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Jubiii Directory has a selection of websites with photo galleries and other ways to make use of pictures online, whatever it is for business or photography as a hobby or as photo art.

The online photo sharing has become a big thing for families, friends and organisations, but also increasingly a tool for business and companies. In general we fill our lives more and more with pictures.

Accordingly the stock photography industry is developing very fast. At the same time as we see a strong movement of fusions, buying outs etc. We see a huge number of single photographers and groups of photographers going together to present their stock photos online in picture galleries for immedeate download of high resolution files.

Some of these photo galleries are speicalised stock photo providers, e.g. with photos of horses or dogs, others are generalist picture agencies.

To create a new website for photography or other matters demands in most cases a new web domain name and to find a host for the photo website. There are a lot of web hotels available but it is difficult to choose a trustworthy hosting provider. In general there should be a lot of consideration before the solution of domain name and web hotel host is schosen. Every webmaster should have at least one website in the SBI system because that will provide tools and updatet current insight knowledge for all web activites. P.t. I only have one SBI website, but I know of many who prefer to have a number as the SBI system delivers the ground for a succesful website development and permanence in general and also for other websites you own and develop.

Soren Breiting

Some interesting articles are following here about photos, photography, magazines and animals:

How to Submit Digital Pictures for Magazine Publication

By John Hutchison

Most magazines now accept digital images. The question is will they accept mine!

I won’t answer that question I’ll leave that to you to answer once you have finished reading this article.

It’s only just recently that magazines have decided to accept digital images this is due to the image quality of early digital camera were not man enough for the job i.e. did not produce images with enough resolution and level of detail to reproduce well in magazines. Most Picture Editors on magazines prefer either slides or prints as this is mainly at present habit but is currently changing due to more professional photographers using digital cameras.

A good reason your images may not be accepted is if you supply your images already printed, it's OK to do this for your Granny, family or friends it’s a no no when submitting to a publication. Why, have a close look at your printed image the picture is made up of tiny dots and lines. When scanned by the repro department they have to blur your image to try to get rid of these dots and lines otherwise your image has a moiré effect so you end up with an image that looks bad. Your best option is to supply your images to the magazine on CD-ROMs again don’t use cheap ones they go wrong! You can get approx. 31 images onto a CD of 700mbs if each image is 22mbs in size.

Increase the resolution

Digital photography and getting your pictures into print is supplying an image to the correct pixel size and resolution in a format that can be easily opened by another computers operating systems. What does that mean, well not everyone uses Microsoft Windows many publishers use Apple Macs some even use Linux if your image can't be viewed IT WILL NOT BE USED! Many magazines now included brief information on submitting digital photographs in the content section. Have a look at http://www.photographymonthly.com/reqs_details.cfm To see how to submit images to Photography Monthly. If in doubt, ask.

Did you notice they want your image resolution at 300dpi, your camera only takes a picture at 72dpi, how do I know what size my image needs to be at 300dpi. Help is at hand here’s a link to a little tool, which will help with image sizes, pixels, colour depth and file size.

http://www.searchhuts.co.uk/portal/version/cpi.asp it free. Its called Commercial Printing Information, there does not seem to be anything thing like this software anywhere else on the internet! Using this software to see what size your image can go to and then you can resize your image accordingly in your normal photo editing software.

Size matters!

The pictures pixel dimensions can be read with the above tool so dimensions of say 3200x2400pixels we would be looking for a file size of about 21mbs this would be OK for a full page. The above program can help you decide what size your image will be OK up to.

Why JPG?

Another problem magazine picture editors come up against is images supplied in a unusual format. To save problems later ALWAYS save images in JPG format. JPG format is optimised for compressing full-colour or grey-scale photographic-type digital images. The reason for using this format is that any computer system can open JPG images. Remember, not everybody uses Microsoft's Windows, many magazine publishers’ use Apple Macs and some people are using Linux systems. Regardless of the system used all will read JPEG files.

Submitting work

When submitting work remember to include your name & address with a brief synopsis of what is on the CD together with a high quality printout of your images and the file names of the images, this can be easily done in PhotoShop by going to File > Automate > contact sheet. Find the folder your images are in pick your paper size and number of images on each sheet of paper. Please remember someone has to look at these images so small images get a thumbs down as does too many. Don't forget to stick a DO NOT BEND label on the envelope as CDs don't like being bent.

New words we have learnt

Moiré effect – A moiré pattern is the combination of two or more patterns viewed at the same time.

DPI stands for dots per inch and is used with resolution JPG or JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group is the name of the committee that designed the photographic image-compression standard.

Do's and Don'ts of submitting your Digital Pictures

Do’s
Do Make sure your images are to the correct pixel size and resolution.
Do Make sure you send a contact sheet of the images on the CD together with file names.
Do save in JPG format.
Do clearly name image files on CD-ROM.
Do use high quality ink and photo paper for contact sheets.
Do turn off time/date stamp, as it’s difficult to remove and takes time.
Do enclose return postage if you require your bits back
Do e-mail if you are unsure of what is required or how files should be submitted

Don’t
Don’t e-mail huge unsolicited images
Don’t over sharpen images
Don’t send hundreds of images – be selective, send only pictures to do with that publication (*see below).
Don't send pictures of different subject matter unless requested
Don’t use cheap blank CD-ROM’s, paper or ink.
Don’t send expensive storage media i.e. the card from your camera
Don’t use long file names remember, not everybody uses Microsoft's Windows.
Don’t use 3rd party software on your CD’s to try to display your images when viewed.
*If the magazine is say an aircraft magazine don't send irrelevant images of an say landscapes, animals etc... Stick to the magazine subject.

John Hutchison has been a professional photographer on and off since 1981, he gained an LBIPP in 1990 from the British Institute of Professional Photographers so he has first hand experience! He worked for a newspaper for over 12 years dealing with flat copy and digital images till the begining of this year.

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Be a Trademark Photographer

By Kenneth Hoffman

Every photographer/artist develops an identifiable style or trademark. Sometimes an inadvertent slip of the hand or the special recognition of an artistic component defines the work of the artist. Among them are paintings with butterflies, slender stick figuresand the blending of two or more elements in a work of art. Oil paint artists have been using this effect for years with great success. Examples of this technique are: a sad but beautiful oriental face superimposed over falling leaves of autumn, your favorite pet’s face peering out of the rough tree bark, and a little girl reading a book in a window seat with images of fantasy swirling above her head.

Most photo enhancement toolboxes contain a new brush called a clone or rubber-stamp tool. It makes possible the transfer of any object to another image in any degree of transparency. Double exposures have been a favorite method of photographers for years, but the difficulty of positioning and blending place the technique beyond most photographers.

The skills of composite or collage construction are useful when attempting a multiple exposure. The benefits of this blending include: a graphic reminder of special relationships, an enhancement of the subtler shades of meaning, a new way to look at the world, and a story-like progression of ideas.

In simple terms, place two photographs side by side on your screen. Match the size to each other. Set the transparency at a low figure, say three or five percent. Size the brush fairly large, say 200 pixels. Center the source button on the picture to be transferred and working from the center in a circular motion, transfering the object to the base photograph. Several tries may be needed in order to produce the exact effect. Adjustments in size, color, transparency, sharpness and intrusion of elements all play a part in your new creation. An alternative method is to rend the image to be transferred into an object and move this over the original picture, positioning it and adjusting the transparency for best effect.

Computers have brought into our lives a wonderful new diversity of art for us to explore and share with the world. Happy creating!

Retired portrait photographer. Enjoys creating graphic arts.

Five Best Tools for Image Editing

By Kenneth Hoffman

Amateur digital photographers these days like to tweak their photos in an image editing software. They all use similar tools to change the images to match how we want the image to look. While some tools are considered as being for advanced use, others are so effective that it serves the amateur well if they learned how to use them.

The cropping tool can eliminate unwanted areas, emphasize the main interest and arrange the centers of interest in a more pleasing location. Most photos are taken too far away to show good impact so the cropping tool can help save these images from being mundane and less effective.

The image adjustment tools of contrast and brightness can correct over or underexposure, skin density, true black levels (when needed) and bright but detailed highlights. Unless you hit the correct exposure right on the head, these tools will be necessary to make a pleasing print. Most software feature a screen of boxes with various changes in brightness and contrast in your image from which to choose. These visual selections are a good start towards what is needed to make the picture right. Several tries may be necessary to find the right level of adjustment.

A similar set of boxes contain samples of color changes. Not all light is perfectly balanced in the camera. Faces can look bluish in cloudy weather, your white tablecloth can come out yellow and a reflection from a colored surface can do weird things to the real color in your picture. Generally, only slight changes will be needed since most digital cameras automatically adjust for color balance to some degree.

When one of your pictures would be a great shot if weren’t for one item in the picture that ruins the whole thing and cropping can’t solve the problem, then bring out the cloning tool. Sometimes called a rubber stamp, this tool can copy one area of the image to another area of the same picture very easily. To become adept using this tool requires a little practice, but the amazing and wonderful results are worth the extra trouble. The many uses of the clone tool include: extending a background for better centering of the main interest, removing an unwanted item from the image, raising or lowering an item or person in the picture, retouching skin blemishes and cleaning up dusty areas.

Solving unusual problems in a picture is when the paint bucket tool comes to the rescue. An otherwise perfect scenic that lacks a blue sky can easily be fixed with the paint bucket tool. Just mask the sky with the magic mask, choose the lightest and darkest blue you would like your sky to be, and click on the blend paint tool for a perfect blue sky. Solid colors are even easier to replace with this tool. Even patterns can be painted on masked items in any color. Every tool I have mentioned in this article can be adjusted as to power and transparency. I recommend starting with a medium or low power with a feathered brush while you gain proficiency with these tools. You’d be surprised at the professional looking results. You’d better go out and buy the frame now, just to be ready.

Retired portrait photographer likes to photograph flowers.

If It Smells Like a Skunk

By Kenneth Hoffman

My wife and I were having breakfast one Sunday morning when a ruckus erupted from under the mud room step A hurried investigation ended in the garage with the most God awful stink I had ever experienced. My eyes watered and our noses burned as our ears were treated to a piercing shriek from our daughter's bedroom. She came running into the kitchen, panic in her eyes and a towel over her nose, looking for the cause of her discomfit.

For weeks we had been hearing faint scratchings coming from the mud room, a small room off the kitchen containing a shoe closet, a back door and the door leading to the garage. A pair of skunks decided that the space under our mudroom step contained all the necessary ingredients for a proper skunk home. Featuring easy access to the outside, the winter temperature never went below freezing, the food source (garbage cans) was near by, and the house insulation provided the ideal nesting material. As long as no one disturbed their new tiny additions, no odors of defense issued from their home. Unwilling to disturb whatever was making the scratchy noises, the winter passed uneventfully. Until the smell could not be ignored,

It was the first warm day of Spring when one of the skunk babies got lost on the way back from the food source and wandered into the garage when the door was open. Finding itself locked in, the baby skunk panicked and, sensing my presence with only a lawn mower between itself and the enemy, let loose a small, but potent stream of stink juice. I saw the tail go up an instant before the release and managed to avoid the main stream. Even after three weeks of scrubbing, tomato juice treatments and daily airings, the garage retained it's skunky reminder. I finally enticed the little tike out on the driveway with cat food and proceeded to board up the hole under the house while the family was away. They never returned, probably deciding that this neighborhood stinks.

Retired but not tired.

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