Thursday, June 3, 2010

IHCPL #90 You Oughta Be In Pictures

After watching the video on photosharing I looked at some of the reviews and overall most of the sites are pretty much alike. I have a flickr account and looked at their site again. However, every time I try to sign in it says my name and password are wrong. My Picasa account covers everything that I need for now including uploading to my Facebook account. Although photography is not one of my main interests at this time I can see that Photobucket or a similar account that will allow me to do online scrapbooking in my future.

When sharing my photos I want to control who can and cannot see my albums. I am a very private person and am not comfortable with all of my photos being available to the world. I recall going to an antique store with a friend who was looking for old photos for a project she was doing in her house. We browsed through 100’s of old black and white photos and I felt like an intruder in their lives. I hate to think of strangers wandering through my family albums looking at my family photos and memories so obviously privacy and control are of great interest to me. I will continue to use Picasa albums.