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