Do you print out the photos or keep them in the computer?

@mermaidivy (15395)
United States
June 8, 2009 10:26am CST
Digital camera is very famous these days, and we tend to take pictures and post it on the blog or photoblog to share. Do you like to print it out or just safe them in the computer? I have regreted to just keeping them in the computer instead of printing them out, I had a problem with my old computer, I thought I did the back up for all my memories but apparently, it didn't go throught for some reason so I lost all of my valuable pictures that I took for the last few years... I was really upset about it :-( Recently, I'm going to get a new camera and I ordered a photo printer as well, I will definitely print out the nice ones this time to save my memory in the photo album! What do you do with the photos usually?
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@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
9 Jun 09
my advice to you is to open a flikr account and save your pictures there and it frees up your computer and camera and you can also order prints from there. makes things simpler.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for your idea!
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@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
10 Jun 09
you're welcome, you can also set your page to private so that no one can see those picture but you, or your friends too if you like :)
• United States
8 Jun 09
Right now all of mine are saved to the computer. I have a photo printer but the ink is a ton more expensive then just getting them done. I'm eventually going to take them and have prints made or ordered. I print a few of the very special ones. I like having them on the computer so I can edit them and post them. I get a few complaints from family that they don't get enough pictures, but I'll eventually make them some when I get some new ink.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
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@glesil_00 (1142)
• Philippines
10 Jun 09
Yes, like you my pictures are just in the computer. I mean i uploaded it in a social networking site in a private album. In photobucket, i have also. I print out some pictures using just plain paper and i print it draft so save ink and then because print quality is not high and good, i laminated the pics so that if i can not open the computer or i have no internet access i can see my pictures.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Jun 09
the same dang thing happened to me and i dont have a printer. can you get a printer for a laptop? i dont even know.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
I think you could try and ask. Thanks for sharing! :-)
@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
9 Jun 09
I prefer to keep them on my hard disk itself, but of late I am running out of hard disk space. The digital photos, especially the higher mega pixels ones, are very large files and can easily suck up your free hard disk space. If the photo is really good and we feel like displaying it in our house then, we go for a good quality printout and frame it. For the problem you've mentioned it is better to write a CD of the photos or plainly upload it onto the internet.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@lchiat (1070)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 09
Hi, same as you i keep all the photos inside my computer. But i always like to save an extra copy into a empty dvd so i can make sure i wont lost it. I dont think it is worth to print it out. I rather save those money to buy an external harddisk to put all the photos inside. I wont take out the photos that i print out to see also. But if it is inside my computer i will go and see it sometime. So for me i still prefer to save all my photos inside my computer. Happy Myloting!!!
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@jwiz512 (78)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Hi I don't blame you for worrying about your pictures on your computer. However there are some simple solutions for you. One is you can put them on a cd or memory card. Another one is you can upload them all to snapfish.com and they will stay there forever until you delete them personally. This way if your computer crashes you can always go back online and get them from the storage there. I have hundreds of pictures that I scanned and took with my camera stored at snapfish. You don't have to pay anything to store them there. Also they give offers and other things if you decide that you want to have them printed professionally. Sometimes it cost like 9 cents a print and you get a second set for free. Then you get credits for free prints. I also have a xdrive online. That too is free and all you have to do is upload all your pictures and things you want to keep to the xdrive. I wish you luck and I hope this has helped you.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
9 Jun 09
I don't have anymore Ink, for my printer I have to buy some. I do keep some of my pictures on my Computer.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
Hello... I always make sure that I have copies of the pictures by having them printed at my favorite photo shop. But I also have back up copies of the pictures in a USB Flash Drive. Just to make sure. Especially now that our computer is having some problems. I love scrapbooking and pictures of my children are very important to me. So, I make sure that every shot I take will be permanently preserved.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@kulotzki (61)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
I never been print any of my photos stored in my computer, I am much preferred viewing them on my computer..
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@fran429 (502)
• United States
9 Jun 09
I have them all on my computer... BUT, I'm SLOWLY printing them out and putting them in albums. I'm up to the year 2003... 2004 is ready to get printed out but theres SO much that I have to do it in phases... 2004 is also the year I got married so there's a TON more pictures to sort thru. I'm juggling 3 albums at a time, the wedding will make 4 albums. I have so many albums because I have my album and then an album for each of my 2 daughters so they can have the memories as well... Once I get all the pictures printed out, I'm going to be backing them up onto CD's for each album also.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
9 Jun 09
I have been taking pictures from different devices such as digital camera, mobile phones but I have never taken its print out. They are still there in my Computer I am showing them from my computer only whenever required to show someone!! It also reduced space requirement and caring about photo album. I have taken couple of back-up of those images and it is fine!!
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
If its a nice photo I print it if not no. Printing photos costs you much than by just saving it on a cd.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@faisai (1138)
• Hong Kong
9 Jun 09
I just leave them inside my computer and view it whenever I feel I want to but in fact I seldom open the photos in my computer. I had got some photos printed out in the past but then I find I seldom take them out for memory. I remembered quite some years ago, I was on a trip with some friends and one of them just don't have a camera nor will he take any photos. I ask him why and he said that taking a photo is not needed because the best picture is already captured into the mind.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@lowres (45)
9 Jun 09
I have to admit that I tend to just keep my photos on the computer rather than getting them printed. That said, I do have some of my favourite ones printed out and framed on the walls. Ideally I'd get myself a digital photo frame but I'm waiting for them to be better specced and more affordable. Ideally I'd like one with wireless network capabilities etc so i don't have to do any copying of files to a memory card etc etc.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@sharksfin (1091)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
Sorry to know about what happened to your photos. I don't print out photos like I used to. Well, because they're mostly digital, these days. Shouldn't be a problem storing photos as there are lotsa websites that allow people to post their photos and serve as albums like Multiply, MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, Photobucket, Twitter and many others. My problem is opposite, actually. There were so many photos I wasn't able to keep because they're printed. Some gone missing. I should've scanned them and saved in my online albums. But, well, I can only regret I failed to do it. *sigh*
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Yea... I was heart broken to lose all the old pictures that I had... so I won't just save it in the computer this time when I get the new camera! Thanks for sharing! :-)
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@sdas86 (6076)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 09
I seldom print photos after using digital camera. I keep my photos in my computer. I only choose some that looks great and nice to print.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
me too.
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
[b][/b]It's better if you store your photos online, like in your e-mail, friendster account or any online acct that can uploead photos, so if ever your computer crashed down, you can always get the pictures online if you want to print them, that's what I do.. Have a nice day
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
@brtfeer (54)
• Romania
9 Jun 09
i usually keep my photos on my computer but if is there some important photos i will print them
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)
9 Jun 09
I tend to keep them all on the computer. Every now and again though I'll go through them all and pick some good ones and get prints from Kodak or whoever. It tends to be that I only get pictures which I intend to put on the wall or something like that.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
I l ike to have the nice ones and put them in a frame, hang them on the wall too.
• China
9 Jun 09
I don`t like to print out at all! That`s so strange,I think... So I prefer to save them in the computer BUT,actually, taking photos is not to my liking...
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Thanks for sharing! :-)