9.1. Emailing Photos

9. Sharing Online ”and on Your Network

Holding a beautifully rendered glossy color print created from your own digital image is a glorious feeling. But unless you have an uncle in the inkjet cartridge business, you could go broke printing your own photos. Ordering high-quality prints with iPhoto is terrific fun, too, but it's slow and expensive.

For the discerning digital photographer who craves both instant gratification and economy, the solution is to put your photos online ”either by emailing them to others or posting them on the Web.

Fortunately, transferring your pictures from iPhoto to the Web doesn't require that you buy a Web server, register a domain (dot-com) name , or even design HTML pages. With minimal setup, iPhoto can connect directly to Apple's own Mac.com Web site and publish your photos automatically.

Emailing photos is even easier. And sharing your iPhoto library across a home or office network is easiest of all.