Share Your Photos With Ease

My brother recently got married.  I was visiting with his new wife a few weeks ago, listening to her dilemma about all the photos that were taken and how she was going to be able to share them with family and friends and make copies of everyone’s favorites.  She had over 500 Photos From the professional photographer, 50 24 exposure disposable cameras from the wedding rehearsal, reception and day after BBQ that still needed developing and countless digital photos people had taken using their own cameras.  All told there were over 2,000 photos to go through and make available to more than 50 people who were actively asking to seem them all.  But, I found a solution that worked for everyone and would work great for my sister in law.

In my searching I had found a company where you can create a group room and invite anyone to visit.  Only the pictures you place in the group room can be accessed.  Plus you can create multiple group room, each with its own access code.  It is really quite easy, so to help out I created a group room on my account for the wedding and uploaded the professional photographer’s photos. 

In the meantime I asked her to have everyone sign up for a free account and then we would email them the access code to the group room.  She mailed all of the disposable cameras to the company for developing.  The cost is only $5 per camera and includes a 4×6 printed copy of each photo, negatives, shipping and uploading of all the pictures in digital format to the group room.  She was looking at $8 per disposable camera just for 1 printed copy of each photo.  It took less than a week for the photos to be uploaded, so we emailed everyone the web address and access code for the group room.  Others then were able to upload their own digital photos from the wedding. 

Everyone is happy.  They can view the photos for free, order copies of any pictures they like for 9 cents for 4×6 prints, 29 cents for 5×7 prints and $2.99 for 8×10 prints.  The site also allows you to print many personalized items, including photocards, albums, t-shirts, mugs, etc.  If you know you are going to order you can even prepay and then get your prints at a reduced price.  This is an awesome service for sharing photos.

If you want to share photos from your wedding, family reunion, special occasion or for any reason, this is the perfect solution for you.

About the Author

Jeff Keto, with a degree in Sports Medicine, writes various articles about things he has learned over the years including knowledge gained from personal experiences. He contributes to information found at ThingsYouWantToKnow.com

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