For many/most? a camera can certainly highten a travel experience or most experiences in life.

Couple of thoughts on travel....

Have sent many people to many places over the past 19 years and have guided many groups of my own up to this point. So with that as my reference, you certainly can take too much gear with you on a trip....trying to accomplish too many things is something I talk to people about, have done it many times. For me it has happened when trying to take stills and video on the same trip. That has been simplified a bit with the nice video option many slrs's, etc. have today.

I do highly recommend that people do their reading BEFORE they travel. Have seen too many people in incredible places like Galapagos, for example, spending much of their time buried in a book, rather than absorbing their surroundings. Have also seen people when traveling buried in a book while they're visiting some incredible place. Read before and after....hire a local Guide, listen, ask questions, take pictures.

Thank you.

Mike Nolan/mnolan@rainforestandreef.org

For many/most? a camera can certainly highten a travel experience or most experiences in life.

Couple of thoughts on travel....

Have sent many people to many places over the past 19 years and have guided many groups of my own up to this point. So with that as my reference, you certainly can take too much gear with you on a trip....trying to accomplish too many things is something I talk to people about, have done it many times. For me it has happened when trying to take stills and video on the same trip. That has been simplified a bit with the nice video option many slrs's, etc. have today.

I do highly recommend that people do their reading BEFORE they travel. Have seen too many people in incredible places like Galapagos, for example, spending much of their time buried in a book, rather than absorbing their surroundings. Have also seen people when traveling buried in a book while they're visiting some incredible place. Read before and after....hire a local Guide, listen, ask questions, take pictures.

Thank you.

Mike Nolan/mnolan@rainforestandreef.org

whoops...etc.

You forgot its' and what about the Latin: e.g. vs. i.e., Etc.

Mike Nolan/mnolan@rainforestandreef.org

Hi....

Go to your drop box home page, for example:

https://www.dropbox.com/home

It should mirror the files you have in your desktop dropbox folder.

Go to the far right of the folder that you see in your browser, the paper-clip icon will be there. Put your cursor over that and it will say "share link". Left click and all the images will show up in another window. Then click on the "get link" icon and it should say...."link copied to clipboard". Here did it for a folder I took at Grand Haven, MI in May.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8scij4h9mmgvfa6/AAB_4iEtAlSKbEd44GDRB5oEa

There you have it, you can paste that link into an e-mail to share all images in that folder. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks. Mike Nolan/mnolan@rainforestandreef.org

If you don't need to do high numbers of slidesnegatives and want to keep your cost down....any of the Epson Perfection scanners work great.

here's another one i forgot:

http://www.tripod.lycos.com

Plenty of options out there....

See: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/comparing-the-best-ways-to-store-your-photos-online/

Also, for 7.00/mo you can have your own website. We have used websitesource.com for years now. They are excellent, support is excellent. Control panel is simple. If making your own simple site is daunting, it is as simple as basically making a word processing document using wordpress.com. I'm not a web designer, there are tons of simple videos on youtube related to wordpress.

Should you have any questions about websitesource.com, please feel free to e-mail me. Mike Nolan/mnolan@rainforestandreef.org

If you have any questions about southeast Alaska, please feel free to contact me. Thank you. Mike Nolan/mnolan@rainforestandreef.org

this is as good as winzip or winrar, which only cost about 30.00...

http://www.7-zip.org/

here are some reviews:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2049053/5-free-compression-tools-zip-your-files-just-dandy.html