5 Options for Storing Your Digital Photos

There was a time when you took a picture, filled up the roll of film and sent it off for processing. Turn around time was sometimes an hour (if you paid the premium) or several days. Once you selected the pictures (most likely it was a 4x6 size) the image probably ended up in a shoe box, refrigerator, photo album or a dorm room wall. Those days are now long gone.

With all the images circulating from your phone, digital cameras, GoPros, and the list goes on, while the digital copies continue to pile up. Luckily, as technology advances so do the options and the cost of storage continues to go down.

Here are 5 options for storing your digital photos.

1. SmugMug
   Besides photo storage, you can also build websites but the service isn’t free. Plans start at $5.99 a month

2. Adobe Portfolio
   At $9.99 a month with an annual subscription, you have the ability to create pages and work seamlessly between Lightroom and can import between the two platforms.

3. OneDrive - Microsoft
   OneDrive starts off at 5GB of storage for free, 50GB for $1.99 per month, or 1TB of storage for just $6.99 per month. Within the world of Windows, there are options to create a share drive and allow for transfers between computers for easier access.

4. Google Photos
   With the feature of unlimited storage, you can’t have a resolution above 16 megapixels. The paid plan for larger images allow for 100GB of coverage at $1.99 per month.

5. Flickr
   Flickr Free -Upload your 1,000 favorite photos and videos, plus powerful tools to edit, organize, and share them all. We will show ads on your account with this plan.
   Annual Plan - Ulimited storage, ad-free, with advanced statistics, worry-free backup via the desktop Auto-Upload, $4.17/month* Billed annually.

With various options, the list could continue, but if you’re taking pictures and each image is 32mbs the hard drive on your computer can only last so long. Along with saving your hard drive, it’s nice to have peace of mind with knowing your images can be saved in the event your hard drive fails.