HOW TO TAKE & EDIT PHOTOS OF YOUR

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SUITABLE PLACE?

• NATURAL LIGHT• NEAR WINDOW• OUT OF DIRECT LIGHT

PLACEMENT• KEEP PAINTING UPRIGHT• CAMERA FACING PAINTING – LEVEL• NO GLARE ON PAINTING• TIME OF DAY – EARLY MORNING / LATE AFTERNOON

FILE SIZE

• ORIGINAL IMAGE FILE – LARGE EG. 2MB• SAVE ORIGINAL• FINAL IMAGE SMALLER FOR NET – EG. 200KB• SAVE FINAL IMAGE SEPERATELY

EDITING SOFTWARE• ONLINE? PICMONKEY IS FREE & EXCELLENT• EDITS?• CROP – NO FRAME• ADJUST BRIGHTNESS, WHITE BALANCE, COLOR & TEMPERATURE• COMPARE TO ORIGINAL PAINTING• SAVE AS JPEG

SAVE & BACKUP

• ALWAYS SAVE FILE IN CLEARLY MARKED FOLDERS• DESCRIBE FILE FULLY • BACKUP TO CLOUD• AND TO EXTERNAL DRIVE

UPLOAD TO WEBSITE

• USE THUMBNAIL VIEW• AND EXPANDED VIEW• DESCRIBE FULLY INC SIZE & PRICE

SEO

• DESCRIBE FILE IN BACKGROUND FOR OPTIMISED SEARCH • NOT – IMG10034• RATHER – VILLAGE LANE CRADOCK OIL PAINTING BY MALCOLM DEWEY

OPTIMISE FOR SHARING

• ADD SHARING FUNCTION LIKE PINTEREST ETC• SHARE TO SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS• ENCOURAGE SHARING WITH APPS LIKE ADD THIS

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