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Facebook has been making a lot of changes lately, and features related to sharing images and photos are among them. A long time ago, I posted an article about the (then) maximum Facebook image size of 720 pixels. This has since been increased to 960 pixels, but… the old article…

Over the past week, we took a look at . Some of these sites I’ve used extensively in the past; others, I just learned about this week. It was nice to take a deep look at these different options, though, because some real differences emerged between the different websites that…

When I first signed up for Facebook (this was back in 2007, when it was still reserved for college students), I didn’t really have much use for it. I had a few friends from grad school, and we occasionally used it to get in touch and set up get togethers. Then, after…

What do you do with pictures? You share them. In the old days, we’d organize photos into albums. What a quaint idea, one that would eventually leave thousands of pictures boxed up in shoe boxes and hidden deep in the recesses of a closet. Today, there are more high-tech alternatives…

When you’re printing images, the desired aspect ratio is pretty much driven by the desired print size. If you want a big picture, then you’re going to get an 8 inch by 10 inch picture (with a 4:5 aspect ratio). If you print out a small picture, you’ll get a…

06 January 2011 0 comments Digital Photo FAQs

If you’re digital camera is any good, it takes really big pictures. My Canon t1i is something like 15 megapixels, so the long side of an image is 4,752 pixels. This is nice for printing, but it’s over kill for the web. My widescreen monitor has a native resolution of…

Note: See my updated post about the . As the comments suggest, there have been some changes to Facebook’s image sharing the photo sizes have changed. Facebook sets limits on the size of the images it displays.  While you can upload bigger photos, Facebook’s upload script will automatically shrink the…

24 December 2010 2 comments Digital Photo FAQs

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Digital Photography How To is intended to be a guide to people learning how to use their digital SLR cameras. Three years ago, I had never picked up a camera; now, I produce a yearbook every year and I moonlight as a professional photographer.

I write this website to share what I've learned in that time. The topics will range from truly beginners topics, to tutorials for post processing, to resources for yearbook and graphic design, to thoughts on transitioning from a hobbyist to a professional. Keep up to date by subscribing to the RSS feed.