Holiday Photos
After the last wrapping paper and bows are put away, the holidays are soon forgotten. That is why it is so important to savor your holiday photos. Take time in January to enjoy those photos and share them with loved ones.
Here are a few quick tips to help you make the most out of your photos.
Store
Many people leave photos on their camera’s memory card until a future trip or event. Take the time to download those photos from your digital camera. In addition to saving them on your computer’s hard drive, you may want to consider burning a CD to ensure those memories will last. Remember to mark the CD clearly, so you will know exactly which one it is. If you don’t have a writable CD around, you can always save all or just the best photos to a thumbdrive also known as a flash drive or memory stick. If you take a lot of photos, you may want to consider investing in an external hard drive. These devices can store large amounts of memory, so you don’t clog up your computer’s hard drive.
Share
Make sure you share your holiday photos with your family and friends. You can attach the photos to an e-mail or insert them in the text are of the e-mail.
If you have extra CDs, you can burn extra copies and mail them to love ones anywhere. Or, you can share your photos electronically. You can share photos on an array of sites including Shutterfly, Snapfish, Smugmug, and Photobucket.
Another great way to share memories is to create a craft. You can either create a scrapbook, card, or even a picture frame that will last all year.
Snip
If you want to crop the edges of your photos, but you do not have an expensive photo editing software, you can edit directly in Microsoft Word. After inserting the image, click on it with the left side of your mouse.
A toolbar should appear with lots of photo editing tools including the cropping tool highlighted below. Other features allow you to increase or decrease the contrast level, make the photo brighter, or rotate the image.
In just seconds, you can crop and brighten photos without having to purchase additional tools.
