Thanksgiving is over and you had a great time with family and friends, but how are you going to share all those pics you took? Attaching multiple photos in an email is archaic and will probably end up in your recipients spam box or not delivered at all because the file size was too large. Try Google’s Picasa web albums instead.

Google Picasa Web Albums

Sign up and Get Started

  1. To sign up for Picasa go to http://picasaweb.google.com
  2. Sign in to your Google account
  3. If you don’t have a Google account, click “Create a new Google Account” – it is not required that you sign up for a Google Gmail account to use Picasa
  4. Follow the steps to get started

Upload Photos and Create Albums using Picasa Web

  1. Click “+Upload Photos” from the right hand side
  2. Create a new album or add to existing album
  3. Fill in all the blanks and follow the instructions to create an album

You can also download Picasa software for your computer and store all your photos there. If you do this then you don’t have to manually add each photo one by one using the “browse” then “upload” feature. They offer 2 versions – one for a PC and the other for a Mac. The Mac software allows you to seamlessly upload iPhoto pictures into Picasa.

Share your album

  1. Click on the album to enter it
  2. On the left hand side there are a list of options – Upload photos, Embed Slideshow, Link to this Album, Delete Album
  3. Select “Link to this Album”
  4. Copy the text in “Paste link in email or IM”
  5. Place the link in your email and send

For advanced users you can click on the “Embed Slideshow” link and place the photo album within your HTML webpage or blog as I have done below. Or, send the link to your web developer for placement on your company’s Intranet.