CHAPTER 9Personal Accessories...137 Putting Your Photos in a Traditional Photo Album ...138 Putting Your Photos on Coffee Mugs ...138 Ironing Your Photos on T-Shirts...139 Making Busines
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Personal Accessories 137
Putting Your Photos in a Traditional Photo Album 138
Putting Your Photos on Coffee Mugs 138
Ironing Your Photos on T-Shirts 139
Making Business Cards with Your Photos at MOO.com 142
Burning Your Photos onto a Gift CD 143
Creating a Greeting Card Online .144
Creating Custom Postage Stamps with Your Photos at Stamps.com .146
CHAPTER 10 Getting Published 149
Making Your Photos Web Ready 150
Making Your Photos Magazine Ready 152
Writing a How-To Photo Book 153
Entering a Photography Competition .155
Self-Publishing a Photo Book Using Blurb 156
Submitting Photos to the Big-Time Media Outlets for Publication 157
Getting Your Photo Noticed on Google 159
Using BigHugeLabs to Publish Photo Posters, Jigsaw Puzzles, Comicbook Captions, and More 161
CHAPTER 11 Promoting Yourself 163
Building a Website That Respects Your Budget 164
Knowing What You Want on Your Website 166
Letting Others Know about Your Website/Blog 168
Using Twitter to Announce Your Events/Activities 169
Creating a Print Photography Portfolio 170
Creating a Google Knol 172
Interacting with Others Online 172
Pounding the Pavement 174
CHAPTER 12 Working with Slideshows 177
Making a Movie from Your Images Using iMovie 178
Making a Movie from Your Images Using Windows Movie Maker 179
Making a Slideshow Using Picasa 181
Trang 2Putting Your Slideshow on YouTube 182
From iMovie 183
From Movie Maker 183
From Picasa .184
Embedding a Slideshow on Your Blog .184
On Blogger 185
On WordPress 185
Using Slide.com to Make a Slideshow 186
Making and Sharing Your Slideshow at Slideroll.com 187
Showing Your Slideshows on TV 189
CHAPTER 13 Film to Digital 191
Sorting through Your Old Photos to Prepare Them for Scanning 192
Scanning Prints, Slides, and Negatives 193
Getting Your Photos (Including Negatives) Professionally Scanned 195
INDEX 196
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Trang 3Millions of people around the world have many photos stored on their laptop and desktop computers, external hard drives, CDs and DVDs, and flash drives Most images are just sitting there idle, waiting for the world to see them Some have been unused for years Up until now there has been no guide to help people find ways to use these photos
Hidden in various places around the Internet are hundreds of ways to make photos come alive online, in print form, in scrapbooks, on the walls of people’s homes, in blogs, on social networking sites, and in many other places
101 Quick and Easy Secrets for Using Your Digital Photographs takes those who wonder what to
do with their photos on a journey where they will immediately discover not only a place to exhibit their work, but also ways to make their photos work for them by selling them online and on the ground
This book is for using, manipulating, posting, sharing, publishing, managing, and promoting photos that you have taken or plan to take Online platforms will be introduced so that you can begin navigating through the many free sites to put your photos to use You’ll learn how to use your photos in such online locations as Flickr, MySpace, Photobucket, and Facebook You’ll learn about everything from free downloadable software to manage your photos, such as Picasa (Google’s photo management program), to programs that are already on your computer, such
as iPhoto on a Mac and Windows Live on a PC
This book also walks you through the printing process, from learning about the right type
of printer for your needs to finding the best paper to make your photos last nearly forever
If you don’t want to print your photos yourself, the book shows you the most reasonable ways
to outsource your printing
Using your photos wouldn’t be complete for some without mentioning the latest in scrapbook-ing trends, includscrapbook-ing extensive how-to instruction on how to build layers in Photoshop to make the most compelling of scrapbook pages You’ll learn about how to use digital kits for making scrapbooks as well as places to find great free materials for making scrapbook pages
Trang 4The book doesn’t omit on-ground techniques for using your photos Photos these days usually require significant steps to be performed online and on your computer before you can use the images on the ground You can order mats, frames, and other photo-framing supplies online; make your framed photos on the ground; and sell them online and host photo shows on the ground—all using your photos that are online or on your computer
Let’s not forget selling your photos and promoting yourself so people can find you and your work This book details the best ways to make your photos a known commodity, and it brainstorms the best places to sell your photos online and on the ground You’ll learn about how microstock photography, blogs, websites, social networking sites, and photo hosting sites can make or break your photography career
Dig into the book morsel by morsel, enjoying the rewards that can be had by finding new uses for your photography
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