Photosharing for Beginners

How does one decide which photosharing software program to use? You can rely on word of mouth from what others have shared with you, or you can research to find more concrete answers. Seeing as I have little experience in taking many pictures let alone putting them on the computer, I have miles to go in mastering this. Here are some examples of photosharing comparisons and how they contribute to making the photosharing choice.

Here's something practical for the beginner in me - Picnik (www.picnik.com ) suggested by Haradon, allows online photo-editing to learn to crop or eliminate red-eye. I could use that skill. According to PC Magazine's Flickr article, the benefit to using this software is that you can add keyword tags and notes to pictures. In McDonald's article on Better Photo Sharing, she mentions using Picasa. She includes some of the advanced features that are included, such as blog support, instant messaging, chat, and camera sharing. In my limited time researching, it appears that Picasa is the clear winner as it not only does all of the above, but also allows you to resize you photos online. The icing on the cake is the addition of fancy border effects according to Johnson.

I'll be starting with Picasa when photos need to be shared. What are your choices in photosharing sites? Have you come across sites that are user friendly?

Sources:

Flickr (beta); Flickr is a lot more fun than an ordinary photo-sharing
service. (2005, April). PC Magazine, 24(7), 81. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 816663431).

Hargadon, Steve. (2009, April). The Best of the Web--for Shutterbugs. School
Library Journal, 55(4), 17. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 1671826201).

Johnson, Dave. (2006, October). Google and Yahoo Embrace Photo
Sharing. PC World, 24(10), 59. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 1125198931).

McDonald, Nikki. (2005, May). BETTER PHOTO SHARING. PC
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