Photo sharing in small groups
Jarno Ojala, Sanna K. Malinen · 2012
Study of user groups regarding their photo sharing and managing practices and needs for future designs was arranged with four different target groups: cosplayers, snowboarders, camera club and the family. Group interviews of 15 people and two individual interviews were carried out in total. Study identifies experiences and features that users appreciate, current practices and bottlenecks in the photowork. novel needs for photo sharing solutions, and gives design drivers for these kinds of solutions in the small group context. Results of the group interviews suggest that new kinds of collective repositories are needed to make photo sharing experience more enjoyable. There are many services that allow publishing photos publicly to the big audiences or the whole user communities, but services that aim for supporting working with limited and intimate groups are still in their infancy.