6. Shutterfly

Shutterfly is among the most popular photo sharing sites for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it has been around since 1999. It has an online photo gallery complete with editing functionally, as well as a free offline client that mirrors the same capabilities (with a few extras).

Among the extras in the offline client - called Shutterfly Studio - are a few neat refining and editing features. These include one to whiten teeth, as well as a "thinning" feature for people (the camera does add pounds, right, so why not take them off?).

As is the case with both Snapfish and Kodak EasyShare, Shutterfly Studio does not fully integrate with the online experience. You can send pictures to the web gallery for sharing, but there is no easy straightforward way to see what you already have online from within Shutterfly Studio itself.

Beyond just providing a simple one-click auto-fix for picture enhancement, Shutterfly goes a step further with its VividPics technology, which automatically enhances pictures. Certainly you can turn the default setting off for VividPics but unless you were to dig through the help menu and actually read all the text on the Shutterfly screen, you'd likely not even realize what was going on - except maybe that your pictures miraculously looked somehow better on Shutterfly.

Shutterfly does not offer any obvious opportunity for users to be able to download JPGs of their images, which is one of the few shortcomings of the overall experience.

According to Shutterfly's online FAQ they offer free, unlimited storage with no fee to upload or store your pictures. Prints can be mailed or picked up a local Target store.