Just a short post to share an interesting site that I just found on Twitter. Family Line Studios produces the following:

At Family Line Studios we weave an in-depth and sensitively filmed interview together with family photographs, relevant documents and titles, to create a touching and revealing portrait, providing your family with an enduring gift that will be treasured down through the years.

Check out their site and see what they have to offer. I have done many recordings with my family members, but this is done very nicely.

Have you ever taken a photo from your PC to a printer only to be told that the image wouldn’t work? This video will walk you through quick and easy steps to resizing your images for printing. After watching this video, you will be able to resize your favorite images without any issues and take them to your favorite printer to have them put on calendars, business cards, letter head or any other item you wish. I hope that you find this helpful.

Here is a another great article from Picture Perfect explaining the difference between digital file formats. Ever wonder what the heck a JPEG, GIF,TIFF, or RAW file was? This article explains what each file type is, where to use it, and why it is used the way it is. Check out Digital Image Formats – JPEG, GIF, RAW – What Do All These Mean? This is definately something worth reading if you are a photographer or aspiring photographer. There is no sense in spending your time getting that perfect shot, only to find that you saved the image in the wrong format.

I have moved over to completely using RAW files myself for my images. They have a larger files size, but allow for more precise tweaking once I get home and view them in a controlled environment. Check out Why use our camera’s RAW format for some great info on this subject. Here is a quick, and basic, run down on How to fix RAW photos in Elements.

Here is a great article that really explains resolution and how to use it to output your photos to print. De-Mystifying Resolution explains file types, resolution, and formulas for determining the optimum print size based on resolution. Understanding resolution is essential in producing quality prints from your photographs. You go to all the trouble to take these great shots, learn how to get a print that looks just as good as your monitor.

Here is a great example of how photography can really show the unique side of a community. Checkout Seattle Houseboat Photos to see how others live. I loved the movie Sleepless in Seattle, but I never knew that these houses floated on the water.