Author: Björn

  From the bottom of our hearts – Thank you all Jalbumers! The new site has been deeply appreciated by the community. Thank you for all the love e-mails and flood of donations. It makes us feel that we are doing something good for you guys. The new features are really being used like crazy…

  There are many ways to connect with a fellow Jalbumer: the Jalbum forum, a user profile guestbook, an album comment, widget comment, a skin comment and… a personal message! The personal message is a powerful feature and the only form of communication where you may send private messages without broadcasting your voice to the…

  The new Jalbum.net site is all about making things easy and fun to work with. That's why we decided to change "Favorites" to "Likes". If you find an album interesting or inspiring you can show your appreciation by a simple click. You can "Like" an album when viewing it with our browsebar or by…

  Publishing your albums on jalbum.net is convenient but what if your audience is elsewhere? We added some features to help you share your album via email, blogs or other social websites like Facebook and Twitter. On your homepage you simply hover the mouse over a thumbnail image and loads of sharing options will be…

  It might seem strange to dedicate an entire blog post on how to remove your albums from your account. Well, we've received tons of support questions on how to remove albums. It has obviously been too complicated to delete albums. Up until now, you had to manually remove the files by opening the publish…

  There are some photos that you want to show everybody and there are some photos (read: bachelor party) you want to display for a limited group of spectators. Fortunately, Jalbum let’s you choose your crowd. Edit your album settings by moving your mouse over one of your album thumbnails and click “Edit album”. Under…

In the new website layout we have merged your community profile and album hosting pages into a single customizable album home page. One page to rule them all. The new customizable homepage is the crown jewel in our new site release. You are now able to display more information about yourself and your photography: –…

Congratulations all Canon camera owners. You are the leading majority of all Jalbum users when it comes to using your camera. A couple of months ago we decided to do a little data-crunching project to investigate what kind of cameras we as a community prefer. We crunched all the albums on our servers and extracted…

Unless you live in the Arctic you generally don’t have to be afraid of polar bears. Still, there is something about this picture that make me watch my steps the next times I walk alone in the northern Sweden next December. Images have a way to touch us like words cannot. Here are a few…

  Psst… The Photo book contest Photography.Book.Now is due July 16!  We all go around thinking about creating a photo book for our best photos. Why not do it now and take the chance to win 25 000 USD? No matter where you live in the world you may submit your contribution. This is how…

Photo District News is a great resource for professional photographers both online and in print. The offer an array of camera reviews, photography biographies and stock photo galleries, PDNOnline.com is packed with news on everything Photography related. Now PDN invites all Jalbumers to enter the 2009 PDN Photographers' Self-Promo Awards. Amateurs and professionals are welcome…

We recently tried the new search engine from Microsoft called Bing.  It has a neat look with a calming background that seem to change from day to day. As photo enthusiasts, we think that is a nice feature. But wait, what happens when we hit the search button; the search result comes up and the…

  Have you submitted your work to the photo book contest Photography.Book.Now by Blurb? It truly is your chance for worldwide recognition and also getting paid for your dedicated work as a photographer. $25,000 is at stake for the one winner with the most impressive work. Also there are several photography related prizes for the…

  Last week we moved all of our servers to a new location – the ex nuclear bunker Pionen. The bunker is located 30 meters below ground and completely state of the art as well as an architectural wonder. The inspiration for the place was old sci-fi movies like Star Wars and Logan’s run. Plants…

 Do you use Facebook or Twitter? So do we! We have a group on Facebook called Jalbum where we publish blog posts from this blog and meet you guys. A bunch of the Jalbum team members are a part of this group if you want to get to know them up close. Our friendly frog…

  Spring is in the air. In the northern parts of the world birds are returning home and life returns to fields and forests.  Now is a great time to bring some friends and shoot some beautiful photos of your surroundings. Creative life is also flourishing everywhere in the digital world. People are downloading skins…

  Today we launched a brand new set of improvements. On your profile page you will find a collection of users that has added one or more of your albums as a favorite. In a way they are your "Fans". Go on and pay their profile page a visit to find likeminded people and more…

I just wanted to answer a question we get quite frequently right now. "Can I use widgets on my album even if it is not hosted on Jalbum?" Answer: yes you can. Widgets work on any album you create no matter where you put it. The only requirement is that you have to sign in…

Are you like us you probably have your computer stuffed with digital photos from holidays, vacation and family members. The oldest pictures are dated at least two years back, the time where you bought your new digital camera.  You might have backed them up during the years but you don’t want to remove them from…

  There are two things most people would search for when they try the Google search for the first time in their life; their name or their hometown.  At Jalbum there are a lot of people adding pictures of the latter one. Have you tried to search for the city you live in? And while…

      In this new age of digital photography, it is sometimes nice to revert to a good solid film to record certain events. Even though I predominantly use professional digital cameras, there are certain subjects that just seem to require traditional film. I find that nature photography is better suited to slide film,…

So are you planning to buy a new digital camera for Christmas? Like most electronics there are a ton of things to consider. One thing that often misguide consumers is the message “The most megapixels win”. Older Digital single lens reflex cameras (DSLR) can take on modern compact digital cameras any time. The true limit…

A digital photo frame is the number one item on many people wish list this Christmas. They come in many different shapes and designs. The best thing is that prices are dropping like rocks in a pond due to competition and a global wide demand. One feature that really gets us enthusiastic is the possibility…

 This technique works very well with flowers in the late afternoon or early morning, when the sun is low in the sky. Set your lens aperture (f-stop) to the lowest number possible, which will give your image a shallow depth of field. Compose your photo so that the flowers or buds that are closest to…

It’s truly exiting times within the Jalbum team. We have a reached a point where we are more focused than ever. A couple of weeks ago we spent two whole days in a room with a whyteboard and a video projector. We looked at what the other photo sharing sites are doing right now, which…

Most of us are all returning from summer vacation and the time has come to transfer all the photos from your digital camera to the computer. Why not polish the photos a bit before putting them online. This is a wonderful time to discover the Jalbum photo editing tools. This blog post will just give…

Have you ever wanted to have the look and feel of a real photo album for your online photos? Just like the one standing in your bookshelf with pictures that were taken before you bought a digital camera. With the PageFlip skin you can. This flash-based skin lets you view your photos like a photobook,…

An easy way to get your flower photos to look like a painting:1. Put your camera on Aperture Priority and set your lens to its lowest f-stop number. In this case, a 50mm f1.4 lens works best, but use whatever you have.2. If you are using digital, set your camera’s saturation level to high, and…