Images

I used Picasa to crop this picture.  I used the cropping feature and added a border to enhance the picture.  I also added a watermark to my picture sense it is a picture that belongs to me.  In my opinion the watermark is one of the most important features because you can say not to copy.  I take a lot of pictures and the watermark insures that it is accredited to me.  Between the watermark and changing the resolution so it is less desirable, it lessons the chance of somebody using your picture when uploaded to the internet.  Another feature that I found very useful is the image processing features.  You can change the colors and effects of your pictures such as negative, black and white, and soft focus.  It changes the entire look of your picture and makes it look more professional. 

I like using flikr to search for photography ideas but would rather use snapfish for my online photo gallery.  For my personal photography, I use Windows live gallery.  It is very similar to Picasa but I feel it is easier to use. I like that on my windows computer it was already downloaded and all my pictures automatically open in the windows live gallery.  I can then crop and customize before sending them to be printed at a store using the same program.  It works very well for what I need personally.