Printing - Beginning Notes

I've struggled with recording new videos for two weeks. Last night it hit me - do a hard reset on iPad to see if that clears out the gremlins. Yep. Too late for today's class. A good lesson when apps are not behaving as you expect (different from not getting the result you want), a "hard reset" is to power off the device and power it up again. Most of the time I put devices into sleep and rarely power off. 

My preferred printing operation is Costco. Convenient and very reasonable in cost. Phillippe Callioux, a member of the Palo Alto Camera Club, wrote a blog post in 2009: Getting Good Prints at Costco that is a good link to read now and re-read often. Even if you are printing at home or through another service bureau.

In reading the comments to this post this gem screams out to me:

BrandonBarrett says:
September 28, 2015 at 12:03 am
"I would highly recommend saving any photo you want to print out as a PNG file, preferably from a RAW file that was edited in photoshop. When you save to JPEG, you lose a lot of detail. If you save as a PNG you keep the full resolution. I was able to upload my PNG image at Costco and have a 20×30 printed out. The file size was 51Mb. I gotta say, the print looks amazing! Very detailed with no noise."

So much to learn ...

Updated added 8/31/2018
Printing chart for 8 MP and 12 MP iPhone Cameras (MP = megapixel). This chart was posted in our Shared Album for Spring 2018, but that reference will soon be closed. Jill Emmer article https://iphonephotographyschool.com/print-iphone-photos/ > How big can you make a print.

Faith Ringgold @ Crocker Museum

If you get a chance, stop by the Crocker art Museum to see the Faith Ringgold's exhibit, here through May 13, 2018. You will see her vision expressed in quilts, tapestries, oil painting, drawings, masks books and more. Dramatic use of color to tell stories. Reminds me that combining images is a powerful way to inspire others. Visit her website for more information.

Online Tutorials and Classes

Day 5 class was pretty intense! Lots of Leonardo, Snapseed, organizing Folders and Albums in Photos and Photo Manager Pro.

Remember YouTube is your friend! Linda recommended Timothy Brown's free Leonardo tutorial. There are other classes that will extend your creativity, and they cost money for lifetime access. Feel free to explore social media resources using the app name for a keyword search. And our libraries offer Lynda.com online classes with your library card and PIN.

Go to our Videos page for details.

Build your cloud album now

The weather this week is varied and the skies have been dramatic!

Now is the time to take pictures of skies with clouds. Here are suggestions:

• Horizontal frame
• Vertical frame 
• Panoramic 
• Be sure to get detail in the whites 
• Get some blue sky 

Make an album and add your photos. Or better yet, make a Folder in Photos and then add albums there that are good source material for ... clouds, patterns, textures, shapes, shadows, lettering and other visuals that interest you. 

Making a Folder inside Photos Albums is not intuitive! Or "obvious" for that matter. You can Google this hidden feature "how to make a folder inside an iOS Photos Album" or ... touch every button. Touch is not the complete answer, as a Tap gesture will not produce the option for a Folder or an Album. But in the Album > Edit view, Press and Hold the + button to see the New Folder option.