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A device comprising a first shared image device that captures at least one image representation. The first shared image device receives a request to share the at least one image representation to an at least one other shared image device. The first shared image device and the at least one other shar

A device comprising a first shared image device that captures at least one image representation. The first shared image device receives a request to share the at least one image representation to an at least one other shared image device. The first shared image device and the at least one other shared image device are each capable of capturing image representations. The first shared image device transmits the at least one image representation.

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1. A method, comprising: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session;determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject c

1. A method, comprising: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session;determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session; andgenerating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a sharing session. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current sharing session. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of an image capturing session using the image capture device. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured previous to the recognition. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the event. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured previous to the recognition. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an outline around the at least a portion of the subject in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding an identity of at least one subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject stored by at least one network server; andwherein generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session includes at least:generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially on the determined information. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least one location being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least one setting being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding positional information related to a location of at least one setting being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of at least one article of manufacture being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session, or generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices of the image capture device. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session, or generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices of at least one distal device. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a virtual picture frame during a current portion of a session. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a virtual picture frame during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in an image stored remotely. 20. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a virtual picture frame during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in an image displayed by an application running on the image capture device. 21. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a virtual picture frame during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in an image displayed by an application running on the image capture device, the application configured at least for displaying one or more images stored remotely, the displayed one or more images received via at least one network connection of the image capture device. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a virtual picture frame via the image capture device; anddisplaying an at least partial outline around at least a portion of the subject displayed in the virtual picture frame. 23. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: receiving at least one of an identity or a tag associated with the subject. 24. The method of claim 1, wherein generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an at least partial outline around at least a portion of the subject. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during at least one previous image capturing session. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during at least one previous image capturing session, the at least one previous image capturing session using at least one other image capture device. 27. A method, comprising: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device;capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device;providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password; andreceiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 28. The method of claim 27, further comprising: receiving at least one selection of one or more images to share based at least partially on the received one or more thumbnails. 29. The method of claim 28, further comprising: sending a request from the second shared image device to the first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more images associated with the at least one selection. 30. The method of claim 29, further comprising: receiving the one or more images associated with the at least one selection from the first shared image device at the second shared image device. 31. The method of claim 30, further comprising: querying a user whether to terminate a session associated with the authentication for the second shared image device. 32. The method of claim 27, wherein providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password comprises: providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on whether at least a portion of the second image includes a specified content. 33. The method of claim 27, wherein capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device comprises: capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device including at least capturing the photographic-password with the second shared image device according to receipt of information regarding joining one or more sharing sessions between one or more shared image devices. 34. The method of claim 27, wherein capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device and providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password comprise: capturing an image with the second shared image device, including at least capturing the image with the second shared image device according to receipt of information regarding joining one or more sharing sessions between one or more shared image devices; andproviding the image to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on whether at least a portion of the image includes at least a specified content. 35. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with at least one of one or more still images or one or more video recordings. 36. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device and receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprise: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send at least a portion of at least one image representation to the second shared image device; andreceiving the at least a portion of the at least one image representation from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 37. The method of claim 36, further comprising: combining the at least the portion of the at least one image representation with an additional image portion to yield at least a combined image. 38. The method of claim 27, wherein providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password comprises: providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on whether at least a portion of the photographic-password includes a specified content, including at least providing the photographic-password to the image recognition program according to receipt of information based on image, audio, text, other, or a combination thereof associated with joining one or more sharing sessions between one or more groups of one or more shared image devices. 39. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: sending a request from an image capture device to a shared image device for the shared image device to send at least some data, the at least some data including at least one of audio or video data, to the image capture device. 40. The method of claim 27, wherein capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device comprises: capturing, subsequent to a detection that a physical connection between the first shared image device and the second shared image device has been broken, a photographic-password with the second shared image device. 41. The method of claim 27, wherein receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprises: receiving at least some data from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if (i) the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted and (ii) upon detecting a physical connection between the first shared image device and the second shared image device. 42. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: sending a request from a capturing shared image device to at least one of a peripheral shared image device or another capturing shared image device for the at least one of a peripheral shared image device or another capturing shared image device to send at least some data to the capturing shared image device. 43. The method of claim 27, wherein at least one of sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device, capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device, providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password, or receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices of the second shared image device. 44. The method of claim 27, wherein at least one of sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device, capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device, providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password, or receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices of at least one distal device. 45. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more images associated with at least one of one or more still photographs or one or more videos stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device. 46. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more reduced-resolution images, the reduced-resolution in relation to at least one of one or more still photographs or one or more videos, from the first shared image device to the second shared image device. 47. The method of claim 27, wherein providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password comprises: providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device if at least a portion of the photographic-password resembles at least one of one or more predetermined shapes, one or more predetermined characters, or one or more predetermined patterns. 48. The method of claim 27, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device, capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device, providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password, and receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprise: capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device, providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password, sending, if the authentication has been granted, a request from the second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device, and receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device. 49. A system, comprising: circuitry configured to receive information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session;circuitry configured to determine information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session; andcircuitry configured to generate one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the circuitry configured to determine information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session. 50. The system of claim 49, wherein the circuitry configured to receive information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: circuitry configured to receive information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current event. 51. The system of claim 49, wherein the circuitry configured to determine information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: circuitry configured to determine at least one resolution associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session; andwherein the circuitry configured to generate one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session includes at least:circuitry configured to generate one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device of the at least a portion of the at least one image to be captured in at least one higher resolution than the determined at least one resolution. 52. An article of manufacture, comprising: circuitry configured to send a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device;circuitry configured to capture a photographic-password with the second shared image device;circuitry configured to provide the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password; andcircuitry configured to receive the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 53. The article of manufacture of claim 52, wherein the circuitry configured to capture a photographic-password with the second shared image device and the circuitry configured to receive the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprise: circuitry configured to capture an image including at least a depiction of a predetermined number with the second shared image device and circuitry configured to receive the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the captured image includes at least a depiction of the predetermined number. 54. The article of manufacture of claim 52, wherein the circuitry configured to send a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: circuitry configured to send a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more representations of one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device, the one or more representations at least partially reduced in dimension relative to the one or more images stored by the first shared image device. 55. The article of manufacture of claim 52, wherein the circuitry configured to send a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: circuitry configured to send a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send at least one of extra large icons, large icons, medium icons, small icons, directory listings, tiles, details, or contents related to one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device. 56. The article of manufacture of claim 52, wherein the circuitry configured to receive the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprises: circuitry configured to receive one or more compressed representations of the one or more images from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 57. A computer program product, comprising: at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processing device, perform the operations including at least: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device;capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device;providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password; andreceiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 58. The computer program product of claim 57, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device and receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprise: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send at least some metadata associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device and receiving the at least some metadata from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 59. The computer program product of claim 57, wherein capturing a photographic-password with the second shared image device and providing the photographic-password to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on at least a portion of the photographic-password comprise: capturing an image including at least one printed pattern with the second shared image device and providing the image including at least one printed pattern to an image recognition program for granting an authentication for the second shared image device based at least partially on the at least one printed pattern. 60. The computer program product of claim 57, wherein sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more thumbnails associated with one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device comprises: sending a request from a second shared image device to a first shared image device for the first shared image device to send one or more representations of one or more images stored by the first shared image device to the second shared image device, the one or more representations reduced in fidelity relative to the one or more images stored by the first shared image device. 61. The computer program product of claim 57, wherein receiving the one or more thumbnails from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted comprises: receiving one or more images having a reduced file size from the first shared image device at the second shared image device if the authentication for the second shared image device has been granted. 62. A computer program product, comprising: at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processing device, perform the operations including at least: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session;determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session; andgenerating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session. 63. The computer program product of claim 62, wherein receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session comprises: receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during an event. 64. The computer program product of claim 62, wherein determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises: determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject stored by the at least one other shared image device; andwherein generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially upon the determining information associated with at least one image of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session includes at least: generating one or more instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least partially on the determined information.