Sharing Photos

Taking your photo and perfecting your photo is only the first step. The next stage is sharing a photo with friends, family and even the world. Gone are the days where you'd pull out a photo from your wallet or bring out the album from your photo shelf. Now you can share your photos with people instantly through Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and more. It's very rare that we see printable photos, as there seems little need for them with technology and social media domineering our lives. The wallet has been replaced with a phone giving us instant access to beautiful quality pictures to show off our captions. ​

Facebook

Facebook tends to be our go to photo sharing tool. It's so simple and most of our phones have a button pop up as soon as we take a photo encouraging us to share on good old Facebook. While it is the popular choice it decreases the quality of your images so it might be worth keeping a good quality version backed up.

Instagram

The wildly popular app for Android and iOS doesn't have much of a desktop presence. Any photo you post from your smartphone is saved online for evermore. Of course, Instagram's killer app is its dozens of filters, from old-timey black and white to vintage high-colors and moody contrasts. There are also several intuitive sliders to adjust shadows, highlights, focus and more, while the Layout add-on lets you create collages.

Snapchat

Snaps are self-destructing photos or quick videos (up to 10 seconds) you send to one or multiple friends. Users send these expiring messages because they allow for more intimate and personal conversations. You’ll find sent and received snaps hiding to the left of the home screen.

Increasingly, people are broadcasting their snaps for everyone to see in what’s called a story—a series of moments that won’t self-destruct for 24 hours. You’ll find your friends’ stories to the right of the home screen.

Pinterest

One of the fastest-growing sites ever to hit the Web, Pinterest can be conveniently enjoyed via native mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. If you don't have a Pinterest account, you can easily create one right from the app. Once you're all set up, you can start browsing through pins, repinning others' items, and pinning your own. Just like the Pinterest Web site, the app opens up to your main dashboard, showing a feed of all the people and boards you follow. From here, you can swipe down through your feed, conduct a search, or create a new pin, using a photo already on your device or a new photo.

Imgur

Imgur serves up more images in 10 minutes than there are images in the Library of Congress. In 2012, 300 million images were uploaded, 364 billion image views were counted, and 42 petabytes of data were transferred, scary and amazing. The site is really for young adults, and teens love it because it's mature, edgy, and accessible; if they create a successful meme, it means at least 15 minutes of fame, if not a spot on late-night TV.

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How To Store Your Photos

Back in the day you'd print photos and store them in albums and I'm not talking about Facebook albums. These were real hard back albums you'd spend ages sticking onto sheets or placing into plastic slots. Nowadays it's a different story the clutter from your shelves has moved it's way into your computers and hard drives.

Here's a few popular online storage options for your photos;

The Cloud

Flickr

Dropbox

Google Photos