Ahhh, animated Gifs. Gotta love them right? Usually funny animations or clips from movies first come to mind. But as a commercial photographer and retoucher, I think it's a valuable way to illustrate to colleagues and clients alike, the steps that are involved in creating an impactful image. I recently found great article on how to create animated gifs and decided to give it a try. I highly recommend checking out Brian Dalessandro's Blog:

This is the beginning of a new Google Series that I will be writing about. This series of articles will talk about how I use Google services as a commercial photographer based in South Bend, Indiana. Please note, that I am not being paid by Google to sell services, these articles will be derived from an informational standpoint stemmed from my own thoughts and opinions on how I use these services in my own personal workflow as a commercial photographer. Lastly, in order to use these services, you will need to sign up for a free google account, if you already have a gmail account, then you have a google account. 

GOOGLE DRIVE FOR COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Let's start off by talking about what Google Drive is. Simply put, Google Drive a free cloud storage service that lets you store and access your files anywhere, on the web, on your computers hard drive, or on your mobile device, by downloading Google Drive app and using your Google Account. You can also go to https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2424384?hl=en to find out more about Google Drive in full detail. 

With Google Drive, you get a generous 15GB of free storage for any types of file(s) you'd like to access. In addition, creating and using Google Docs, do not count against your 15GB limit. Now lets say, you start using Google Drive a lot, and you need more space. No problem, they offer additional cloud storage tiers for very reasonable prices; the best I've seen on the web actually. As of today's date, you can get 100GB for $4.99 a month up to 16TB for $800 a month, now that's going way overboard for cloud storage for about 99.9% of the population, but you get the point.