Family Photo Challenge Wall Of Fame: April 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Family Photo Challenge 3 Homemade Results

The votes have been tallied and the results are in!

The winner is...

Rob with The Manhattan

Second place went to Julie with Lemonade and third to Amy with the Hose Seal

This was a close one!

The photographers have been revealed. Click here to see the the entire album again.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

And the Winner Is...

The winner of our second Family Photo Challenge is...

Mike W in a landslide!

From Family Photo Challenge 2 Colors in the Sky

Second place was Mandy with Rainbows
Third was Zach with Truly Abstract

I have changed the captions on the pictures to reveal the photographer and I have added some comments. Click Here to take a look!

Mike W gets to pick our next challenge after Home-made.

I have had a couple of questions about Home-made. It doesn't necessarily need to be something you made, just something made at home. It's open to interpretation, but remember you get more votes for capturing something creative and clever. Good luck and happy snapping!

Photography Tips - Understanding Megapixels and your camera's capabilities

In the transition from film to digital we have had to learn some new terms and get used to new concepts. In the next few photo tips I'll try to decipher some of the tehno babble that accompanies the digital photography age.

What is a megapixel?
First let's understand what a pixel is. A pixel is a dot. All of the digital images you produce from your camera are made up of pixels. Pixels are very small though, so when you talk about them you use the term megapixel. one megapixel = one million pixels. If you have a camera that has 6 megapixel capability, that is 6,000,000 pixels! On your camera you may see a number like this 3000 x 2000. That adds up to 6,000,000 thus 6 megapixels! A 6 megapixel photo is going to take up about 2-3 meg on your computer or memory card. More megapixels means you are giving the image more information and this allows you greater freedom to print, enlarge and crop pictures without the image being "pixelated."

Take a look at your cameras. Find the menu option to see what size pictures you are taking. You should always have your camera set to the highest setting to take the largest pictures possible, otherwise you are not using your camera to its fullest potential. If you are worried about filling your memory card up, buy a spare. Download your pictures frequently and delete the photos from the card once you have them downloaded. If you take that perfect shot at a low megapixel setting you will have trouble printing, enlarging and cropping.

Family Photo Challenge Wall Of Fame

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Family Photo Challenge 3 Homemade Results

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

And the Winner Is...

Photography Tips - Understanding Megapixels and your camera's capabilities

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