Why do people think digital photos is so hard to understand? I know lots of people that stopped taking pictures because the memory cards on their cameras are full and they don’t have the knowledge or energy to download the photos to their computer and re-use the memory cards.

Or, in some cases, I know people that don’t want any more photos because it just means they have to do something with them. They don’t like the hassle of pulling their pictures off their camera and then uploading them to some site to get them printed. And when the prints come back, they don’t know what to do with the photographs anyway. So they just stop taking pictures.

Well, they are missing the point of photography techniques all together. Now take this scenario instead. I pull the pictures off my camera’s memory card and upload it to a web 2.0 site like Flickr.com. Then, I spend 10 minutes organizing about hundred photographs based on where I took them (ex. Jon’s birthday party, company picnic, photos of the cat being silly, etc.) Then I take another two or three minutes to invite my friends and family to join my photo groups.

My friends sign up and view the pictures. If they want copies of some of them, they just order them right off the website. The best part is when they make comments that help me better categorize the photos for my own photo albums. If you are not using the internet with your digital cameras then you are missing the point.

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