Sunday, March 4, 2007

Don't trade that next great picture for that "Out of Memory" error!

So modern technology brings us many advantages like to ability to store a thousand pictures on our digital cameras.

But what happens when your on the vacation of your life capturing the moment and suddenly the dreaded "Out of Memory" displays on your camera's screen. Now you spend time scrolling through photos and removing the ones you can live with out. To late though, you lost that great moment or that award winning photo.

Online photo processing to the rescue. Increasingly many travelers have access to a computer systems at their vacation destination. By investing a few minutes every couple of nights you can have your photos into the processing lab and ready to be picked up when your return home. Or better yet picked up by someone at home so that they can enjoy your photos while you are still living the adventure.

Most major photo processing centers now offer the ability to upload your digital photos directly to their website for next day processing at a cost of anywhere for 13 to 18 cents / photo. The other interesting thing is that they also leave these photos on their servers in your private repository to give you the option to come back for re-prints.

This is a great way to manage your memory card and have your photos ready to pick up. See if your favorite photo processor offers the option and sign-up for the service before you leave on your next trip and avoid being "Out of Memory". Don't forget to document their website, your user ID and password.

Michael Kuhn
www.Rent-My-Escape.com

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