When you’re sitting side by side with someone looking at photos, it's great fun to reminisce - whether it’s memories from last weekend, last year or even the last decade. The stories you share bring the photos to life. What’s more, sharing the story with another person or a group of people helps you remember details that would otherwise be forgotten.

But how do you preserve these stories and memories – how do you guarantee that your stories last your lifetime and beyond? Easy – just use the simple-to-use digital storytelling tools at Hoorray.

Hoorray helps your stories last forever

How you want to tell your story is up to you. With digital storytelling, it’s always a good idea to start with the basics – when the photo was taken, who’s in it, what event it signifies.

By getting the basics down first, you will ensure that the key information down. Besides the obvious benefit of simply having a record of when a photo was taken and who is pictured, this basic information has another use: For many people, simply having their memory jarred by a date, or by putting a name to a face in a photo, will cause a flood of memories

What happens then is true sharing. People will start to remember facts and events that you’ve never even heard of. That’s because people have their own individual memories of an event, person or milestone. And people bring their own unique perspective.

Capture this flood of memories with Hoorray!

The beauty of Hoorray is that no matter whom you show the picture with, no matter where they live, they can record their thoughts and memories about the photo online at Hoorray.

No longer do you need to be sitting next to each other on the couch in your living room. You can scan an older photo in, add important facts and memories about the photo, share it with a friend … and voila, in an instant, they can reply to you with their own special memories.

It's important to include your special memories about a photo

The key is to have fun. As you are writing, really try to remember the special moments surrounding the photo. Perhaps call a friend or family member and reminisce as you put your story together.

Include as many details as you want. There is no limit to the number of words you can put in your story electronically.

You can even customize your comments for each recipient. That way, you can share personal, special memories with each individual. You’ll really enjoy reading all the comments people share with you about your photos!

Hoorray's easy to use tools make writing your story a snap

As you move through the easy to follow steps, you can create digital photo stories that are as simple or elaborate as you want. Hoorray guides you every step of the way. Digital storytelling is quick, simple and you'll feel better knowing you have this important information stored at Hoorray.

If you like, you can comment on a single photo upload and simply save it to Hoorray, or you can share it with family and friends. You can allow your family and friends to add their comments to your story, or you can simply allow them to read your story

Hoorray's digital storytelling tools are easy to use and let you capture the truly intimate and memorable details behind your photos.

What’s more, you can transfer your stories to the wonderful gift items available from Hoorray – gifts such as a custom photo calendar,photo greeting cards,online photo albums and more! Hoorray's digital storytelling tools are easy to use and let you capture the truly intimate and memorable details behind your photos. Keep in mind that if you plan on creating a Photo Creation, there will be limits on how much you can write as it will need to fit within whatever page layout you select.

Adding information to your photos is the best way to stay connected

Whether you’re simply sharing one photo with a family member or friend, or creating a living legacy of memories to a whole group of photos, adding information to the photos you share really brings your memories to life. Here are just a few ways you can creatively use this tool:

Preserve family connections.

Think of all the stories you can share with brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, parents, grandparents.

Strengthen your organization.

Why not use Hoorray as a communication resource for your organization? Members could share not just fun stories and memories, but you could also share important information by scanning in meeting photographs.

Communicate with church members.

Sharing photos with detailed information is a great way to keep in touch with members of your Church.

Get started today by uploading a photo or two, add a few important facts and a story, and then share it with a friend or family member. Then, sit back and enjoy reading the comments they share with you. Once you do, you’ll be hooked on adding all sorts of information to your photos and you’ll enjoy a richer, more rewarding online photo sharing experience!