Picasa

Here is a link to my photo album I created on Picasa. I hope it works! Ok. It's not working.

Hmmm.... This is my first venture in using a site such as Picasa for uploading my own photos. I have viewed other people's photo albums on both Picasa and Flickr, but never used such sites for my own photos. In the past, I have always just used email to send photos or posted albums on Facebook.

I did manage to upload my photos onto the Picasa website. I am having trouble with linking directly to the album. I will have to consult someone, try again, and report back.

I am not sure that I will use this site personally, as I am fairly content just using email and FB for posting pictures. I do see why photographers would use it, and would spend hours browsing public albums. Some of the photos are beautiful. It amazes me how many quality shots are out there now thanks to digital photography and photo editing software.

Also, I think a photo sharing site could be a good way for libraries to post and share photographs with the public and with one another. Each library event could have it's own web album for public viewing- or just for patrons with accounts if one prefers this option. One thing I do like about it over something such as Facebook is that there is the "slideshow" option and it's more searchable if you are looking for pictures of a specific subject.

As for the linking, I will try again.