Smallfri Announcements has high standards for the photos we will
accept because we want your announcement to be beautiful!
CAMERA SETTINGS: The camera MUST be set to the
very highest setting BEFORE you take your picture, in order to provide
the quality of picture we can use. The pixels should be close to
1600X1200. If you are not familiar with "pixels" no problem, just
make sure the camera is on the highest setting, and the image is
not re-sized.
FOCUS: MOST important! Pick a focal part on the
face, eyes (eyelashes) are best, lips are great too, and make sure
the camera is sharply focused on this part of the face, before you
snap the picture. Keep trying until you get a crisp focus, if your
baby keeps moving, try again when he/she is sleeping. We know achieving
the focus on the face, and not the blanket or arm, etc, can be difficult,
but don't give up! Your picture needs to have the focus on the facial
features or it will not print well, and you will be so happy you
stuck with it! We promise!
LIGHTING: Natural light is ideal, but if you are
inside, you will need to use a flash in order the get a sharply
focused, well-lit image (poor lighting is the number one problem
for being unable to achieve a sharp focused picture, and producing
grainy, dull images). Remember, when using a flash, there IS such
thing as getting too close, so it is better to use your zoom lens
and step back just a little so the flash does not wash out the baby's
face.
ZOOM IN: If you want a closer final image. Leaving
room around the baby is important; each individual design requires
us to crop the image in a particular way. However, beware of being
too far away, if you are, then when we crop, your baby's features
will be grainy. Please, let us crop your image. If you have special
requirements about how you would like your photo cropped, just provide
them in the body of the email when you send your photo.
SENDING YOUR PHOTO: Now that you have captured
that perfect shot, how do you send it to us? Please send your original
image; this means send the image directly from your camera, without
any editing or re-sizing, which generally means you can by-pass
your photo software. Your best result is to download the image from
your camera, to your desktop and then attach that image as a file
attachment to an email and send.
* Please remember that your printed image can only be as good
as the picture you provide, and we will need to reject photos that
are not printable quality.
Upload your photo here by CLICKING
HERE.
