Photo Storage Websites

I’ve mentioned before that I’m looking for ways to store my digital images somewhere other than my hard drive. I have probably thousands of images and even though I’ve taken the time to weed them out and get rid of the ones I don’t love. There are still tons of very large image files I need to remove. I even defragged my hard drive so the fragmentation wouldn’t hinder my ability to store images, but I’m almost out of room.

My best friend suggested a digital photo site. You upload your images to their server and they keep them for you forever. The biggest benefit of this, for me, is that anytime I want to create a photo gift or print a picture all I have to do is select and go. Pretty nice. Also, many of the sites now have additional editing options, if you want to do more with your image than what your software allows.

There is a downside, though. First, they could go out of business and then your pictures go poof if you don’t have a backup somewhere. Also, the image resolution isn’t always as high as you may want which could affect the quality of the image.

I’ve decided that I am going to upload my images, but I’m also going to back them up…just in case. What do you think of the photo storage websites available now?

Photo Credit Svadilfari

June 19th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Large Files | (0)