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Photo Tips and E-mailing Photos

A great photo makes a great portrait. A poor photo makes a poor portrait.

A good focused photo 5x7 or larger with subjects head taking up over half of the photo is a good start.
Don't worry about red-eye or backgrounds we will make the necessary corrections. If you have taken
a picture with a digital camera make sure the photo is high resolution. Do not print out your
photo on a laser or inkjet printer and send us, it is better to either e-mail us the original file or burn it to a
disc and mail it to us. See below the difference between a high resolution photo and a low resolution
photo and directions on how to e-mail us the correct file size and type.

Roll your mouse over the images below to see the difference when a
High Resolution Photo is enlarged and a Low Resolution Photo is enlarged


High Resolution Photo		Low Resolution Photo

Explaining a few words that relate to digital photographs:

Resolution refers to how many pixels there are in a square inch. The more pixels
in a square inch the higher the resolution and the higher the file size. Pixel is short for
picture element. You want a photograph to have a resolution at least 1M which means
1million pixels per square inch or higher. If you take a picture with your digital camera
set at 2M then the file size will equal 2M. A picture taken at 5M will equal a file size of 5M.

Resolution can also be referred to as dpi(dots per square inch) Many programs use the term
dpi when saving or exporting a photographs. The higher the resolution, the more detail in your photograph.
We recommend you save your images with a resolution of at least 300 dpi or higher.

So to make things simple, set your digital camera at the highest setting.
Note: Cell phone cameras use low resolution so please use a good quality digital camera.

Also you may want to visit the following link below for more information on digital photographs.
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-2305,subcat-MULTIMEDIA.html

Steps you should take when e-mailing your digital photographs

Now that you have your photos you want to make sure that you save your photos as a jpg or jpeg
depending on the program you are using. You want to make sure that your e-mail program does not
automatically reduce your photographs file size. You can find the resolution and file size settings
located under the preferences in the e-mail program that you are using. If you use any photo hosting site please
do not send the small web image thumbnails, make sure you send us the full size original file.

e-mail your photos to: kooncekomix@kooncekomix.com

You may mail your photographs to:

Koonce Komix
P.O. Box 1648
Hurst, TX 76053