Publish Your Digital Pictures Online

By Laura Kay

Digital photos are everywhere you look these days! It seems like almost everyone has a digital camera these days that can take images of just about anything in a matter of moments. Using digital photographs instead of the traditional film and paper print photos is cost-effective, there is no wasted paper to end up in the garbage and they take up almost no physical space at all!

And what is better than just taking lots of digital photos is the fun way you can display them to others. There are many different ways to let others enjoy your photos, from electronic picture frames to printing them out to storing them on your cell phone. Whether you're a pro photographer or an amateur shutterbug you'll still like the ease of digital photography.

One of the newest ways to share your images to others is by publishing a photo blog. A "web log" or blog is a website that allows an photographer to post instant updates onto Internet about just about any topic imaginable. A photo "web log" can feature the digital images you took on any specific day or trip. You can include comments about your photographs and you can tell people about why you took the photos and where you were when you took them.

To start a photo blog you just need to find some no cost blogging software and pick a blog name. Most blogging sites are fairly simple to get started with. When you are satisfied with a post you "publish" it and everyone on the planet can instantly view it! You just write your thoughts out in a post, upload your digital photos from your PC and the blogging site pretty much does the rest.

Don't forget a blog can be a two-way communication site! With a photo web log you can not only share your photos with others but you can also allow people to comment on your posts. Getting commends from visitors to your web log is part of the fun of putting your photos online. If you allow comments on your photos then you can also discover what other people like and don't like about your photos.

You can share a bunch of images of a trip to Florida one day and then put up photos of some children playing in your back yard the next day. Don't worry about always composing a article that's going to make other people happy. It's your photography blog and you can post pictures of whatever you want. Just try to enjoy the ability to spread your digital images so quickly with your own blog!

About the Author: