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How to export your best pictures with Picasa

vlad — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:00:34 +0000

How often do you post images to Facebook? How about sending them by e-mail to your friends? Or maybe you want to publish pictures on the web. Regardless of your purpose, the ability to select your best pictures and export them in different formats for different purposes is crucial to any digital asset management tool. Picasa provides this functionality as well but has kept things simple which makes the whole process very fast. Combined with an intuitive way of selecting your best pictures, the export facility in Picasa makes it very fast and easy to select and send your best pictures. Read on to learn how to export your pictures with Picasa.

Select and group your best pictures in 2 simple steps with Picasa

vlad — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:00:44 +0000

Ever since digital photography has replaced film photography, we have too many pictures, and many of them are not great pictures. Therefore, it is very important to be able to select and group the best pictures out of many pictures. Picasa makes it very easy to accomplish this. Read on to learn out how to select and group your best pictures using Picasa.

Interview with SmugMug.com

vlad — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:20:00 +0000

Sharing pictures of my children and special moments with friends and family is one of the great advantages of digital photography. I just love to be able to post some pictures online and have them instantly available to our extended family half way around the world. It's just really cool! But when it comes down to choosing which online service to use, the choices are way too many. How do you pick the right service for you? Today, I'm starting my series of articles that will evaluate some of the popular sharing services available today. The first service available that I would like to talk about today is SmugMug. Recently I had the privilege of having an online interview with Sean Rogan from SmugMug. Read along to see why Sean thinks SmugMug is the coolest service for sharing your pictures online.

How to setup your computer for easy data backup

vlad — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:26:31 +0000

I have been always writing about backing up your pictures as part of your picture organization strategy. You have to do it, period. That being said, how do you set up an automatic backing up procedure that will save you lots of headache? In addition, what if you have to upgrade your storage for more space and keep backing up everything? There are some simple things that can be done in order to simplify your backup strategy.

How fast does computer technology advance?

vlad — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:10:10 +0000

We all know that computer technology is advancing very fast. It's hard to determine however sometimes just how fast this technology is advancing. Yes, there are pictures online that will show you old computers and if you really look for it you will be able to find the major advances in computer technology. But when you upgrade your own computer you get the best picture of just how much is computer technology is really advancing. I am in the process of upgrading my computer and backup system and therefore I can provide a clear picture of this computer technology advancement. Just read on to see.

Tutorial 8 – Backup your pictures

vlad — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:45:19 +0000

I keep running into people who tell me about loving to take pictures of their family. It's great, we all love our digital cameras. We can take lots of pictures of our loved ones. But most of those people who love to take pictures never think what might happen when all those pictures they have taken disapper? What happens when your computer crashes and all your pictures are gone? Do you have a plan? You should! Read this tutorial to find out how to set up a simple but efficient backup plan for your digital pictures.

Transform pictures in XnView

vlad — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:53:03 +0000

Digital photography gives us extreme flexibility. We can take the picture once and then use it for many different purposes. Pictures can easily be cropped, re sized and saved in different formats. There are many ways to transform your pictures but XnView makes transforming your pictures very easy.

Two new year resolutions you have to keep

vlad — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:41 +0000

Almost everyone that owns a digital camera takes pictures on Christmas and New Year holidays...ok...lots of pictures. This is also the time when we make new year resolutions. Have you every made any resolutions about your pictures? I believe that there are two new year resolutions that anyone taking pictures should not only make but also make sure they keep.

Backup your pictures safely using Western Digital My Book Mirror edition

vlad — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:46:55 +0000

Are you backing up your digital pictures? Well, you should...trust me...you have to set up a plan to backup your pictures. Now that I have you convinced to backup your digital pictures, where do you backup your pictures? The simplest and cheapest way is to have an external hard drive. These are cheap, but they can also fail. I personally like an external drive that actually has two drives and automatically creates two copies of the same data. This way if one drive fails, you have another copy.

Increase your website traffic for free

vlad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:00:03 +0000

I decided to run a small project and provide some SEO advice for free. If you would like me to review your site and give you feedback as to how to optimize your site, then put your website address in the box at the right and submit it. This page is the only place on the site where you can sign up. If you want to get more traffic for your site you can see more details and sign up.

Learn how to send pictures by e-mail in 4 easy steps

vlad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:25:00 +0000

I am still surprised when I get pictures as attachments in e-mails that I receive. The surprise is that I see humongous file sizes like 3 or 4 Mb. It is obvious to me that those who send me these pictures are sending full size images. Even using DSL, if I have six or seven of these pictures it still takes a while for me to download them and see them. In addition, I am sure that it takes the sender a lot longer to send the email since the upload speeds are much lower than the download speeds on any internet connection. So, how are we to e-mail pictures as attachments? Why is it still difficult? Well, read on.

Use Flickr and Facebook to gain traffic for your photo website.

vlad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:40:16 +0000

Flickr and Facebook are great ways to make your pictures more "visible" on the internet. This way is not very direct but it can be very beneficial. Flickr is the largest photo sharing website (Facebook is catching up quickly) in the world and you can take advantage of its popularity if you do a few things right.

Write a photo blog and make your pictures famous

vlad — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:50:33 +0000

Over the years I have accumulated many travel pictures that I wanted to share on the internet. It was pretty easy to get my pictures published on the internet at first, but then I noticed that hardly anyone was finding my pictures on the internet. Even though I didn't know anything about SEO or page ranking, I realized pretty quickly that having the pictures published on the internet and having people actually come visit my site are two entirely different things.

Adding the right text in the right place will make your pictures visible on the Internet

vlad — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:53:43 +0000

Since there are so many photographers and photography websites it is very hard to get your pictures noticed on the internet. You may really be a very talented and experienced photographer and you may indeed have many great pictures. But how to you get the word out on the internet? How do you get your pictures noticed? What do you do to have your pictures show up in an internet search like Google, Yahoo or Bing? Fortunately there are some steps that you can take so that your pictures become "visible". Read on and see what I have found out about making my pictures "visible" on the internet.

Photography and Videography produce amazing results together.

vlad — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:32:59 +0000

Time lapse photography is a photography technique in which you keep your camera steady into one place over a long time and take many pictures over time. It has to do with blending together photography and videography techniques. The results can be really, really cool. I love these videos, they show a lot of imagination coupled with great understanding of videography and photography.

Facebook says no to image geotags

vlad — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:20:37 +0000

I have been searching the Internet for a while trying to find how to use the geotags I have in the images I share on Facebook. I was sure I would find an application or some plug-in that would do it. I was wrong !

What is a photoblog good for ?

vlad — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:35:14 +0000

I have argued in my previous article about simple marketing for photographers, that a simple website specific to your photography niche can be very powerful, even more powerful than a full fledged photoblog. That being said...what is a photoblog good for then? Well, I don't believe a photoblog is suited for every kind of website, but it can be very well suited for certain web sites. Read along to find three ways to successfully use a photoblog.

Choose the best web hosting company in 10 easy steps

vlad — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:59:17 +0000

When talking about publishing pictures online, the discussion inevitably goes towards web hosting companies. There are so many companies out there, from small to large, from cheap to expensive; they all say the same thing: we're the best ! How can one choose? Well, I have been publishing online for over eight years and I have tried several web hosting providers...so my opinion is somewhat qualified. If you're looking for a web hosting provider, I'm hoping that this article will help you choose a good company.

How to turn a simple website into a powerful marketing tool for your pictures.

vlad — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:55:31 +0000

I find many good photographers on the web. I love browsing through Flickr because I see lots of great pictures; there are some great photographers on Flickr! Sometimes I think that they're making lots of money with their great pictures but when I research a little more I find out that they probably don't. On the other hand on Flickr I find other good photographers that actually make money from their pictures. What is the difference between these two groups of photographers? While the quality of their pictures is certainly a factor there is another simple difference: publicity...or in other words...marketing.

Generate your image galleries for web publishing.

vlad — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:53:48 +0000

In my previous article about publishing online photo galleries, I have addressed the two major solutions available for hosting your photo galleries on your own web site. The first solution that I have talked about was to use gallery generation software that will produce all the files necessary for publishing your gallery. This article will explore some of the implementations that are available for this solution.

Host your photo galleries on your own web site.

vlad — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:07:12 +0000

This article is the third in the series I have started regarding publishing pictures online. So far, we have talked about two fundamental questions to be asked before publishing any pictures online, and last article dealt with the first and easiest option namely, using an online picture sharing library. In this article I will discuss publishing your picture galleries on your own website.

Use an online image sharing library to publish your pictures online

vlad — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:37:24 +0000

In my first article in the series about publishing pictures on line, I have written about asking and answering two fundamental questions before publishing your pictures online. But what do you do next, what do you do after you answer these questions? This article will analyze the pros and cons of using an online sharing library for publishing your pictures online.

2 Questions you must ask before publishing your pictures online

vlad — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:32:00 +0000

I have written articles that deal with organizing the pictures on your hard drive using efficient folder names. But how about the photo galleries that you publish online for family or customers to see? I also maintain a travel blog where I publish some of my travel pictures and I believe there are many of you who publish some of your pictures online. Today I'm starting a series of articles about the different options available for publishing pictures online. This article will address two fundamental questions that need to be answered before publishing pictures online.

Backup your pictures in 6 easy steps using SyncBack Freeware

vlad — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:51:11 +0000

Finally I get to write about setting up a simple backup plan for your digital pictures. Last week I have written about the things that you need in order to be able to backup your pictures. So, assuming that you have an extra hard disk (internal or external) you can start backing up your digital pictures. In this article I will explain how I backup my pictures using SyncBack Freeware software.

3 things you need for you backup

vlad — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:06:13 +0000

If you have a high resolution camera (more than 6 megapixels) you will fill up many memory cards. Your pictures will look great but your hard drive will fill up very fast. So, as I have said in my previous post…you have to have a backup plan. In this post I will outline the important things you need in order to be able to safely and consistently backup your data.

5 reasons I backup my digital pictures frequently

vlad — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:02:53 +0000

Do you really need to backup your pictures? The simple answer is YES! I’m hoping to explain why backing up your pictures is so important. Before I bought my first digital camera did I ever worry about backing up my photos? Of course not…I printed all of them and kept the negatives and that was my backup…no need to worry. The thought never went through my mind !

Understand the problem with E-mailing pictures

vlad — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:26:43 +0000

If you’re not that tech savvy, you’ve probably been frustrated by how long it takes to send an email with pictures attached to it. All your other emails seem to work very fast, but when you attach a few pictures it takes forever to send the email. And you might also get some complaints from the people that receive them…that it takes so long for them to download your emails.