Charles, Kelsey Kempke, Lindsey Stieben & Christy Gerstner
History• The first photo sharing sites came about during the
mid to late 1990s. • They originated from photo companies that
printed hard copy pictures. • Timeline= film printing->internet ordering-
>online sharing• Primary goal was to provide a central
location for photo storage that would last.
Pioneer online photo sharing sites: Webshots, SmugMug, Yahoo! Photos and Flickr.
Now: FlickrFotki
ImageshackInterartcenter
KodakJalbum
PanoramioPhotobucketPhanfarePicasa SmugMugSnapfishShutterflyWebshotsWoophy
Online photo sharing advances have been quick and frequent. Sites now provide other tools to help users organize photos as well including: photoblogs,
albums, links to Facebook and other social networking plus additional organizational tools.
• 350 million active users• 2.5 billion photos per month• 3.5 billion pieces of content per week
350 million active users
My Phone• Easy• Free• Convenient
Share Photos With:• Facebook• Flikr• MySpace• Windows Live
Twins-Solutions• 3D• Cross Folder Action• Easy• Connect to Sharing
Accounts
• Modify Existing Photos
• Tag, Comment, or Note
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsmxof7m2Y
Ways to share your photos with friends and family: • Ornaments• Mugs• Books• Calendars• Puzzles• Shirts• Mouse Pads
• Simple to use• Professional looking• High-resolution photos• Photo data
• Share photos with friends and family
• Separate albums• Tagging and click-through
albums• Online editing
vs.
WebsitesPros:• Target a mainstream
audience• All are simple to use
Cons:• SmugMug is not free• Snapfish and shutterfly
have no sharing or online social web features
• Photobucket is cluttered with advertisements
Things to Consider when uploading pictures to a photo sharing site
• Even though you delete a picture, it's not completely gone off the internet.
• Pictures can be very damaging to a someone's reputation.
• Photos seen by an employer may make you ineligible for a job or cause them to fire you.
The Future
Stock Photography