I always wanted to share photos and videos so my parents (in India) can see their grandsons growing up. But the whole process was so cumbersome that I sent pictures occasionally all at once.

Before iPhone (or smartphones):
Step 1: Take photos on a digital camera | Capture video
Step 2: Download to laptop
Step 3: Attach to email (3 or 4 pics per email or 1 video)
OR
Step 3: upload to photo site | youtube.
Step 4: Ask all your everyone to create an account with the photo site so they can see the photos

After iPhone
Photos: Now I take photos on my iPhone, I auto sync it with my facebook account, and auto sync my facebook to my blog using fotobook plugin.

Videos: I use qik on my iPhone to capture videos. Videos are auto synced with my qik account and my video stream is embedded into video page on my blog.

Now I can share the photos and videos without any hassle. Its all automated.