Photography Tips from BetterPhoto.com

Jim Miotke, the President and Founder of BetterPhoto.com, was inspired to explore Web publishing in early 1996, when a friend shared her experiences creating an online college thesis. With a unique major that combined American studies and high technology, she was required to publish her final project on the Web. Seeing this was all Jim needed to become totally inspired, diving whole-heartedly into Web development.

However, Jim did not want to simply create another personal home page. He listened to the wisdom: "Write about what you love" and, since he had a passion for photography, Jim published a brief article - his Top Ten Photography Tips on photography. The rest, as they say, is history. This short article served to launch what was to become the premier educational Web site on photography.

Jim's mission is to provide honest answers to budding photographers everywhere. He got his first serious camera - a Pentax ME Super - in 1984 and started shooting professionally in 1994. He now primarily shoots stock, travel, and wildlife photography. See Jim's Basic BetterPholio™ Photo Gallery or Deluxe BetterPholio™ Photographer Web Site to learn more.

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Create Your Own Photo Cards in Seconds

JUST FOR YOU: We just added 100s of new photo greeting card templates so you can instantly design memorable photo cards for every occasion.

Our super-fast online ordering is complimented with a super-low rate of as low as 59-cents per card in larger quantities. Best yet, use our free 24/7 live support help desk to assist with your order.

A photo greeting and invitation card is a great way to send your customized year-round wishes along with a photograph to your family and friends.

Travel, weddings, anniversaries, moving, and dozens of other themed messages are a click away.

Each card is 4"x8". It includes a space for your photo and custom text and ScanMyPhotos.com includes gold foil envelopes with every order. Choose from many different designs as you celebrate every year-round event.

Prices are as low as 59¢ per card. It's fast and easy. All orders are completed and mailed back, or ready for pickup at our southern California retail photo center the same business day.

Click here and follow the prompts to create your very own custom ScanMyPhotos.com 4x8" photo greeting card in seconds. It's the fewest clicks to card creation on the Internet.

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Getting Ready for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show Photography Presentations

If you are planning to attend the International Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas in January, 2010, here are a few of the leading Web sites and voices of authority on everything Digital.

A Silicon Valley Insider
All Things D
Ars Technica
Being Connected
Boing Boing
Boxee Blog
Buttkicker blog
CNET CES 2009
Command Information IPv6 Experts
CONNECTIONS
Consumer Electronics Daily News
DC Concierge – A Guide to Washington DC
Dealerscope
Digital Education
Digital Nomads
Dot.life
dvice.com
E-gear
Earth2Tech
Engadget
Gadgets Blog
Gary Shapiro at the Huffington Post
Gary Vaynerchuk
GDGT
Geek Brief TV
Geekazine.com
Gibson Guitar Blog
GigaOm
Green Inc.
Green Life Smart Life
Growingupgadget
HAI Blog
Hi Tech Gadget
Ideal Gadget
Intel’s Consumer Electronics Insider
JaffeJuice
lifehacker
Make Zine
Melissapierce
Michael Gartenberg
Natali Del Conte
Neat Receipts Blog
Parks Associates Blog
Planet Green
Read Write Web
Retrovo Blog
Rob Pegoraro, Faster Forward, Washington Post
Sassholes

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Scobleizer
Slashdot
Sony Electronics Blog
Steve Garfield
Switched

Tales From the World of Photo Scanning
Talk Back from Radio Magazine
TechCrunch
Techeblog
Technology-Report.com
TechZulu.com
TED Blog
TeenTechBlog
The Gadget Blog
The Jeff Pulver Blog
Thiel Weblog
Treehugger
Ubergizmo
Venture Beat
VentureBeat
Veronica Belmont

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Oprah Winfrey Would Love This Inspirational Saga, Explains ScanMyPhotos.com

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IRVINE, Calif.--(Businesswire)--Two ways to get Oprah Winfrey’s attention and be recognized as one of her “Favorite Things.”

1) Write a press release;
2) Have an emotional story that shares an innovative and affordable way to digitally preserve generations of photo snapshots

During a recent European trip, destiny greeted Mitch Goldstone and Carl Berman as they dined on the Greek Island of Mykonos. At the next table was Bernard LaChance, a charismatic Canadian singer who shared his story about creativity attracting the interest of talk show superstar Oprah Winfrey.

See links to Mr. LaChance’s YouTube story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tohGOH20aGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DWJCTujSQw&feature=related

As an influential icon, Oprah Winfrey inspires millions. Her recent segment on LaChance was the type of emotional story of remarkable people with inventive talents that make people watch and cheer. The ScanMyPhotos.com story is magical in a different way. It inspires other businesses not to give up during challenging economic cycles and threatening technology transformations. “By reaching out to Oprah and hopefully becoming part of her “Favorite Things,” our story can rekindle entrepreneurial passion by others to also reinvent and recalibrate how they do business,” said Goldstone, President & CEO, ScanMyPhotos.com.

As the photo imaging industry shifted from film to digital, many businesses closed - a lifetime of dreams dissolved. Rather than giving up, Goldstone and Berman, founders of a retail photo center based in Southern California, persevered. They rode the wave of change and expanded their retail photo center into an international E-commerce company that digitally preserves and shares tens of millions of photo memories. For just $64.00, they digitally scan up to 1,000 photos; the prepaid fill-the-box service holds about 2,000 photos and includes all shipping with same day return for just $149.95.

Just as LaChance captured Oprah’s attention, ScanMyPhotos.com is hoping for an encore to also share its story on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” By embracing change and reinventing every aspect of entrepreneurship,

ScanMyPhotos.com made a comeback and inspires others to never give up. Goldstone regularly addresses technology and trade associations; in October he will be in Germany to share insights on how to reinvent the photo imaging industry,

ScanMyPhotos.com is ranked 16th on the Web100.com Photography listing and was included as “The Best of LA 2009” by Los Angeles Magazine. David Pogue profiled ScanMyPhotos.com in his “Personal Tech” column in The New York Times. Scores of other profiles are referenced on the Web site. The company has trusted KODAK brand products since 1990 and credits the Eastman Kodak Company with pioneering new ways to share pictures in today’s all-digital world. “We launched an entirely new business by commercializing KODAK scanning technology, KODAK Photo Kiosks and KODAK APEX (Adaptive Picture Exchange) printing to provide innovative new products for our customers,” explained Goldstone.

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• Make something special in seconds. It's easy at ScanMyPhotos.com - 30 Minute Photos Etc. retail photo center in Orange County, California.

• There's always something new at the KODAK Picture Kiosk.

• Try our collage options. Makes a great gift.
• Create year-round photo greeting cards and invitations in seconds.
• Make simple edits like zoom, crop and remove "red- eye."
• Enlargements are one touch easy.
• Make room for more holiday photos at ScanMyPhotos.com - 30 Minute Photos Etc. Click here to instantly order online.
• Make a KODAK Picture CD at the KODAK Picture Kiosk and keep your pictures safe for generations. Save your favorite pictures, and make room for more on your digital memory card. Every KODAK Picture CD includes KODAK EASYSHARE Software to help you organize, print and email your pictures. Try it today!

• Visit ScanMyPhotos.com for complete info.

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Super-Fast Photo Scanning

It doesn't get any easier or inexpensive than this. Our pay-one-price flat rate prepaid fill-the-box service is winning raves, and repeat customer orders from across the country.

This is the reason why most orders ScanMyPhotos.com receives are generated from referrals. Most people have generations of family photos stacked in shoeboxes, not hundreds, but thousands of photo memories. You can visit the ScanMyPhotos.com headquarters, or mail us your photos; the fee is just $64.00 to scan up to 1,000 pictures. All requirements for preparing your photos are listed here. Our Option #2 service is international and has several extra features. Click here for more info.

This Option #1 box holds about 2,000 standard 4x6" pictures. For complete info on how to order and prepare your photos for our flat-rate, pay just $149.95 fee, click here. When you buy two boxes, the third is free (must choose three boxes when ordering). This means we can scan about 6,000 4x6" pictures for just $299.90. No tax for orders outside California and valid only for domestic U.S. orders. Super-fast- super-easy and we return your photos and the DVD data disc on the same day it is received. Your prepaid boxes is also mailed out the same business day it is received. We are super-fast and super-efficient. That's how we have been operating our business since 1990. And, with super-careful service too.

Click here for complete packing instructions on how to prepare your photos.

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Blogger Raving About Super-Fast Photo Scanning

Deal Alert – Check It Out!!!

"Let Me Think On It" Blogger Excerpt:

Calling all you I’ve-got-10,000-shoeboxes-of-old-photos-that-I-need-to-do-something-with followers. Do I have a deal for you!As many of you may know, I sometimes (okay, most times) take a long time to make a decision about things that are really important to me. Examples – should I go digital; what camera is the absolute, perfect, gotta have it camera; what photo lab is the absolute, perfect, gotta use it lab; where is that perfect, absolute, gotta buy it, elusive brown purse; should I paint my toenails today? You get the picture.

The scans are 300 dpi, perfect for most any project we want to create with these long lost photos. Can’t wait to make several hardbound photo books. Love this stuff.Check these guys out. I am sold. Go for it, friends. You will not be disappointed. Oh, and search on their website for a link to their blog.

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8mm and Super 8 Digital Transfer to DVD From ScanMyPhotos.com

8mm to DVD Transfer

Just for you! ScanMyPhotos.com has added another custom photo preservation service, 8mm and Super 8 transfer to DVD. Much like photos, slides and negatives, your old home movies fade over time. Converting them to DVD is the quickest and easiest way to ensure that your treasured movies are preserved for the next generation.

We've made it easy for you to convert your old reels of film to DVD. Simply gather up your 8mm and Super 8 reels, as many as you wish, fill out the order form and send it all in. We will take care of the rest. Each DVD will hold up to 2 hours of video and we will fit as many reels onto one DVD as possible.

Preservation is the key with any family history and home movies are a vital part of a family heritage. Dust off those old movies and bring them into the 21st century.

Film Reel Size - Price (per reel)
3" reel (about 50' of film) $8.00
4" reel (about 100') 16.00
5" reel (about 200') 24.00
6" reel (about 300') 32.00
7" reel (about 400') 40.00

Ready to order, click on this downloadable order form

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Feedback: What People Are Saying About ScanMyPhotos.com

Dear Scan My Photos,

I recently sent in several boxes in your prepaid plan... In all cases our photos were carefully scanned and quickly returned. The discs worked without fail (and quickly) making our transition to 100% photos on the computer very easy. I have told many friends and family members about your great service.

Thank you!

L. Borsuk
Atlanta, GA

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"Operation Photo Scan" Offers 1,000 Free Photo Scans for Military Families

IRVINE, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In honor of Veteran's Day (Nov. 11), ScanMyPhotos.com, a world leader in hi-speed photo transfer, is offering all active and retired members of the military with free photo scanning through December 5, 2009.

Called "Operation Photo Scan," ScanMyPhotos.com will scan and digitally archive onto a DVD up to 1,000 4"x6" photos for military families at no charge. The normal charge of $64 will be waived. The only cost will be the company's standard $19.95 shipping and handling fee; most orders are returned the same day.

"As we prepare for the holiday season, we want the power of family pictures, especially those generations of analog snapshots, to be shared in today's all-digital world to help boost morale and signal that American businesses are grateful for our military's service to our nation," said Mitch Goldstone, President and CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com. Goldstone explained that his customer, who is also a Vietnam Veteran, suggested this program.

Over the past 20 years, the retail and international Ecommerce photo service founded several other grassroots campaigns, including "Operation Photo," where used digital cameras were donated to military families. Background, see link: http://www.scanmyphotos.com/news.html
How to receive up to 1,000 free 4"x6" photos scanned to DVD:

1) Click on this link for complete instructions and include a copy with your order. Only valid for domestic U.S. non APO/FPO addresses. [http://www.scanmyphotos.com/orderform/freemilitary.html]

2) Orders must be postmarked by December 5, 2009. Valid only for active and veteran U.S. military families.

A menu of 100s of additional paid photo imaging services are available, including photo greeting cards, custom picture memory albums, Kodak Picture Movie DVDs and photo restoration services.
ScanMyPhotos.com is a well-known leader in the photo imaging industry. In 2005 it founded "Operation Photo," which collected and distributed used digital cameras to families of deployed service members.

Founded in 1990, ScanMyPhotos.com trusts Kodak technology to professionally scan more than 45 million images to enable families to save and share generations of photo memories. A New York Times article said that "ScanMyPhotos service could turn out to be the best [$64] plus shipping you'll ever spend."

[source: Businewsswire]

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Learn how to create KODAK Picture Movie DVDs at ScanMyPhotos.com using Kodak kiosks

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How to View Scanned Photos on Your iMac and TV

Since new Mac computers come with Apple’s iLife software — a suite that includes iPhoto and iDVD — you can start by importing the pictures from the DVD into your iPhoto library. The program comes with several themed templates for making slide shows, complete with music and transitions from photo to photo. Along with several other iPhoto topics, Apple has a video tutorial for making slide shows at apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#iphoto.

Once you get your slide show timed and designed to your liking, you can burn it to a disc with the iDVD program. The program makes DVDs meant to be played on the big TV screen; tutorials for iDVD are at apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#idvd.


Create your own DVD in less time than it takes to watch one. With iDVD, you can premiere your movies and photo slideshows on a professional-quality DVD with animated menus, buttons, scene selection, and more. All customizable to suit whatever you’re sharing. Click here for more info.


Customize your DVD

If you’re more the hands-on type, iDVD gives you lots of options for further customizing your DVD.

Make a scene

Choose an iMovie project as your next iDVD project and you can add a scene selection menu.

iDVD automatically imports iMovie chapter markers and uses them to create your scene selections. For each chapter marker on the timeline, iMovie adds a thumbnail of the scene and an editable chapter title (such as “Blowing out the Candles” or “You May Kiss the Bride”).

Edit the chapter title in iMovie and you’ll have less work to do later, as iDVD picks up the chapter titles for its scene selection buttons.

Show off slideshows.

You can also use iDVD to show off your photos. Choose an iDVD theme and add photos one at a time or select albums, custom iPhoto books, slideshows — maybe even a video clip or two — from the iLife Media Browser. Then use the iDVD slideshow editor to rearrange photos, delete slides, or add more images from iPhoto. The slideshow editor includes tools for setting the slide duration, assigning transitions, and adding a soundtrack using songs from your iTunes library.
Add finishing touches.

Once you have all your content in place, iDVD lets you customize your menu screens. Customize drop zones with photos or video clips, choose from a library of buttons, and use built-in alignment guides to make your DVD perfect.


[source: NYT, Apple; caption: Apple, Inc.]

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