Shutterfly.com

There was a time when the 'Photography' used to be a hobby which needed much of technicalities. Together with technicalities and the expenses involved this hobby used to be restricted to a certain class of people. With the change in technology and advent of Digital Camera today photography no more remains a hobby but it has become necessity in one's life. The modern digital Cameras are so user friendly that your three year kid can become a photographer. Just click a shot and transfer it to your PC and get print out of your Computer. No messing anymore with the foul smelling chemicals! People ... more

What is it? Put simply, Shutterfly.com is website designed to help you organize your digital photos and order prints or photographic gifts online. It's a bit like your virtual 'SnappySnaps' or 'Boots', if you will. Site layout and Organising you photos: The site itself is designed rather nicely. It has that family feel to it, with images of adults playing with children, creating the urge to make keepsakes and get your treasured family photos printed with them. The colours are soft and pastel in colour, and each part of the main site is labeled fairly well, to ease finding what you want to do ... more

I came across this particular promotion on shutterfly.com which gives newly registered members 25 free 4"x6" digital photo prints when they sign up in Feb and March 2001. You have up to 60 days to claim for the free prints after signing up. I tried it and the print quality is brilliant (but it depends on your camera). One catch though, you need to pay for delivery charges and since the company is based in US, you pay more delivery charge outside of US. Delivery charge to UK is US$4.99 equiv. to GBP3.50. The photos arrive in a week's time. And one person per household only. So, hurry if you ... more