CHAPTER 5

Photo SharingSTUDENTS:

RENATO FROSSARDDILZA BORGES

PROFESSOR: REINILDES DIAS

WHAT IS PHOTO SHARING?

Photo sharing designates the phenomena characterized by uploading photos to a website and sharing with other users. This photo sharing feature is provided by websites created for this specific purpose or by other websites like community websites, e.g. Orkut and Facebook. Photosharing websites can offer free or payd services. Some of the most well known photo sharing websites from our days are Picasa, shutterfly and Flickr.

Photo Finishing

Photo Sharing websites provide a range of services for their users. Some of these services are:

• Printing, • Editing, • Tagging, • Organizing, • and Sharing

Printing

Printing pictures at home can be expensive and a lot of work. So why not send your pictures to print through the internet and receive them at the comfort of your home? Photo Sharing websites like Shutterfly offer this service, at a low cost.

Editing

Play with your pictures and have fun with this feature of photosharing websites. Flickr has a lot of fun tools for you to make your photos even better.

Tagging

Add tags to your photos, talk about the moment, play, crack a joke, do whatever you want with this feature of photo sharing websites! It’s simply great!

Organizing

Don’t get lost, organize your photos in a photo sharing website so your friends can see how beautiful they are. Also have fun looking through your best photo albums and sharing with your friends.

Sharing