How to Upload Photos from iPhoto to Shutterfly

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The first step in making a photo book on Shutterfly is to upload your photos. This can be a long, painful process but here is one method for uploading photos from iPhoto to Shutterfly that I have found to be fairly easy and efficient. Go to the Shutterfly website and use the search bar on the upper right of the screen and type “upload photos Mac.” Select the option described as "Free Software, Upload Features for Mac". You’ll come to an option to download software onto your computer described as "Upload from your iPhoto software" and you'll select "Download now". After restarting your computer, you should see Shutterfly as one of the options in the top of the Export box (under the "File" drop down menu). Click here to log onto Shutterfly.

You can go through your photos and select the photos you want to export. To upload more than one at a time, hold down the command key while you select photos. After you’ve selected the photos you want, select “File” and “Export” on the top menu, select “Shutterfly”, type in the album name and follow the remaining prompts.

You can also collect your favorite photos into an album and upload them as a group. To create an album, select the plus sign at the bottom left of iPhoto. Choose to make an album or a Smart album. For an album, you simply drag and drop your favorite photos into it. For a Smart album, you can set up criteria for which photos will be included. Select the Album (listed in the left-hand column) and select “File” and “Export” at the top menu. You can select “Shutterfly” at the top and follow the prompts until you're ready to select "upload." Now you can walk away and do something else while your photos get uploaded to Shutterfly. After the upload is finished, you get to do all the fun work of creating your photo book.

Digital Photo Tip

I love to take photos, but by no stretch of the imagination am I an "expert photographer."  I basically point and shoot.  I don't use all the features that my camera offers.  My philosophy has been to take a lot (and I mean A LOT) of photos and chances are at least one photo will turn out well.  Recently, I read an article that gave a few tips on digital photography.  I'm not very good at reading my camera's owner's manual, but I read this article and learned a tip that I've incorporated into my photo taking.  I switch the camera to "manual" mode and then set the light or"white balance" to the light situation that I'm in, i.e. sunny, cloudy, indoor lighting, and so on.  The photos look better and my camera has less of a delay when I click the shutter, which is very important when kids are the subject of the photo.