Add Your Photos
New club-related photos are always welcomed at our website. To submit your photos, for web publication, please follow these guidelines. (If you get lost in these details, just hand a photo disk to the webmaster.)
o That is, in the form of a file whose name ends with “.jpg”
o If you are not familiar with attachments, see Appendix B.
o Do not embed the photos into an e-mail message or WORD document
o Your webmaster’s address is paul1meier@q.com
o If you are sending several photos, you can group them together in a zipped folder. (Ignore this step, if you can’t zip files.)
o Otherwise attach each photo, one by one
APPENDIX A
Suggestions for
selecting photos for publication
The website has limited storage space, so be critical about choosing the few photos that you would like to publish. Ask yourself these questions:
· Is the photo of general interest to club members?
o Are two or more photos almost identical? If so, please send only the best one
· Is the photo properly exposed (not too dark or too light)?
o Exposure problems can be fixed, with a photo program such as “Picture It!”.
o A photo program probably came with your digital camera or PC
If the picture contains hikers, can you see their faces?
o Too many photos are taken from the rear of the hike
o Alert the subjects that they are about to be photographed, and give them time to smile
o Get the Guide s permission to hike slightly ahead of the pack. Wait for the hikers to get near, then snap the picture
· Have you included at least one picture of the terrain?
o Some web postings show only hikers, even though the hike was held in a scenic area.
APPENDIX B
Attaching Files
To attach a photo file to your e-mail, follow these steps:
· Start writing a new e-mail
o Open your message folder
o Click on “Write Message”, “New” (or something similar)
o Fill in the required info:
§ To: paul1meier@q.com.
§ Subject: (Not required, but helpful to the addressee).
§ Text: Tell the webmaster what you will send, via an attachment
· Click on “Attach File” (or something similar).
o A window will open, showing a location (directory) on your C drive
o If you see the directory, where the photos are located, click on it. (For example, My Pictures)
o If you do not see the correct directory, click on the down arrow
§ in “Look In”
§ Click on the correct directory.
§ Select the picture file or folder
· For example, a folder “Hike on 3-12-08.zip”
· Or a photo “IMG98743.jpg”
§ Double click on that file or folder
o You should now be returned to the message you are writing
·
Click
again on “Attach File” to add another photo
o Check your message, to be sure that it has attachments with the correct file name(s)
· Send your message.
Again, if you get lost in these details, just hand a photo disk to the webmaster.