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Post by pierkiss on Aug 19, 2019 19:48:00 GMT
We went on a large extended family vacation recently. I took about 600 pictures during the week on my cell phone that I would like to share with family members. I need to know where to do this at. People would probably like the option to order hard copies as well as download to their phones/computers (some people digital scrap and some people paper scrap).
I thought about Dropbox but after it taking no less than 3 days to upload 3 videos I’m wary of that. Shutterfly is fine for prints, but I don’t think you can download at full resolution from their site. I tried to use my Pixieset site but it won’t let me upload cell images.
I would love any and all recommendations! Thanks!
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Post by beachbum on Aug 19, 2019 19:53:03 GMT
Maybe Google Photos? My DD shares photos of our grands that way.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 19, 2019 19:55:55 GMT
You could upload all the photos to your computer, then burn them on cd's or flash drive. Then give the cd or flash drive to each person that wants one. They can use that to upload the photos to their computer and get them printed wherever they want.
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 19, 2019 19:55:59 GMT
Maybe Google Photos? My DD shares photos of our grands that way. I don’t think I have enough room in my acct. 😔 |
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Aug 19, 2019 20:03:07 GMT
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 19, 2019 20:17:18 GMT
We are a Mac family so we set up a shared album in Photos and invite the others to join it. It’s been seamless for us. If most are not Mac users, then I agree with using Fliker
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Post by tyra on Aug 19, 2019 20:27:50 GMT
We haven't had to share that many, but we always start a FB group just for photos when we take vacations together. I am sure that they aren't uploaded full resolution, but that is an option.
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Post by roberta on Aug 19, 2019 20:31:12 GMT
Do you have an iPhone? You can share an album. Maybe android phones do that also?
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 20, 2019 0:00:05 GMT
Do you have an iPhone? You can share an album. Maybe android phones do that also? I do have an iPhone! Not sure about my inlaws though. I know my parents in law do not. But the siblings might. Why on earth didn’t I think of this before!?!? I have done this with my parents a couple of times! 😂 I think Flickr might be a good back up. |
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 20, 2019 0:19:14 GMT
You could upload all the photos to your computer, then burn them on cd's or flash drive. Then give the cd or flash drive to each person that wants one. They can use that to upload the photos to their computer and get them printed wherever they want. I thought of that too. But I know with one in law she will not stick a cd or flash drive into their computer. She says that it’s too old, and they make it run too slow. ☹️ |
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 20, 2019 0:28:25 GMT
We haven't had to share that many, but we always start a FB group just for photos when we take vacations together. I am sure that they aren't uploaded full resolution, but that is an option. How do you do this? Also, how do I lock the privacy on it? |
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 20, 2019 6:19:55 GMT
Maybe Google Photos? My DD shares photos of our grands that way. I don’t think I have enough room in my acct. 😔 Set up another gmail account! You can store up to 15GB in an account for free. Or you can also upload to Google Photos free storage, you are restricted to 16-megapixel images and 1080p videos - anything bigger will be downscaled to those sizes. Also note that even if you upload an image that's 16-megapixels or less, Google will not retain your original photos. Google Photos saves pictures as a high-quality compressed jpg that's "near-visually identical but takes lot less storage." That's fine for almost everyone, except serious photographers. So you would probably be fine! I also find the $9.99 a month for a terabyte of storage more than worth it. I have a couple 100,000 photos uploaded. I like knowing where they are and that they are easy to search. Also Smugmug is another option to look into. |
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Post by Linda on Aug 20, 2019 12:40:38 GMT
I would share on FB - you can set the privacy of an album to specific people or to just me (and then share the link via email - anyone with the link can see the photos even if they aren't FB users)
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Post by tyra on Aug 20, 2019 13:38:15 GMT
We haven't had to share that many, but we always start a FB group just for photos when we take vacations together. I am sure that they aren't uploaded full resolution, but that is an option. How do you do this? Also, how do I lock the privacy on it? You start a group under the Explore tab (on a desktop it is on the left side of the screen, not sure on your phone though), click on Groups, the Create a Group. You name your group there, and can choose who to invite, and the privacy settings (we always do Secret, so that only those that get invited can find it). Super easy! |
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Post by melanieg on Aug 20, 2019 13:52:02 GMT
If you share on fb you will lose quality if they are downloaded. Just an fyi from experience.
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Post by librarylady on Aug 20, 2019 13:59:07 GMT
This is what I do. I send links to family. |
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 20, 2019 18:41:40 GMT
How do you do this? Also, how do I lock the privacy on it? You start a group under the Explore tab (on a desktop it is on the left side of the screen, not sure on your phone though), click on Groups, the Create a Group. You name your group there, and can choose who to invite, and the privacy settings (we always do Secret, so that only those that get invited can find it). Super easy! Thank you! |
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 20, 2019 18:49:47 GMT
If you share on fb you will lose quality if they are downloaded. Just an fyi from experience. Ack! Thanks for the heads up. Forgot about that! |
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Post by caangel on Aug 20, 2019 20:08:33 GMT
I don’t think I have enough room in my acct. 😔 Set up another gmail account! You can store up to 15GB in an account for free. Or you can also upload to Google Photos free storage, you are restricted to 16-megapixel images and 1080p videos - anything bigger will be downscaled to those sizes. Also note that even if you upload an image that's 16-megapixels or less, Google will not retain your original photos. Google Photos saves pictures as a high-quality compressed jpg that's "near-visually identical but takes lot less storage." That's fine for almost everyone, except serious photographers. So you would probably be fine! I also find the $9.99 a month for a terabyte of storage more than worth it. I have a couple 100,000 photos uploaded. I like knowing where they are and that they are easy to search. Also Smugmug is another option to look into. Use Google photos. I had thousands of photos in Google photos before I got close to the limit and started paying. I regularly share vacation photos (1000 isn't out of the ordinary) with family and no one else has a paid account. Apple doesn't let non apple people access shared things so that is why even the apple people in our family use Google photos to share. |
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Post by beepdave on Aug 20, 2019 21:18:30 GMT
Definitely Google Photos. Perfect for everyone, Apple or not!
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Post by dawnnikol on Aug 20, 2019 22:09:52 GMT
I use Shutterfly. You can create a Share Site and then people can take the photos you upload (and can organize them!!!) and order their own stuff.
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Post by hennybutton on Aug 20, 2019 23:09:29 GMT
My daughter set up a Shutterfly Share Site when my granddaughter was born. It was perfect.
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