How to Collect Photos of a Trip Using Picasa Web Album
One hardly needs to worry about capturing moments. The problem is collecting pictures and not missing a good one due to unreliable friends. Asking everyone to email or using a USB drive is outdated. Instead, utilize Picasa Web Albums to collate trip photos in one place. It’s a time saver for both photographer and viewer. Let’s see how it’s done. Naturally, a Picasa account is required.
Using Picasa to Collect Photos
Step 1: Collaborate on photos only in an existing album. If you want to create a new collection, create a new album and upload all your camera photos. Wait for them to upload and create the album.
Step 2: Navigate to Picasa Web Album home and open the album you want to collaborate on.
Step 3: On this page, you can see all the uploaded photos in the album. The right-hand sidebar shows the visibility property of the album, which can be private, public, or limited (only for users with a link). By default, it’s private. Click on the edit link to configure sharing.
Step 4: To enable others to add photos to our album, we must convert it to either a public or limited access format.
Step 5: Click on the share button to open Google+ sharing frame. Choose circles, friends, or enter email address to share the album.
Step 6: Users you share the album with will appear in the right-hand sidebar under album properties. Enable the contribute option for users you want to add photos.
All marked users will receive an email to contribute photos to the album and can upload using the web uploader. Easy peasy.
Things to Remember
Anyone with the link can view the album if it’s limited or public. However, to add photos, you must have a Google account. Your personal Picasa Web Albums storage quota will apply to all collected photos. You are responsible for all the content in your album, even if it was uploaded by someone else.
That’s how you can get all event photos in one place without carrying a USB drive to each door. However, 1 GB may seem insufficient if you desire high-quality uploads. Yet, you can resize photos to a lower resolution to reduce the impact on your upload quota.
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