Photography
Photo Storage
You will likely need to get your photos put on a CD first in order to upload them from an internet cafe (easily done at local photo stores or equipped internet cafes). During my trip to Africa in 2005 I found this was difficult as I did not bring a card reader or my USB cable for my camera so I was reliant on other travelers who had laptops and who used the same memory card as I had. I suspect that the ability to download photos has improved significantly from then. In every other part of the world downloading photos from my camera or my memory card is both quick and cheap.
Many companies offer free places to store your photos or other files while you travel. Some of these places allow you to share your photos with friends and family as you travel and the ability to get prints of you photos when you get home at low rates.
Shutterfly
Free unlimited photo storage. Offers a personalized web address for sharing your pictures, with optional password protection. Your friends and family can even add their photos to your Collection. Prints available for as little as 12¢ per photo.
Photo Storage
You will likely need to get your photos put on a CD first in order to upload them from an internet cafe (easily done at local photo stores or equipped internet cafes). Most cafes do not allow you to install any kind of photo uploading software on their computers. I also take a flash drive with me as it can hold up to 1KB or counties. When I was traveling in Africa I should have taken a card reader as it was hard to find an internet cafe that had the capabilities of downloading photos from your camera or card. In Asia every internet cafe provides this service quickly and inexpensively. I often get the down load and the cd for as little as $1.
Many companies offer free places to store your photos or other files while you travel. Some of these places allow you to share your photos with friends and family as you travel and the ability to get prints of you photos when you get home at low rates.
Here are a couple of links to two of the most popular photo-sharing sites which provide basic editing and allow you to uplaod your photos and assemble them. On the flip side is the site has numerous advertisements.
Shutterfly
Free unlimited photo storage. Offers a personalized web address for sharing your pictures, with optional password protection. Your friends and family can even add their photos to your Collection. Prints available for a small fee.
A couple of other good sites for annual fees of $25 to $40 are
imageevent.com
smugmug.com
Many of the travel guides also provide photo storage and travel log services for a fee. |
