How To Make A Photo Album Online

Need to know how to make a photo album online? This is a commonly asked question by photographers everywhere. The easiest way to do this is to use a service such as Photobucket. Photobucket, linked below, is a website that links directly with many camera companies. Photobucket is unparalleled in user-friendliness. Read on to learn how to use this service to make a photo album online.

1. Establish a Photobucket account if you do not have one. If you have one already, you may skip this step and go to step two.
2. Create new album in your Photobucket account. This is a button you click in the upper right-hand corner. Make sure you name the album something you can remember. You can have multiple albums, so this name should have a theme that reflects the pictures in it. Choose whether the album is public or private. Private albums are available via invitation only. Public albums are open to anyone. Please note that public albums may permit image reuse. Read the terms of Photobucket carefully. If you have any doubts, choose private settings.
3. Upload images to your album. Then you can name pictures and add descriptions and search tags. The search tags allow people to find your individual pictures. These are essential for public searches.
4. Share your album with friends. You can click “share album by email” from the menu. Then you can forward your online album to friends. All you need to do is put an email address in the slot. The link goes out to friends, and you are done.

If you follow these steps, you can have your photo album uploaded and ready for friends and family in less than an hour. This is a very cool shortcut for putting albums online.