Even though many photo sharing sites are available in internet, picasa web albums is the best one. A very simple way for uploading photos to picasa is explained below.

Things that are needed for uploading photos to Picasa:

- Picasa software
- Internet connection
- Gmail account

1. First download the Picasa software from the following link and install it in your system.

http://en.softonic.com/s/picasa-5 ( This is a one time installation only )

3. Select Import from option from File Menu.A window appears as given below.

4. Choose Folder option in the menu Import from

5. Select the folder you want to upload and click open button ( I have chosen the folder named 'Test Album' )

6. If you want to put all the photos, click 'Import All' button. Otherwise select the photos by holding CTRL key and click open button

7. Enter the title for the album in the box next to Folder Title and choose where to store this album in the box next to Import to

8. Click Import All button.Now the screen appears as given below pointing to the folder added

9. Right click the folder  in picasa that needs to be uploaded ( Ex: Test Album ) and click the option 'Upload to picasa web albums'

10. For the first time when you are putting to picasa, follow this step.Click signup for web albums and provide the username and password of the gmail account for registering with picasa web album. ( This a one time process )

11. After signing up enter the username and password for your gmail account in the window and click signin button.Window appears as given below.

12. Choose the desired size for the photos from the option 'Size to upload'

13. Choose the visibility for your album. It is better to choose unlisted than public. Public means anybody can view your albums without invitation.

14. Click upload button. Now the following window appears.

15. After the uploading is completed, the following window appears

16. Click the option view online to see the photos online.

17. Click Share button and enter the email ids of the persons seperated by comma, to whom you wish to share the photos.

18. Finally click Send mail button

19.Once all the photos are uploaded and email invitations are sent, sign out from the web albums