I size my pics to about 900 pixels on the long side. That makes them large enough for viewing without scrolling for most. I feel that if I size them for the stingiest monitor sizes, serious critiquing is all but impossible. Paul
On Jul 24, 2010, at 11:10 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: > Years ago, in another life, I was your garden variety portrait and > wedding photographer. Probably less than garden-variety as I shot with > OLD medium format equipment (Mamiyaflex and C33 TLRs that were given > to me when I was 18 by a cousin's wife, whose KC > professional-photographer-father had suddenly passed away with a > massive heart attack.) Anyway, I got burned out on dealing with the > people/stress and turned away from photography as a whole for many > years. My desire was rekindled in the digital age by my storm-chasing > son-in-law and a couple of years ago I got my K200D. That has now been > passed on to another son-in-law who is discovering photography and I'm > shooting with a K-x. All of this is my way of saying that I felt a > little unprepared when out-of-the-blue I was asked to do a family's > outdoor portraits. The occasion of everyone getting together was the > impending deployment of the youngest son to Afghanistan. We did the > session last night and it went well, although it was a very humid high > 90's and I felt like a wet rag when it was over. > > Which brings me to my question: I am unprepared for the business side > of digital. I planned to put small low-res photos as proofs up on > Flickr (just because it would be easy for all concerned). My question > is: what size/resolution is recommended for "low-res"? Alternative > methods of work (to Flickr or any part) are also welcome and > appreciated. > > It is doubtful that I will be doing this much, as I really don't enjoy > it terribly, but I realize the importance of charging or word will get > around and everyone will be pounding at your door for the free loaves > and fishes. > : ) > > Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom! > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
