Sharing Photos & Videos Make This As Easy As Possible…
Once someone told me very excitedly that they had just bought a new phone which took pictures and I replied, “Why would you want that?” These days I must use the camera function on my phone absolutely every week. Not every day, but most days.
If you already know that you store your photos both on your phone and in the cloud, and you share those photos with others via links then there is nothing new for you here, but I sense I know a lot of people who are unaware of this option and do not use it.
If you have an Android phone you will have a Google Gmail address even if you very seldom use it. With that address you received 15GB of storage in the cloud. Thus, if you set your Android phone to save your pictures chances are you are storing them in the cloud, even if you have not noticed.
Ultra-Res Ultra Resolution
Means that your phone is taking the photos in a higher resolution than the default.
My Android phone can take a photo which is 64.4MP
9280px wide × 6944px deep
The benefit is that I want to edit the photo there is a lot more to edit. I can zoom in with my graphics software https://website-doctor.com/birmingham/ this photo was taken in high resolution, and then I zoomed in to show the Birmingham skyline.
If you are one of the few people who takes your photos Landscape using this format you will create photos which have the potential to fill a computer screen.
If you take your photos portrait this becomes more challenging.
Can you upload a 64.4MP photo on to a website? No.
Computer screens are not normally configured to display something which is 9280 pixels wide except by shrinking it to 1920px wide which is a popular format, or smaller.
Similarly, the depth of a computer screen is unlikely to be more than 1080px deep.
However, it is much easier to make a large photo smaller than the other way round. If the photo is say 1200px wide, and you make it 1920px wide it will look very grainy.
How To Share Pictures Without Losing Quality?
If You Have A Google Account
Login and go to the 9 dots 3 rows of 3 dots and click on that.
And Go To Photos
Open Photos
This is “pool” where your photos live.
If you have an Android account, and you have configured it there is a good chance your photos will be backed up automatically when you are linked to a Wi-Fi network.
Click Albums
Click New Album
Now select the photos you want to share by clicking on them which give them a tick.
Creating A New Album
Ideally call the Album something which does not need any explanation. You can have more than one Album. Think of who you are going to share this with, that might help name the album.
Now select the photos you want to share by clicking on them which give them a tick.
Naming Album
2026-07-21 Buxton Peak District If you add the date as Year-Month-Day space and then text description as you build up a library of Albums they will be in date order.
Click Done – When Finished
To Share Your Work Click The Share Icon Top Right
This is a circle with two more circles branching off from it and says Share when you hover over it.
You can now share the link with someone in your address book or the one I tend to go with is Copy Link.
Which Generates This Step
Click Create link
Now You Will See A Link With Random Letters and Characters
Copy
If you paste this into an email or put it on WhatsApp / Facebook or Wherever you want people to see it they can click it to view the photos
The benefit of this is they can now see the full size unadulterated photos as you took them. These have not been reduced in size which typically happens if you share your photos by WhatsApp or put them on Facebook etc.
I will send you the link. You click on it and you will see a folder.
Upload your photos into the folder.
You will now see your photos appearing in the folder.
If you click on a photo you will see in the top right-hand corner a circle with an i in it.
i for information.
Click on that and you will see the phrase
Add a description
Add your description
Moving to the next page will save the description.
Someone will like this feature others will not, but it is possible to record the location of where you have taken the photo. The map part.
Comparison: Why Google Photos Beats WeTransfer for Client Asset Delivery
Feature | WeTransfer (Free) | Google Photos (Reverse Link) |
Link Expiration | Links expire in 7 days (forcing re-uploads if missed) | Never expires (link stays active until you turn it off) |
Download Hassle | Forces you to download a large .zip file and extract it | Instant preview in browser + selective or bulk high-res downloads |
Mobile Ease | Requires app download or web zip downloads on mobile | Tap the link $\rightarrow$ select photos right from their camera roll |
Organized Uploads | Files land in a temporary download folder | Files go straight into a titled project album |