Sharing“Appropriate”

Digital Memories

Agenda

Taking Good Digital Photos Photo Sharing Do’s & Don’ts Top Photo Sharing Sites Which Site is Best for You?

Taking Good Digital Photos

What are the differences between these two photos?

So, how do you take good digital photos?

Pictures of PeopleFocus on the face not the whole body

Eyes and mouth show most emotion

Use the rule of thirds

LightingSun should be behind you and to one side

Use shadowed background with ‘fill-flash’

Avoid bright light or extreme darkness

Morning / Evening

Digital ModeLook for “Party” or “Automatic” mode to

catch more pictures

Photo Sharing Do’s & Don’ts

Now that you can take

good photos, you want to share

them too…

Right?

Do Share…

Do Share photos that are…

o Show you and others in a positive lighto Wholesomeo Originalo Fun

Just remember, some photos are better left unshared…

What about this one?

What about this one?

Don’t Share photos that are…

o Inappropriateo Questionableo Explicito Copyrightedo Unflattering o Of other people’s children

Rule of Thumb: When in doubt, don’t

post it!

Avoid the embarrassment:

Don’t let others take incriminating pictures

of you & post them online!

Top Photo Sharing Sites

Do you know what the top photo sharing

Web site is?

Take a guess.

Facebook Leads the Pack

Which Site is Best for You?

Facebook

o More than 350 million active userso More than 2.5 billion photos uploaded to the site every montho More than 3.5 billion pieces of content (including photo albums) shared each week

A social media site with photo sharing capabilities

Why Use Facebook to Share Photos?

o Freeo Ease of use

o Others don’t have to have an account to view your photos

o Album & photo protection settings

FlickrA site enabling you to store, sort, search and

share your photos online

o 5,282 uploads in the last minuteo 160,129 things tagged with the

word “morning”o 2.4 million things geotagged

this month

Why Use Flickr to Share Photos?

Why Use Flickr to Share Photos (Cont.)

o It’s free, easy to use, and others don’t have to have an account to view your photoso Stats (see how people are finding your photos online and how many views your photos have had)o The option to upgrade to a Pro account for more featureso Compatible with other social media sites

PicasaA free Google download that helps you organize,

edit and share your digital photos on the Web

Why Use Picasa to Share Photos?

o Free & easy to useo Photo editing o Others don’t need an account to view your photoso Design photo collages, video slideshows, etc.o Optional account upgradeso Compatible with other social media sites

What About …?

What About…?

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