dotPhoto introduces Free Guest Photo Upload Feature

Businesses, organizations, and consumers use dotPhoto to run photo contests, organize location shots and reunion photos.

West Trenton, NJ (PRWEB) April 30, 2003 -- dotPhoto, Inc., a global leader in state-of-the-art online and wireless digital image handling, today unveiled its guest photo upload feature that gives businesses, organizations and consumers the power to accumulate, organize and share images from around the world in a single online photo album for free.

The new guest upload feature makes community photo sharing easier than ever. Besides photo contests, the guest photo upload feature can be used for group and family reunion albums and is the easiest way for business to accumulate and organize photos from an unlimited number of field representatives in locations around the world. This feature has business applications for industry and real estate where unlimited users can upload photos into an account that is controlled and administered by one manager and is perfect for institution, school, and family reunions.

The California Rare Fruit Growers Association is using dotPhotos guest photo upload feature to run their 2003 Fruit Shoot photo contest online. This feature has helped them take advantage of the Internet and digital photography revolution by using dotPhoto to run their annual photo contest. The Guest Upload feature is a wonderful new capability that greatly facilitated the transition of our Fruit Shoot contest to the age of Digital Imaging," said CRFG Fruit Shoot director Emory Walton.

The guest photo upload feature adds to dotPhotos already robust user interface by enabling album owners to accumulate photos from multiple users in a secure password protected environment and limit access only to those they wish to participate. Album owners can use dotPhotos guest email feature to invite guests to upload and view photos or they can post an automatically generated URL on their website to achieve the same result The guest photo upload feature is the easiest way to accumulate and share photos ever. It helps fulfill dotPhotos mission to harness the power of the Internet to bring people together and make it easier for consumers, businesses and communities to handle and organize photos," said Glenn Paul, president & CEO, dotPhoto Inc.

Its easy to create a community photo album with dotPhotos guest upload feature. Simply set up a FREE account at www.dotphoto.com, create an album, and check "allow guest uploads" under the album preferences link.

About dotPhoto, Inc.
Launched in 1999, dotPhoto, Inc. (www.dotphoto.com) is a privately-held online photo-printing, sharing and image e-commerce portal where members can print, share and sell digital photos online or via their wireless phone. dotPhoto offers users the ability to add sound, text and voice to their online images; organize them into their own portfolio or album; arrange for secure access by friends, family members and business associates; and sell downloads or prints of their images at prices they determine. The Companys patent-pending talking pictures" technology greatly enhances the process of photo-sharing on the Internet, enabling a more realistic and human digital photography experience.

For businesses, dotPhoto offers a full range of digital photography processing and storage solutions. The Companys state-of-the-art high-speed digital processing system enables rapid file transfer, processing and print output of digital images to custom print formats. Corporate customers can also utilize dotPhotos dynamic talking pictures" technology to enhance their marketing and presentation efforts. For more information, visit www.dotphoto.com or call 1-609-434-0340.

About California Rare Fruit Growers

Founded in 1968, the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is the largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world. Its membership includes nationally recognized botanical gardens and noted international horticultural researchers, as well as hobbyists, commercial growers and representatives from institutions of higher learning. The members of sixteen chapters and individual members reside in 48 states and territories of the United States, but the membership encompasses 30 countries worldwide. Although oriented toward the environmentally sound culture of any and all edible plants in the home landscape, CRFG is focused on species not native to nor grown commercially in any given area. Its mission is to share knowledge acquired from its activities with home growers in particular and with any one else in the world having an interest in edible plant cultivation.

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