Photobird.com Press Release 21/07/04

Beautiful photos by vacationers, mothers, hobbyists, photographers, updated every hour

San Francisco, CA - July 21, 2004 - Photobird.com, the easy way to share your photos around the world, today announced the immediate availability of the Photobird Photo of the Hour.  The Photobird Photo of the Hour is the perfect opportunity for vacationers, mothers, hobbyists, photographers, and everyone with a digital camera to share their best photos.  The Photobird Photo of the Hour is shown on the Photobird.com home page giving everyone who visits Photobird.com the ability to see some of the absolute best digital photos.  A free trial to Photobird.com and more information about the Photobird Photo of the Hour announced today are available at www.photobird.com

“So many beautiful photos are taken by digital camera users that we wanted to provide an easy way for customers to show off their best photos to everyone around the world, not just friends and family.  To achieve that goal, the Photobird Photo of the Hour is very clearly
shown on the Photobird.com home page for everyone to see,” said Ed Krimen, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Photobird.com.  “Some websites pick a different photo every week or every day.  We show a different photo every hour because there are so many amazing photos to share.  Best of all, submitting photos for Photo of the Hour is done by simply clicking a checkbox.”

As a premier web site for sharing digital photos, Photobird.com very carefully selects each photo for the Photobird.com Photo of the Hour to ensure that the photo fits well with Photobird.com’s clean, uncluttered, professional design.  Photos submitted for the Photo of
the Hour are evaluated judiciously for their composition, color balance, subject matter, title, and overall presentation quality.  It is important to note that photos selected for the Photobird.com Photo of the Hour are not randomly picked from Photobird.com subscribers’
photo albums.  Photobird.com subscribers submit their photos for Photo of the Hour by simply clicking the “Submit for Photo of the Hour” checkbox on the photo pages.  Photobird.com reviews all of the submitted photos and selects the best photos for Photo of the Hour that
make people smile, convey positive ideas, and evoke an uplifting emotional reaction.

A wide range of beautiful photos from a wide range of talented people have already been shown for the Photobird.com Photo of the Hour.  Vacationers, mothers, hobbyists and highly-acclaimed international photographers, are all using Photobird.com to share their digital
photos around the world, and they’re showing off their best photos with the Photobird Photo of the Hour.

“Photobird.com has a nice clean, easy to use look.  It’s straightforward and easy to add new photos.  There’s a lot of good photos from other photographers on Photobird.com too,” said Peter Horner, an avid photographer from Southampton, United Kingdom.

Clicking on the Photobird.com Photo of the Hour will take you to the subscriber’s photo album so you can see more photos.  There is no limit to the number of photos that subscribers may submit for the Photobird Photo of the Hour.  Plus, photos that are submitted for the Photobird
Photo of the Hour are automatically considered for the Photobird.com weekly feature People, Places, and Things.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The Photobird Photo of the Hour announced today is available to Photobird.com subscribers at no additional cost.  Photobird.com offers flexible and convenient monthly and yearly subscription options, available at www.photobird.com/subscribe .  Photobird.com is currently
offering a 50% discount on yearly subscriptions until August 31, 2004.  For about $2 per month—less than the price for storage space for a website that you would need to build yourself—Photobird.com provides the storage space and the unique, professionally-designed website to make it easy to create your own online photo albums.

ABOUT PHOTOBIRD.COM
Photobird.com makes it easy for digital camera users to share their photos with friends and family around the world.  As a family-owned and operated business with a focus on the needs of customers, Photobird.com wants your experience sharing and viewing photos to be the best it can be.  For more information about Photobird.com, visit www.photobird.com .