Digital cameras and camera phones have revolutionized the world of photography in the last decade. You can now easily send great photos that are never printed on paper around the world via the Internet. Sending pictures through the web is now the fastest and easiest way to share photos with your loved ones and friends. We usually send our pictures via email, but Internet photo albums make it much easier to share all of our pictures with whomever we choose.

There are a lot of options when it comes to choosing places that allow you to make Internet photo albums. Of course, some of them work better than others, and some have better features. For instance, Kodak offers albums that allow the customers to move their pictures straight from their camera to the album with little fuss. There are also online albums that offer limited photo-editing options, while others allow their customers to order prints from their Internet photo albums.

Most Internet photo albums allow their customers to try for free, and some remain free no matter how many pictures the customers load. For example, Shutterfly allows customers to order pictures, but they will automatically shrink any photo to fit the 4 by 6 format when uploaded. On the other hand, Picturetrail offers better albums to their customers and they can upload larger pictures for viewing. However, they are only allowed a small number before they must subscribe to Picturetrail's services.

Considering the nature of the photos is important for costumers who are choosing among Internet photo albums. There are some sites that are great at keeping pictures private to only those who the customers invite to view, and others allow anyone to see them. There also some sites that offer right click protection so no one can lift photos for their own use. Photographers who make money with their pictures can appreciate this protection. Customers can decide what they want in a service, and what they can do without by reading the terms of use when they are choosing Internet photo albums.

Internet photo albums will generally allow their customers to display their photos. Customers who only need this service can easily find services that will work well for them. Other services also allow video uploads so that visitors can share videos with the world as well.