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Q: HI, my question is what the heck can I do with the 1000's of digital photos I have on my computer. Over the years I have used various digital cameras from Sony to Canon and have built up a large collection of pictures. Now my dedicated hard drive is about to get full and want to do something so I don't have to get another one. What can you suggest.
Submitted by Heather R..

A: HI Heather, 

Your situation is not that uncommon. In fact I was dealing with this earlier in the year. While I was at a trade show I stopped at a Sony booth that was showing off thier latest digital cameras. While learning about the new gadgets the gentelman told me about a new online digital photo service called 'ImageStation'. This naturally caught my attention because I'm a regular for another Sony product called 'PlayStation'. You may have heard of that. Ok, anyway the basic theme behind ImageStation is this: Upload - Share - Create. I'll go over each.

Upload:
Ok remember that storage issue you asked about. Well here is a free solution for storage. They do not charge for storing unlimited images on thier servers. Yes, theirs.

Share:
You can create online albums that you can share with your family or friends. This part is really cool. You can make an album based on your trip to Vegas and then send a web url to your family via email and they can watch that slideshow from their PC's. You can also view the photos on a capable mobile phone or PSP.

Create:
If you have a want or a need, you can create Photo Books, Calendars, Cards, T-Shirts, Mugs, Mousepads, and more based on your photos. Also you can order prints for about .12 that you can pick up locally.

Learn more about ImageStation here.

or

Get 20 FREE Prints from Sony ImageStation

One last suggestion I can offer is to make your own Slideshows on DVD's. Using a software that can make these will allow you to edit, add effects, add music, etc.. to your own slideshow presentation. Yes these will be actual DVD's that can be played back on DVD players. I like to use
PhotoDVD 2.0. Download it here and see how you like it .

I hope this gets you where you want to go with your digital pics. Thanks for writing in.

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