kurtinnj Loc: Rio Rancho, New Mexico

I have two Flickr accounts that anyone can see. However they are becoming a pain to deal with for uploads and signing in. I also have a Wix free account. Much easier to deal with. Wix is the way to go.

kurtinnj Loc: Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Sorry should have added these.

http://kpnavratil0.wixsite.com/mysite-1

https://www.flickr.com/photos/155335433@N07/albums

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurt_navratil/albums

btbg

The expectation at work is that each time I travel I will write about the location when I get back to work.

As a result I put some in an article that goes in the local paper. I put some more in a slide show of the trip that goes with the article.

I then take some of the best of the photos and put them in book form. Every other year or so I also produce a calendar for friends and family using photos from a trip.

Finally, I catalog the remaining photos by date and location and save them in case at a later time they might become relevant. Example, I have some old photos that were taken in low light that have lots of noise. As post processing software continues to improve I hope that some day some of those photos can be successfully used.

rck281 Loc: Overland Park, KS

Photo books and use Pro Show Gold to generate slide shows. The length is up to you. PSG makes it easy to add background music and narrate the slides, if you wish.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

I have all of my photos on Dropbox (approaching 1 TB, will upgrade to 2 TB soon). I usually have a folder with the photos for each event (trip, birthday party, race or whatever) with everything and one or more folders with best of or very best of which I share with family and friends via Dropbox. We make a calendar every year (Shutterfly) that we give to each of our five children at Christmas (and one for us). We (and our children) also text cellphone photos several days a week (we have 10 grandchildren, so they are often the subject). With the Dropbox app on my cell phone, I have access to all of my photos on it. When we do a trip, I often make a PowerPoint presentation with captions, maps and other information. We also make photo books for certain trips using Shutterfly. We also print some photos, usually at Costco. We also have a photo frame in our family room that is on 24/7.

tomcat

Hey, thanks so much for sharing these ideas. You have a very comprehensive method of saving and distributing your photos and I like the thoroughness of using multiple means. I especially like the idea of making folders for Dropbox. But one question, how do you send only that one specific folder to friends (so that that's the only folder they will see)?

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

It's very easy: Assuming you are using a PC: (1) You right click on the folder you want to share (2) Under "Share" you click on "Copy Dropbox link" (3) Open an email addressed to whomever you want to send the folder to (4) Control V to paste it into an email. The recipients can view and download the photos (and any other files in the folder). I have all of my photos uploaded to Dropbox, so if the worst happens I'm covered. It is currently $100/year for 1 TB and $150/year for 2 TB; a little higher than some other cloud storage options, but since I do a lot of sharing and it's easy on Dropbox, I think it's worth it. I also think Dropbox is one of the options likely to be around for a long time.

tomcat

Ahhh, you assume wrong young Skywalker. Moved to the bright side of the Jedi many years ago, have I. However, with your instructions, it was eeze-peeze. I right-clicked on a folder that I created and Share popped up. Then it auto populated that folder into the window ( I hate that us Apple folks have to use the word "window" ----lol x bunches).

Thanks so much for your help. I send a video of my granddaughter's dance recital to my daughter for her to keep. I really do appreciate this a lot. I am no creating a folder for my Maine photos coming up soon.

Appreciate it.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Glad it worked; it's a great way to share photos, as it's easy on both ends and you don't have to worry about file size limits. I'm hoping the wi-fi on our cruise ship will be fast enough to do some sharing while we're on our upcoming cruise. It's also a great way to backup your photos off-site.

My first exposure to Windows was Windows 1 on a Z-248 (Intel 80286), back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Our engineering office was using DOS then and nobody could see where there was an advantage to Windows. Nobody "in our sphere" used a Mac then. We moved to Windows when version 3 was released and I've used Windows ever since. The only Apple product I've ever owned was my iPod Nano that I managed to lose after a few years. My wife just got her second iPhone though (I have a Samsung Android). I was transferred to a new job (Navy civilian engineer) and my new boss was a Mac user. One of my first comments was that "Macs are for people who don't know how to use computers." He took it well - we're both aerospace engineers. At that time, most of the Navy engineers used Windows. When I went to work at NASA, it was about a 50:50 Apple:Windows mix at the research center where I worked. As the two OSs become more alike, it is starting to come down to personal preferences. There is still a cost premium for Apple (even though they use the same processors now) that I don't see as being justified. Fortunately, we are free to choose.

tomcat

I started out with an Apple Lisa in 1984 and got used to the architecture in place back then. Sometime in 1986-ish our company switched to PC's (also a 286 machine) and I was ok using DOS commands to do things. I understood DOS and it was similar to typing stuff in Fortran from years earlier. But then Windows came along and all of the DOS commands got shelved behind the windows and I could no longer do the simple things. I struggled with learning how to use Windows and I felt then the same thoughts you said about Apple---that Windows was written for folks that don't know how to use DOS, and I felt they really dumbed down the PC's OS. They basically took away my controls. Needless to say, I hated it and finally went back to Apple. I've been happy ever since I suppose because "I get it" when it comes to Mac OS and how to use an Apple computer. All of our phones, iPads, laptops are all Apple because they integrate so easily together ( and it works for an older person like me that was deprived of his DOS :(( ). I like the fact that I can drag and drop just about anything anywhere on the desktop. The main reason that I continue to use Apple is because of their continuing AppleCare support network. A couple of weeks ago, I changed internet providers and the installer did not know how to connect to the Apple Airport Extreme router that I use. He bailed out when he stated that "you have an internet connection to the modem and that's all we are responsible for"! Prior to his mucking around, all of my prior ISP changes were automatic and the router would find the network, configure itself automatically, and I'd be on my way. But something was different with this new ISP company (Spectrum). So I called AppleCare and in less than 7 mins, the lady had me up and running. Even though my iMac is 2011 and 7 years old, Apple still gives me FREE support. So that's the reason I stay with Apple is for their AppleCare support network. I feel that I have gotten my money's worth many times over because of their support. And, as I said, "I get it" and I don't find fault with anyone using a PC--as you said, it's what you get used to. But I do find that my grandkids are whizzes at our Apple stuff. My 3-year old grandson can enter the passcodes on all devices, navigate the web, print stuff, and is a 3-year seasoned pro. It totally amazed me the first time he took to this like a duck to water. I tried to get his finger print set up for the home key, but he would not hold still long enough for the mapping to complete, which is probably for the better anyway--otherwise, I'd have a $100 bill for apps he would download. Anyway, thanks again for the opportunity to chat and to show me about Dropbox file sharing.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

I do just about the same thing. I use the software ProShow Producer by Photodex (awesome, check it out). Using this software, you can select the photos from your trip(s) and create a siideshow presentation with appropriate accompanying music and "all the bells and whistles" (effects mentioned by srt101fan above as well as adding title, text/caption, etc.). The software provides a catalog of music to choose from or you can select music from your own collection. Once finished, you can make copies for your travel mates, family/friends in regular DVD format, Blu-ray format (need a blu-ray recorder), USB format (thumb drive), or upload to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, etc. They look and sound like professionally done. The Blu-ray format is the best format especially when played on a large screen smart TV with great speakers. The rest of the photos I save in WD portable drive. I also make copies of the finished slideshow program of the trips in WD drive and a separate high quality thumb drive (e.g., Sandisk 128 gb). Occasionally, e.g., as a formal gift, I upload to Shutterfly to make a photo book but can be really expensive.

anotherview Loc: California

Another reason not to do Apple: "There is still a cost premium for Apple (even though they use the same processors now) that I don't see as being justified."

Steve Jobs did a pretty good job of establishing a proprietary product within a niche of 5 percent of the computer market.

MissSue

We too travel extensively in retirement. Both my husband and I shoot and picking the photos to use in our books is the biggest dilemma. Actually our family and friends ask to see our books of travel... we have decent photos I guess. I use Forever.com to print my books I actually use their Artisan Software, but they also have a free and easy software called Forever Print that is very nice too. I've been making books for years and my 7 year old granddaughter told me this weekend that she wants to make a book... and that I should set up a camera for her to use to take her photos for her book.(our summer project) I also make books of my grand kids for each year growing up and they love to get their books with pictures of themselves growing up or from trips we have taken together. I also make books for others... And I have a home office with walls covered in Photos and book shelves with books and photo frames. My favorite room!
Enjoy the pictures that you took the time to capture and process... Your quality of life will be better for it :)

anotherview Loc: California

You put photography to good use. A visual record of family always proves more valuable as time passes.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

I create a DVD with local music as background. The entire show will take anywhere from one song to two songs. No more.
That relates to 4-6 minutes. Playable on any PC or MAC and inexpensive to load onto a disc and give to someone who wants to see the trip.
So far, that doesn't offend anyone who has seen them.