Digital Photo Secrets

Take Amazing Photos with these little known tips and tricks!

Your Photos May Be Used Without Your Permission

Be careful when using some of the popular free photo sites on the Internet (like Flickr), as your image may end up being used by others without your knowledge.

Sending Pictures By Email

Do your images take a long time to email to your relatives? Do your friends ask that you not send pictures to them because of the download time?
This usually happens when your photos are a very large size. Large images take a long time to transfer over the Internet.

Will I Lose Quality When Resizing Images?

I received this email a few weeks ago from Jennifer E, one of my subscribers:

“Hi David, I need to download some of my photos to a CD. My question is, if I resize the photos to a smaller size, so I can get more of them on my CD, then I reinstall them into my [...]

Fake Photo Competitions - Avoiding These Scams

Think your photos are great? Think you could win a competition or two? Be aware of the fine print before entering any Internet photo competitions… you might save yourself a lot of grief.
Search for “Photo Competition” on the Internet, and you’ll be greeted with lots of ads and websites that run photo competitions for amateurs.
Be [...]

Tagging Photos

Most photo software that allows you to organize your photos has the facility to tag your photos. This includes software like Photoshop Elements as well as online services like Flickr.
But what is tagging, and why should you use it? Read on…

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