Are you posting from an Apple product?

I believe you have to take a landscape picture with an Iphone with the button to the right like this below to get it to appear correctly on the website. I know I have to do this with videos to not show up sideways in my emails.

I am posting from a macbook. But I was trying to post an old photo that was in my library and it still came out sideways. I also tried to delete the photo once I realized it was sideways, and I couldn't figure out a way to do that.

It seems like you should have the ability to edit a photo some way before posting it.

Thanks for your suggestion; I'll remember that for photos I'm taking now.

Try rotating the photo on your computer, then rotating it back, then saving it. Might work.

Thanks so much for the suggestions; but also wonder if anyone else has had this problem. I will have the post nearly complete, then add the photo, and it's sideways. At that point I would like to be able to delete the photo from the post, then try rotating it before I try again to include it. But I haven't figured out how to do that. Once an image is included, the only way I've been able to eliminate it is to abandon the post altogether and start over. Surely there must be a better way!

Yes, I have had the same problem. No good solution that I know of.

I think it has something to do with the orientation when you take the photo, and then whether or not you subsequently edit/save it.

I never post directly to FB or here from my iPhone or iPad. Usually I download to iPhoto which has an uncanny ability to display the photo right-side up. In downloading, it has been saved to my hard drive. I frequently crop the photo, but I don't know if that additional edit matters. Whatever, I have never had a problem with my photos turning sideways on this site. I usually take photos in landscape mode.

I'm also downloading from iPhoto, and they are always displayed correctly there. The transition from iPhoto to this site is where things seem to go awry.

I have heard others mention this, and don't know if they are also using iPhoto.

jjam, do you edit your photos after you download to iPhoto and before you upload to GW? Sometimes an intentional Save is required.

It helps to remember that your iPhone or iPad will 99% of the time rotate what's on your screen so that you view it right-side up. However, the photo doesn't always know that itself. Saving it in the orientation you prefer usually takes care of things.

Linelle, thanks so much. I don't think I'm familiar with an intentional save is, but I'll find out.

jjam, "intentional save" wasn't very clear. :) I don't even know if that's a real term.

I meant take it a step beyond your iPhone or iPad saving your photos to your Photo Stream. Open the photo in your Photo Stream and give it a slight crop, something to cause it to Save. Then your edited photo will be in your Camera Roll. Use that version to upload to this site.

I will have the post nearly complete, then add the
photo, and it's sideways. At that point I would like to be able to
delete the photo from the post, then try rotating it before I try again
to include it. But I haven't figured out how to do that. Once an image
is included, the only way I've been able to eliminate it is to abandon
the post altogether and start over.

I'm posting from a MacBook Pro. I'm able to delete photos inserted here by right clicking on the photo and hitting delete.

Thanks all. Little by little, I'll get there. Being able to delete the photo once I realize it's sideways is a huge help. Then I can figure out which way it may need to rotate before trying to post again.

crl, I propose doing a simple experiment: Take 4 photos of the same subject, turning your iPhone/iPad a quarter turn each time. Make sure you note which is which, particularly in relation to where the Home button is when you click the shutter.

Then post them all without any additional edits (e.g., rotate or crop). See what happens. If any are sideways, repeat the exercise to confirm. Then train yourself to hold the phone in an orientation that doesn't cause rotation.

Linelle, for me the problem seems to be most troublesome with old photos that are saved rather than current pictures. I think I've got how to hold my iPad so the picture orients properly figured out.

crl, where do you keep your old photos? Are they still in your original Photo Stream or have they been downloaded, e.g., iPhoto or your Desktop?

I've never had a problem with photos displaying on their sides, but I have had that happen with videos and I've had to edit them in iMovie.

Stored on my photostream. I very rarely use a computer, just my iPad. Rotating then saving seems to fix it, which is why I suggested that to the OPer.

Yep, good plan.