There are countless tools for improving your pictures, storing them, sharing them and even turning them into works of art. Here's some ideas for starters - if you've some some tips, tricks or you know a good photo website, tell us about it using the comment form below.

Photoshop

Getting a good holiday snap doesn't stop at the click of the shutter - if the light, angle, or even subject isn't right, you can rescue your photo with some editing trickery.

Search for Photoshop tips online and there are countless sites offering advice. The photography tips range from simple and effective tips for beginners to more complex techniques.

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Once you've learnt the basics, you can pick up tips like how to make a map or photo look vintage, how to straighten a crooked photo, or even how to remove unwanted people from your picture. There's a good archive of Photoshop tips on the www.dobadob.com blog.

Of course, it doesn't have to be Photoshop. In the same way that Google has become almost synonymous with "search engine", PhotoShop has become the generic term for computer photo editing, but there are alternatives - Apple's Aperture competes fiercely with Lightroom, another Adobe program, to be the photographer's software programme of choice.

There are plenty of free software programmes too. Google's Picasa has cropping, colour, contrast and red eye tools, and the software provided with your camera will do basic editing - just make sure you update it regularly - most camera manufacturers offer free upgrades on their website.

Flickr

With the advent of digital photography and camera functions on phones, we're snowed under with photos that never make it off the computer, never mind the camera card. While your walls will never have room for every holiday photo you come home with, it's a shame to leave them locked on your hard drive where no-one can see them.

Loading your pictures onto a photo sharing site like Flickr means you can share them with friends, or make them accessible to anyone who'd like to enjoy them.

The are, of course, numerous alternative photo sharing sites including the afore-mentioned Picasa and Shutterfly (Wikipedia even has a list of them), and social networking sites like Facebook take images, but the advantage Flickr has over Facebook is that photos can be downloaded from the site in high resolution, they can be tagged by subject, not just user, and viewed in full screen.

It's free to register, but the storage capacity is limited if you don't pay an annual subscription of around £20 a year. Flickr's "how to get the most out of..." online tutorial is a great start for beginners, with tips on uploading directly from a cameraphone, labelling photos and creating groups.

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