Posted January 6th, 2009
by Tyler JL Neill
by Tyler JL Neill
We all have images that we want to show to our family and friends, and to others around the world. Free image hosting websites make this possible, because it does not cost us anything to upload images to them, and we receive links to our photos that we can then pass on to others, so they can view our photos.
Image hosting has become very important for a lot of people who use the internet. For anyone that uses forums, and blogs, they are especially useful because they allow the user to upload an image, and have multiple codes ready to use. The codes generated allow people to easily post their images to forums using special tags, and also allow easy to integration of their image into a web page with html code. They also give you the direct link to the image if that’s all you need. All of this happens gets generated in a split second, that’s what makes free image hosts so popular.
When uploading your photos to the free image hosting websites, you do not have to register with them to be able to upload, but registering with them does have its added benefits. Registering with the image hosting sites is also free, and the added benefits of this are, that you can easily keep track of all your photos, keep tack of all your photo links, and you can also see how many people have viewed your images that day. It really is worth while considering becoming a registered member.
If your thinking of paying to join an image hosting website, simply because you can have unlimited bandwidth and unlimited photo uploads, then your throwing your money away. You can do all this and more at Speedimg.com for free already.
So now you have decided you want to use a site like Speedimg.com, and want to know how to upload images from your computer, to the image hosting site. Its very simple to do. When you are at the site, click on the browse button, or whatever its called and locate the photos you want to upload, and then click on the upload button, and thats it. You will then be shown a list of links relating to the photo you have just uploaded, and with these links you can now show your photos of to the world.
Free image hosting websites also allow you to upload multiple images at a time. This saves time and bandwidth because you select all the images at once, and upload them all at once, instead of uploading an image, then going back to the main page, then uploading etc. Most image hosts allow you to upload an image already on the internet. All that you need is the URL to the existing image and the image host will download it and upload it to their server.
About the Author:
Tyler JL Neill manages several websites on the internet, one of them being the highly popular
Image Hosting website Speedimg.com. If your looking to
upload free images, and be able to hotlink to the images, then this is the place to go.
Tags: advertising, camera, computers, home, hosting, image, images, models, online, online business, photo, Photography, photos, web hosting, webhosting Posted in Photography
Posted December 26th, 2008
by Stanley Shelton
by Stanley Shelton
Photographs capture moments in time that we want to look back at later. Family photos are most valuable as the entire family is together at the same time. Getting the family ready for the event can be challenging if you have several young children. On location photography is a great service for the family with several young children. Imagine the following scene:
A young family is planning to have professional family photos made. They thought it would be nice to have a large family portrait to hang up, along with a nice package of photos to share with friends and relatives. So, they make an appointment with a local portrait studio on a day when there will be plenty of time to get 3 small children ready for the event.
The young couple scrambled to get everyone dressed and looking their best; the stress from the activity has given the 6-month old a nervous stomach; he keeps spitting up. Better take an extra outfit, just in case. On the way out to the car, the 2-1/2 year old trips and falls, getting grass stains on her dress. The oldest one is waiting by the car, actually, leaning on the car which should have been washed days ago! Dirt is smudged on his clothes. Oh well! Maybe the photographer can strategically pose everyone so the dirt doesn’t show in the pictures!
As Mom gets the children buckled into the car and they’re heading out, she realizes how this has already been an exhausting ordeal! They show up for their appointment and she feels like she has to repeat all the morning’s work again, fixing the children’s hair, straightening clothing, getting them to stay still until the photographer comes in. Oh, and the baby did manage to stain his clothing pretty bad; he will need a new outfit. To make matters worse, his face is red and blotchy from crying all morning.
See the picture? This beautiful, happy family, with their nerves wearing thin, is about to have professional photographs taken. What they thought would be such a great idea has turned into a nightmare. It sure would have been nice to just get everyone ready, once, and then have the photographer show up at their home to take the photos. No one would be stressed out, trying to get ready and get to the studio; therefore, the baby would have a much happier morning as well. Everyone would be more relaxed and the children won’t have had the chance to get dirty on the way to the car.
Too bad this family didn’t consider on location photography. The photographer brings everything that is needed to create studio quality professional photos. A family can have their own home as the background, or the photographer can bring special material to create different background.
On location photography is the best for recording weddings and special events like graduations, family reunions, parties and more. You just can’t beat the convenience of on-site photography, where the photographer comes to you, fully equipped with a traveling photo studio. It is so much easier for families with young children to have family photos taken right in their home; this way, they can easily include their pets too.
About the Author:
This article was written by Stanley Shelton, of J&S Portrait America, who has been in business nearly 20 years. J&S Portrait America offers
on location photography with their travelling photo studio, which they can setup in your home or business to produce studioquality photographs. J&S on site photography for family photos, including pets!
Tags: family memories, family photos, family records, friends, home, home and family, lifestyle, on location photography, on site photography, Photography, services Posted in Photography
Posted November 6th, 2008
by Amanda Maseko
by Amanda Maseko
The bride and groom are usually so busy on their wedding day that without photos to remind them, many of the days events would be forgotten. Because of this, the vast majority of couple arrange for a digital wedding photographer to be there for the most important part of the day.
Most wedding photographers have assistants so they can create a wedding album that will be memorable but if you want to take pictures of a friend’s wedding, who will help you?Fortunately for wedding photographers they can use an assistant to help them get the right shots but if you’re a friend taking pictures, then how do you take good shots of the day?If you want to take photographs of your friend’s or relations wedding then you will have to do it on your own because you won’t have an assistant like the professionals have. So, if you need some help for a wedding you are to attend and you are going to use a digital camera, then you may find some useful information in this article.
Many amateur photographers make the mistake of taking pictures with a boring background which is not something you want in a wedding photo. Often when there is a good background there are just too many people in the shot, so if this is the situation, just try and capture a nice head and shoulders shot of the couple.
Try to get guests that have spectacles on to either remove them or hold their head at an angle so that there isn’t a reflection obscuring their eyes. If there’s a couple or a group that you wish to include in the picture, you should use the zoom function in to get the ideal image but do not shoot against the light so that dark images appear.
Some of the best pictures you will take will be those where the subject(s) do not know the shot is being taken and the best way to do this is by using a zoom lens. You should be alert at all times when shooting digital wedding photography since you can seldom ask people to keep posing for you and the day is also about spontaneity.
The last thing you want to happen is for your digital camera to have half charged batteries and a memory card that is already half full as it will restrict how many shots you can take. A one gigabyte card should be the bare minimum you have if your camera is a six mega pixel model, a larger capacity if the camera has a higher mega pixel rating.
Always remember that the higher the resolution used, the larger the size of prints that can be made so always keep a secure copy of your work so you can re-use them in the future. You can do this by saving albums on your personal computer to free up the space on your memory card or burn them to a cd or dvd.
If you have a passion for photography and a good relationship with the two people getting married then your digital wedding photography images should come out just fine.
Tags: family, home, Photography, Wedding Photography Posted in Photography
