May 23

Hi, today I want to tell you about the two features filter and sort in Expono.

Once you have uploaded photos and organized them in albums, you can use the filter and sort features. You can use them when you look at all pictures or when you have opened an album.

With the filter, you can sort out pictures with a rating or pictures with comments. You can use filter both for your own pictures and with other people’s pictures. If you stay in “all photos”, you can also sort out the pictures that are not in any albums (yet).

The sort feature helps you to organize your photos by upload date or photo taken date. Let’s say you want to show some newly uploaded photos to friends. Then you use the sort feature to show the photos in front of the album. Or if you visit your friend’s photos, you can find which photos he uploaded last, or his newest taken photos.

Try it out! Filter and Sort.

May 21

Hi there,

Today I just want to remind you not to miss the chance to win a free plus account for a year at Expono!

Here’s some info on what you win, how you win and the rules of the contest:

 

How to enter the contest

1. Choose your a photo you have taken yourself. For instance it can be a funny, cute, beautiful or just amazing picture.

2. Click ‘Upload Photos’ and upload the photo of your choice.

3. Go to www.expono.com and become a member for free. It’s quick and easy. This account will be the account that will be updated to a plus account if you win.

How you win

A jury will choose the winner among the three photos that have gotten the most likes. The winner will be announced during the first week of the following month.

So remember – this contest is not just about uploading a photo you think the jury will fancy, but also about getting likes to improve your chances.

What you win

The great prize that you can win each month is a 1 year free plus-membership at Expono! Read more about the benefits of a plus account here.

Rules

The contest ends midnight of the last day every month.

To compete, all you have to do is to upload an image and become a member for free at www.expono.com.

You can only upload one photo per monthly contest.

You have to have taken the photo yourself.

By participating you approve that we post the winning photo on the Expono blog and Facebook page (in order to announce the winner).

We reserve the right to remove offensive pictures from the contest, as well as blocking participants from the page if they are trying to upload offensive photos.

All images submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

 
Join our photo contest today!

May 17

Olympus has a new flagship in its PEN line. It’s the E-P5 – a retro styled camera with advanced features and wi-fi which gives you the possibility to pair the camera with an accompanying app.

According to Olympus, it is also the first compact camera to with a mechanical shutter that can use a shutter speed of 1/8,000 of a second. Read more here!

What do you think of the E-P5?

 

Olympus pen

May 14

Hi there,

A few days ago we started off our monthly Photo Contest on Facebook.

Unfortunately we’ve had some technical difficulties with our contest app, but the problem’s now completely solved.

We apologies for any inconvenience.

Make your contribution to the contest here!

May 10

Now we’re starting our monthly contest ‘Photo of the Month’ at Facebook!

Compete by uploading a photo you have taken, that you think will win the jury and many likes!

What you win? A plus account at Expono for a whole year.

The contest starts today and ends March 31.

You can find out more and compete here!

Good luck:)

 

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May 08

This Friday we’re starting of our new PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST! It’s real easy to participate and you can win a free plus account for a whole year in Expono.

Some of the benefits of a plus account include unlimited storage space and the possibility to have up to 10 custom groups. You can read more about the benefits here!

So, how do you compete? Find out this Friday when we kick-start the contest on our Facebook page! Stay tuned..

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May 06

Have a vacation coming up? Don’t forget to take lots of photos that you can store and share through Expono!

Here are some great tips for taking better pics during your trip.

 

Vacation

Apr 30

Hi!

Today I want to give you some instructions on how to edit an album. I hope you find the information useful. Please post any comments or questions you might have here below, and we’ll get back to you.

Once you have sorted your photos in albums, you should tag and organize them. Expono makes it easy to work with your photos. The best feature to use is the batch editing of photos. It means that you collect photos you want to mark simultaneously.

The easiest way to do this is to open the album with one click, and then press edit photos. You can now see all photos in that album. You can choose similar photos by simply click on them.  Once you have chosen, you can:

  • Edit title and description
  • Add tags
  • Tag persons
  • Tag locations
  • Add to other albums
  • Make favorites
  • Set privacy
  • Change date
  • Set license
  • Set safety level

Tips

Be generous with tags. Once you have uploaded several hundred photos, you will make it much easier to find particular photos if you have tagged them properly. Same with persons.

Locations are supplied with many modern cameras, if not Expono will help you  with this.

Add to other albums is smart. A photo can belong both to  Trip to Italy, and to Family.

We recommend that you favorite your photos. This way you can admire your best photos without having to go through everything.

If you have scanned old negatives or prints you will need to put a date (and other tags) to them.  You will have great fun with digitalizing your old photos!

Apr 26

Hi there! Today I would like to give you a little how-to-guide on creating albums in Expono.

Expono lets you display your photos in many ways. An album view is just one of them. However if that is how you prefer to look at your photos, then here is how to do that.

New User
When you log in to Expono for the first time, you’ll have no photos of your own. So either you go looking at the photos of your family or friends or you get ready to upload some of your own.

Upload Process
Your first move to get some of your own photos to your Expono account is to click the Violet Upload Button on top of the page.

When you have clicked it, you’re presented with a link to click to select files you want to upload. Files include photos, screenshots, graphics etc. in these formats (.jpg, .png, .gif)

You’ll be able to select either a whole folder with content and/or single files/photos. In Mac you can also go directly into your default iPhoto library and choose events, albums, last imported, photos etc.

Before Starting the Upload, you can create a New Album or add these files to an existing Album. In addition you’ll be able to set Who can see these files/photos. Default is Private ( =nobody can see them).

If you don’t create a new album or choose an existing one, the uploaded files/photos will be visible in the “All Photos” TAB.

Either way: Press “Start Upload” (violet button). You’ll now see the estimated time and a progress bar.

When the upload is complete, press NEXT (violet button).

Place, TAG all, Descriptions, individual TAG
Entering a place for where the photos are shot, makes sense only if they are in fact shot in the same place. Also TAGs added in the dialogue are for all photos. You can add TAGs to the individual photos. You can also add a description for each photo.

Click ‘Save changes’.

Find Album
The album just uploaded will be the first in the list of Albums under the Albums TAB. All the Photos uploaded will also be shown under the TAB ‘All Photos’.

Create Album
If you didn’t create an album you can do that now. Click the ‘New Album’ link to the right in the ‘All Photos’ TAB.

Once you click that link, you’ll be taken to the same view as if you clicked ‘Edit Album’ from an existing Album.

Only, there will be an option to give the Album a name. And select who can view it.

Photos are easily dragged from the horizontal row downwards, either as single selected photos or by holding the ‘Shift-button’ several selected photos in a row. You can also select several photos not directly next to each other by holding the ‘ctrl-button’ (mac) and click the photos you want to add, or right-click (windows).

Once you have added all the photos you want, make sure to save the Album.

If you have any questions regarding creating albums or uploading photos, please write them in the comments below and I will answer them as soon as possible:)

Have a nice weekend everyone!

 

Apr 23

Welcome to the Expono blog:) Here we ‘ll give you tips, tricks and news related to editing, storing and sharing of photos. We will also crown the user photo of the month and hold other contests. Stay tuned!

 

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