Photographic Album Creation and Sharing

A computer program product for facilitating file sharing, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:

• connect a device with image capturing capabilities to a network at a defined venue;
• the device capturing one or more image files in a vicinity of the venue;
• embed social media contact metadata of all venue participants associated with the participating devices with the one or more captured image files;
• publish at least one captured file to a shared storage area, the publication including the embedded social media contact metadata;
• and
• selectively add an image file to the shared storage, wherein the added file includes embedded social contact metadata associated with the participants associated with venue participating devices.

A system comprising:

• a device having functionality to capture an image and to embed the image within an electronic file, the device having a network connection;
• the device to capture one or more image files in a vicinity of a defined venue;
• a manager to embed social media contact metadata of all venue participants associated with participating devices within the one or more captured image files;
• the manager to publish at least one captured image file to a shared storage area, the publication including the embedded social contact metadata;
• and
• the manager to selectively add an image file to the shared storage, wherein each added file includes embedded social network contact metadata associated with the participants associated with venue participating devices.