How to Create a Free Online Photo Album

By MJ Johnston

People like to share photos of their friends and loved ones with others. There is a way that you can get your photos together for your family and friends to see without having to run here and there with a book. You can create an free online photo album. Free online photo albums are easy to create and they are also time savers.

Here are the steps you can to take to create one:

• Get your photos together. Whatever photos you want to include, whether they're from a vacation, wedding or any other event, place them in a folder on your computer. Make sure that you have the photos you want to use.

• Use a photo sharing service to upload the photos. There are some that can allow uploads of several hundred photos at the same time. When you upload your photos, they will be placed on a server and kept secure out of harm's way.

• If you have photos you would like to use that have aged or a just older in years, you will want to scan those.

• When you're looking for an album, choose one that suits your tastes. There are plenty of free online photo albums to choose from. You have to decide on how many photos you want on each page and what size you want them to be when deciding on an album.

• You will need to choose colors, the layout of your pages and a theme. There are plenty of selections to choose from and it's up to you what you want.

• Move your photos to the album pages by dragging them with the mouse. If you need edit some of all of them, do that prior to putting them in the pages.

• If you're looking to tell a story, you can add text. It can be sentences, quotes or captions. This way, other people will know the meaning behind the photos.

• When you're finished, you can deliver the free online photo album to whoever you choose. This can be done electronically. Once they see it, their eyes will light up, especially if they are in some of the shots.

Creating a free online photo album is not only fun, it's also a great way of keeping those memories alive for many years to come.

MJ Johnston writes for a variety of websites, including Hoorray, a photo sharing site that offers the quickest and easiest way to build a free online photo album.