Do any of these sound like you?

• I take more digital photos than other people I know
• I prefer more spur-of-the moment and candid shots
• I am more eperienced than the average photographer
• My digital photos are well organized
• I like sharing my photos online and find it very easy to do so
• I have ordered digital scrapbook, t-shirts and other products personalized with my photos

If you answered yes to many or all of these, you may be a Picture Happy Socialite. The distinguishing characteristic of photogs in this group is their enthusiasm for sharing their photos online with family and friends. Additionally, they keep their photos well-organized and protected, and are very satisfied with digital photography in general.

Picture Happy Socialites tend to use newer devices with higher than average megapixel capabilities. Like Digital Curators, they are more likely than other groups to upgrade to SLR cameras. As their name suggests, Picture Happy Socialites take pictures of all types of subjects in higher proportion than other groups, an average of 75 pictures per month.

Picture Happy Socialites take a lot of photos and have a great affinity for sharing them online. They are more likely to e-mail photos to others, edit or enhance them, post them to social networking sites, print them at home and copy them to CDs than any of the other groups of digital photographers. Nearly a quarter of the Picture Happy socialites identified in the study say they have done one or more of these activities. Picture Happy Socialites are more likey than the other groups to order digital scrapbooks and products customized with their photos.

Of all the groups of digital photographers identified in the study, Picture Happy Socialites are the most satisfied with the solutions currently available for sharing, storing, printing, organizing, editing and backing-up their digital images. In fact, most people in this group report that they would not change their behaviors if camera were easier to use or photos were easier to print or share.

If you think  you may be a Picture Happy Socialite, consider:

• Upgrading to a digital SLR camera
• Purchasing  photo printer
• Exploring opportunities to share your photos online, like social networking sites, photo sharing sites, blogs, etc.
• Adding the ultimate spur-of-the-moment photo grabber - a smartphone - to your digital imaging arsenal
• Adding a networked storage device for storing and sharing your photos over your home network

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