Storing digital pictures

Everybody knows the impact digital cameras have caused in the way we take pictures in these last years. This fact has been accepted -or assumed in other cases-, but now there are some issues beyond the common features we look into these new cameras, as they are already a default, like the ammount of megapixels.

One of these new concerns is related to the way we store our pictures, since disk space is bigger and the need to keep safe this information is a top priority. The link I suggest in this post contains useful information to decide which is the best device to store our pictures, according to specific needs. It is important to keep in mind digital information should be backed up in different ways since these files are our "negatives".

Article "Storing Your Digital Images"

jorgemm

Nivel: (Intermediate- Advanced)

Improving your pictures before printing them

Ok, I already have pictures from my last vacation... now what? Well, the easiest thing is to keep them in your PC and show them to your friends only and think you will print them later to let your parents see them.

We have talked about print our picture, but I have noticed there is a need to improve our photos before printing them.

You would say this step could be ommited, but you can be sure time spent improving your pictures well worth it. What can be improved then in this pictures taken in our state-of-the-art digital/film camera? Here you have a brief list of starting points:

1. Light quality. Our pictures could be too bright (over-exposed) or too dark (under-exposed).

2. Contrast. Did you noticed the sky is not as blue as it was in your last trip out of town?

3. Things that should not be there. Does it happen to you that there is a tree or a branch that takes a part in your picture that should not be there? Or what about the guy walking across our subject and us while pressing the shutter? For these kind of problems we have the posibility of cropping or reframing the image to improve the picture.

If you consider these three simple principles you will achive more breath-taking pictures when sending to print.

There are many tools for photography edition, but I strongly recommend Picasa for the following reasons:

1. Is free
2. Once you understand the way it works is easy to improve and handle our pictures
3. I like it so much so I recommend it to you

Here is the link where you can download Picasa for free ¡ Felices arreglos e impresiones !

Picasa version 2

jorgemm

Nivel: (Basic-Intermediate)

Selling your pictures !

Sell them !
This other option requires a bit more time from you, but it worth try it. There is a site (ShutterStock) where you can upload your pictures and offer them to sale. You earn 0.20 US dollars per download, and once you gather an specific amount of money you will receive a check for your pictures.

There are some requirements the pictures should meet, but is not a big deal. Get more details visiting the site and start getting an income using all those pictures stored in your hard disk.

Shutterstock

jorgemm

Level: (Intermediate-Advanced)

Printing your pictures in Mexico City

As digital age in photography takes momentum, all of us have stored a considerable amount of pictures of all kind: holiday, spare time, friends, family, etc.
Most of them will not be printed in paper or any other medium since we think is too expensive to do so.
There will be another kind of pictures that are good enough to show off to the world and demonstrate out ability to capture the decisive moment !
To all these pictures we already have in our hard disk, I have to recommendations for you, depending on what we want to do with them. I give you the first one today:

Print them !!
If you live in Mexico City, there is a cheap way to print your pictures -less than 2 pesos-. Is only necessary to upload the selected pictures to Fujifilm site in Mexico and that's it !!
Is just necesary to follow up the instructions given in the site and to specify if we want to pick up the pictures ourselves or have them sent to an address.

https://www.fujifilm.com.mx/servdigitales1/

jorgemm

Level: (Basico-Intermediate)

Basic information about SLR digital cameras SLR (D-SLR)

If you are looking for a digital SLR camera and need to know more about it before leading your steps to the store, take a time to check out this link...

http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

jorgemm

Level:(Basic-Intermediate)