Taking photos with a digital or mobile phone camera is easy, but finding a practical way to print pictures and show them to friends and family can be more complicated. Fortunately, there are many web sites that allow people to upload their photos so they ,can be viewed by a wider audience.

You can also restrict access, so your private family photos aren't available to the whole world. Many sites offer a printing service too, with the ability to output your favourite snaps to mugs, T-shirts and other gift items. Whether you have a handful of holiday shots or you're a serious photographer with a large image archive, there are plenty of sites that can make printing and sharing a pleasure.

A photo-sharing site enables people to upload images from a digital camera or phone to an online album, where they are stored for public or private viewing. Most sites offer free versions that allow a set number of photos to be uploaded with privacy features.

Many also enable you to add descriptive tags to images for organising them. The range of search options varies between sites - some offer basic browsing, while others include advanced options, such as search by date, location
and tags.

The most popular sites also include basic image-editing tools. Flickr has all of these features, so we've used it to show you how to make the best of your photos online. If you do not have a free Flickr account, type into the address bar of your browser and press Enter. Click the link labelled 'Sign up' at the top of the screen. To create an account, you'll need a Yahoo ill - if you're not a member of Yahoo 's free email service, click the link to sign up.