Photos can Make or Brake a Blog

You took the words out of my mouth Boo Boo !! LOL It's terrible being a bit of a Dinosaur and not being able to do what is more than likely a very simple & easy thing to do. Nothing like the Kids & Grandkids to help out with a bit of tuition though.
The only trouble with Grandkids when they show you how to do things on Iphones & Ipods & computers & such is that they expect you to be able to follow their Zillion KM per hour instruction & I'm left sitting in the dust scratching me bum & wondering what they were on about! LOL

Hi BooBoo and Barry

The only thing that will greatly help you and a must is a Digital Camera. If you are still using a film type camera, then you will need a scanner to be able to put the images up.

Once you have mastered the quite simple process, you will find that it looks a lot harder than it is. What I do is when I downsize an image to be used here, either on the forum or in blogs, it to know the exact location of where you have downsized the images to. For small numbers, I usually have my Desktop as the place to find the images.

Just below the spell Check, you will see a Tab called "Insert Image" From here use the bottom button to locate where your have placed your image and then add a few words for what you want to say when the photo is displayed.

Once the imaged has been uploaded you will see some funny letters and numbers, nothing to worry about, it is just data for your uploaded image. From here you can either add more images, or use the Preview Tab to see what your finished image will look like.

Have a play and you will quite quickly pick up on just how easy it is.


All the best and do not give up any hope on getting your images up.

ps....BooBoo you have done a good job of inserting an image for your profile picture, correct resizing so you are already half there.




Cheers



Stephen

Hi Stephen,

Another worthwhile step when uploading images is to add a title put a few words of description in the box. In blogs the title displays with the picture and the description is visible if you hover the cursor over the image.

As an example in the recent photo comp there were photos of wonderful places, but without any info the photos lose some of their impact IMHO. Likewise a lot of blogs include photos of places that are not really explained in the text. Its not hard to put in a few words to accompany the photo and only takes a few seconds.

Cheers,

Val

Hi Val

Another great valid point.


Cheers


Stephen

You could put a "watermark" on your images.

Yes - that's certainly worth considering, thanks. I'll see if I can do it with software I already have.

I have a number of photographs of the Eucla Telegraph Station taken in 1901 and have been relluctant to release them for general publication. I have since thought (at 79 uears of age you think a bit slow) why should I not release them so that others may see how the original station was. Tell be how or who can put them on Exploroz for me.
Brian

Hi Brian,

I'm guessing you would be a member of RWAHS? Why not donate the pictures to them in exchange for a CD of the pictures. You would then be in a better position to upload them to this site...

Alan

You guess wrong. Sorry. I was the one who exposed that Dame Edith Cowan's father was hanged for murder. As a consequence they want nothing to do with me.

OK - Good researching!!! Borrow a scanner or use a friends scanner to get them into digital format, then you will be able to upload them here...

Hi Alan

I was only in contact with a member recently and the question was brought up about copyrights with photos. Like the member said, you usually have one or more images of the location that you photographed, crop the image etc and them you have created a completely different image of what you may want to use yourself.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Brian

If you could get some images up, that would be great and would be very personal for me. When we visited the old ruins and the old jerry, it was not for a tourist look but for some reminisces for family history.

My mind immediately thought of what it would have been like when my Great Grandfather came through here in 1896 on camels as part of the small Hubbe Expedition. From here they travelled even further east before taking a sailing ship from Fowler Bay back to Adelaide.

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I hope you can get them up.


Cheers



Stephen

I doubt that the picture taken in 1896 is true. It would have been taken much later than that. The main street of the townsite was quite clear and there was no erosion at that time. The photos were taken by Manning who later gained some fame for solving the murders on the rabbit proof fence, His son, Francis, gave them to me before he died.

Brian, if you read the caption again it says WHAT WAS IT LIKE in 1896

Guess its a later photo of Stephens and he would like an early one

Hi Brian

The images that I have just put up were taken by me in 2010. What I was trying to get across, what did the site look like well over 100 years ago, back in 1896.


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Stephen

Ahhh that photo of the jetty is almost identical to the one I took about 9 months ago.

It brings back memories. We liked the area between Streaky Bay and Port lincoln so much, ( it was a one day trip on the way home from Bunbury) that we are going back there for a 4 week stay around March April next year.

OK, OK I'll sit down in the next few days and see if I can master the Photo thing.

And yes I have a digital camera, two infact one is a Nikon D3000 and the other is a little W725.

Although I still like my 30 plus yo cannon SLR.

Thanks for the prod Stephen. LOL

Hi Val

This is great and shows what you can do to give a different perspective and depth to an image.


Cheers


Stephen

I reckon most people look at the photos first, then read the text if the photos suggest there is something of interest in the article. Given its so easy to pop out the photos and click through them, why wouldn't you?

Cheers,

Val

Hi Val

You have stolen my thunder, and that is exactly what I do. Like I said it costs nothing to upload images, so why not make them tell the story for you. There is an old saying which is so true... A picture can tell a Thousand Words.


Cheers

Stephen

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I'll be blowed it actually worked,,,,,, now i'm a genius as well. LOL

I like that, BooBoo and Lulu :)

Bugga

Never noticed that the rhymed before.

Hi BooBoo

Well done and it's great to see that you persevered to get it to work.

Now there is nothing stopping you.



Cheers


Stephen