Getting Good Picture ResultsWritten by Paul Hood
Creating beautiful photographs can prove to be very difficult if you are not using right equipment as well as appropriate technique. To help you with that predicament, below are helpful tips to guide you in your quest for photographic enlightenment. The first thing to keep in mind when shooting photos is that you have to look your subject in eye. Direct eye contact can get your viewer transfixed with your picture thus enjoying more view time. Position your camera at your subject’s eye level to reveal those beautiful smiles. Getting a good angle will give you photos that are appealing and good to look at. A plain background is good for giving emphasis to your subject. It is never a good idea to have background upstage person or landscape you are taking a picture of. Also, if you are going to shoot pictures outdoors, use flash. Glare from sun can create ugly facial shadows. For this problem, flash is key. You must also be particular with proper distance between you and your subject making sure that you are not very near nor very far. The closest possible range for shooting pictures without making your subject blurry is about three feet. Other than that would be disaster. Subjects place in middle make for boring photographs. Try to make your
| | Proper Scanning ResolutionWritten by Maricon Williams
One thing to master about scanning is proper scanning resolution. The proper resolution to scan depends on how you intended it to be used. Before scanning it is important to know these five vital information: size of original image, size of printed image, LPI at which your image will be printed, resolution multiplier and process of editing scanned image. The hint is - higher resolution, larger file size. To calculate final image resolution, these are solutions: 1.If size of image is absolute, multiply LPI by your resolution multiplier. Ex. LPI x 2 for brochures. 2.if size of image is not absolute, multiply LPI by your resolution multiplier and then size of final image as a percentage to original. Ex. LPI x 2 x %. In cases of commercial printing, ask your print shop if you do not know required LPI as well as other specifications. Scanning at a slightly higher resolution is most of time advantageous. By that, it is easier to dump unneeded resolution after scanning. Moreover, reduce your image to final resolution before placing it in your document for printing.
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