
SHARE PICTURES ON THE WEB
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Share Pictures on the Web
A popular way to electronically share pictures these days is via online photo services
that publish web page galleries of your images. Only a few years ago, setting up an online
gallery was a cumbersome process requiring some knowledge of web page design. But
easy-to-use online services such as Flickr (http://www.flickr.com) have streamlined this
process so that anyone with an Internet connection can publish photos.
In addition to sharing pictures, these services allow you to write short captions, fine-
tune your pictures, add titles, and even include tags that serve as keywords, allowing
you to easily find specific types of photos, such as landscapes. Once you’ve uploaded
your pictures to the online service, you can notify all of your friends and family via email.
e advantage of this method is that you’re sending them only a text link to your photo
web page, not actual images that they’ll need to download. Also, since the photos are on
the service’s computer, they won’t take up your viewers’ valuable hard disk space.
Flickr is an easy-to-use online photo community that makes it easy to
share your pictures with anyone who has an Internet connection.