7 reasons you should use photo sharing services

In a past post I brought forth my frustration with how e-mail is used for the wrong reasons. One of the ways people abuse e-mail is by sending photos to friends and family. While one or two low resolution photos may be fine it’s not the best habit to get into. Yes, it is easy (at least for some people) to attach a photo and send it along.  The following is a list of reasons you should use photo sharing service instead of sending photos as e-mail attachments.

1.)  Large attachments can slow down the delivery of other e-mail messages as it usually involves an extra and sometimes technical step of resizing the photos for e-mail.

2.)  It gives the view a choice of downloading the photo or keeping it on the web for viewing

3.)  Some photo sharing services like Flickr have the ability to add subject tags as well as the ability to overlay information to explain parts of the photo better. For a good example see an arial photo I took and uploaded to my Flickr account.

4.) Other people have the potential of discovering your photos and you have the potential of making new friends who have the same interests as you.

5.)  It’s another way to backup valuable memories.

6.) Some services and operate at a photo blog

7.) Your viewers have the chance to order prints as opposed to the old way of requesting you get duplicates printed or asking for your negatives.

Next time you are tempting to send a one or a group of photos think again and consider the advantages of using a photo sharing services.  Flickr is my photo sharing service of choice but they are other options.  Here is a good list of current service you can check out.