How to change the default images path and direct it to the external directory I just want to know if there is anyway set drupal to upload images to the directory outside the drupal installation like loc*lhost/site-name/image-upload/... rather than 
loc*lhost/site-name/drupal/sites/all/default/.... My drupal installation directory is loc*lhost/site-name/drupal/

Thank you
JOnas
Use Private File System, go to admin/config/media/file-system and provide the private file system path. After saving it, select  Private local files served by Drupal as Default download method. After that edit your image field and choose Private Files as Upload Destination

Note : It should be writable by Drupal and not accessible over the web.