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Start taking your photo skills to the next level with an interactive online class! Save $40 off 8-week courses with this special code: GetFeedbackSave40 ... OR save $20 off 4-week courses with this code: GetFeedbackSave20 .... Be sure you enter the code into the Gift Card field on the order form and click "Submit" to get your discount. Act fast, since the BetterPhoto Sale ends this Friday, Oct. 25th ... see you in class!In this edition of SnapShot, get an early start on Halloween with instructor Lynne Eodice's article: 'Creating Ghostlike Images'. Also, don't miss another week of excellent Q&A thoughts and tips. That's it for this week. Have fun with your photography! Kerry Drager
Newsletter Editor
BetterPhoto Article:
You don't have to be a master at post-processing to create ghostly images this Halloween. Read how in BetterPhoto instructor Lynne Eodice's new article!
Photo Q&A:
1: Where to Photograph I live in Phoenix, which should be a place of endless possibilities to shoot pictures. But where? I went to a park yesterday and wanted to get some tight shots of kids' faces. I asked the parents' permission and they all said no! I was so disappointed. Would love to receive ideas from all of you as to how to steal candid shots of people ... or, for that matter, anything without causing suspicion in this weary world of ours. - Corky J. Dehorty
ANSWER 1: Hi Corky, Your Exposure teacher here! Do you have any friends, or friends of friends who have children you can photograph? This may be your best bet. It's a real shame that the parents in the park said no to your photography. At least you asked! If you ever see someone you want to take pictures of again, I would still ask, and offer a digital image to them in return. As for shooting candids, I know that a lot of people do what's called "street photography" with a long lens. The subjects aren't aware that they're being photographed in most cases. However, I would still try to get permission when photographing children. The areas surrounding Phoenix offer a lot of scenic photography possibilities, such as the San Francisco peaks, Sedona, and areas around Flagstaff. I just read in one of my latest issues of "Arizona Highways" about Hart Prairie, just outside of Flagstaff, which has great fall color.
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2: File Size I am told when needing to resize an image it is best not to resample. So, how then is the best way to resize an image so it's not so large when transferring to an email?
ANSWER 1: It is best not to resize *if possible*. Different media requires different resolutions. Monitors run from about 72ppi to 120ppi (with exceptions). Home printers will require somewhere between 180ppi and 240ppi. Offset magazine printing around 305ppi. If you have an image going to print on the cover of a 12x9 magazine, you are going to need 3660 x 2745 pixels (about 10mp). You put that same image on the web or in an email without sizing and it will be at least 30.5 inches, and likely more. Clearly over-kill. What I try to get people to do is NEVER resize an original, but make purposed images from the original, saved as a separate file. This way, you always have the original full resolution image to make other images from -- and those images can be resized for their purpose. Once you drop them in an email, toss the copies! Otherwise you'll just collect repeats and make a mess and have bunches of f iles floating around. As you will likely be sizing down significantly (depends on the original resolution), you want to use a resizing method that incorporates some sharpening or sharpen separately. Think 72ppi. 720x576 will pretty much add up to an 8x10... But you'll want to consider the purpose and the person you are sending to as well. I hope that helps!
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