Photo Related Questions

Bellina12200

1 - What site/place do you use to print your photos?  (i.e. Shutterfly, Snapfish, etc.)

2 - How did you learn more about your DSLR camera to maximize its capabilities?  I still have so much to learn to get the best photos. How did you learn to really use your DSLR camera? A book, class, other?

3 - If you use iPhoto on a Mac, is there anything in there that tells you what setting the picture was taken with?  My mom said that the Canon software will tell you but I was curious if iPhoto did the same.

TIA!!

AmyRI

I'm going to answer 1 and 3 at the same time. I use the Google software Picasa to deal with my photos AND ordering of prints. It's an incredibly similar setup to iPhoto, but for me it has several advantages (iPhoto does not save edits to the actual files on your computer, but Picasa does, and if you move pictures in different folders in Picasa it moves them on your hard drive too, so you can always find your photos where you put them to begin with). Picasa allows you to upload folders, albums, or selections of photos to many different photo printing websites. I either use Snapfish or Walmart, depending on what I have special offers for or if I want them mailed to me or 1-hour in-store processing. Picasa does tell you the settings of the camera when you are looking at 1 picture (it shows up in the menu area on the left). I would assume iPhoto would, but I don't know where.

2 - I learned the basics of DSLRs from other people that use them, and the users manual. I think the best way to learn is to figure out how each setting works on its own, and just test it out. Shoot one object over and over and over with different settings, so you get the hang of all the options. I'm sure a class would have helped, but it's not something I've ever spent $$ on.

iluvmylab

Bellina12200:

1 - What site/place do you use to print your photos?  (i.e. Shutterfly, Snapfish, etc.) Shutterfly, Walgreens, or Snapfish

2 - How did you learn more about your DSLR camera to maximize its capabilities?  I still have so much to learn to get the best photos. How did you learn to really use your DSLR camera? A book, class, other? Got two books from Amazon specifically for my camera, also used the tutorial dvds that came with the camera.  If you just search the internet, there is alot of free info out there.