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Comment on S.P.E Delivers by AS

AS — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:54:45 +0000

Thanks my friend and again I say “without the Ultimate Webmaster - T.C” this achievement would not be possible.

Comment on S.P.E Delivers by TC

TC — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:38:43 +0000

Congrats! Great story, wonderful that Helen found the quality service. Please; Looking forward to samples online, cheers; TC

Comment on Photo Upload Test by AS

AS — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:25:10 +0000

Thanks TC for your hard work on the website again.

You are a valuable international asset for SPE as a business and also above all a great mate.

Keep up the good work in all areas of life.

Andy

Comment on Feedback Time at SPE by pete

pete — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:13:17 +0000

Hi all
For anyone beginning digital photography it is an exciting time but it can also be very frustrating. There are lots of tips on this website (have a good look!) but here are a few of mine which may also help.
Digital photography has some great advantages
-Yes you can take lots of pictures - often too many?
-Yes you can choose the best ones for printing - do you take time to do this?
The big question is are you getting the best from your camera and getting the results that you want? If not read on and here are a few tips for new, and more experienced photographers, that we tend to forget about no matter what sort of camera we have.

COMPOSITION – Take time to set up the shot. If you are deleting lots of images or have to spend hours on the computer working on pictures something is wrong. Use the viewfinder or screen to compose your picture. Be prepared to MOVE to get the best viewpoint or use your ZOOM to fill the frame with your subject – cropping it later is a waste of time. Look out for background distractions in the picture too.

FOCUS- Many out of focus shots are caused by impatience! Give the camera time to focus on the main subject.

SHARPNESS- Cameras must be held absolutely still to get a sharp picture. Hold the camera firmly in BOTH hands and squeeze the shutter button – don’t stab at it. If you can, prop the camera on something, or alternatively use a tripod.

These three things will begin to turn your snaps into photographs, but there is one more suggestion.

REVIEW your images on the camera after taking. If they are not right take them again!

What next?

Go to Stamford Photo Express!
SPE has many advantages as the best place to go for prints.
First Andy has years of experience working with images. He adjusts every image before printing, using his technical expertise.
Second, your home printer cannot match the quality of his commercial machine which uses top end technology for printing, giving prints of archival quality. Ink jet and thermal prints will not last as long. Work out how much your printer really costs to run in ink paper and time and you see will see that printing at SPE makes sense. You also get a personal service, not just a help line when things go wrong!

A couple of suggestions though. Choose which pictures you want to print BEFORE you go to the shop and make a list, or better still transfer them to a CD or memory stick before you go. Do not fiddle with the pictures or “crop” them to odd sizes on your because this makes them harder to print!
Enjoy your photography and let the expert do the printing process for you and for those special pictures you can get big enlargements or canvas prints too.

If you want to learn more, come to one of the evening sessions at Stamford Photo Express or join me on a local practical photography course.

Comment on Feedback Time at SPE by TC

TC — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:10:59 +0000

Good idea Andy! It’s good to know who’s reading the blog so indeed…. type some feedback, it’s easy, it’s simple, it’s fun!!!

From Rotterdam, Sunshine today on April 25th, up for work, to the Apple Shop in The Hague where people will get demonstrations of the most powerful computer operating system ever….MAC OS X Leopard. This Very nice OS comes with iPhoto ‘08, the app to manage your pictures and never loose them or accidentally throw them away in the trash.,… Cheers!

Comment on Xmas Offer by TC

TC — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:31:02 +0000

Come on down! Did it work? What a nice way of media integration Andy, love it. I hope this resulted in many blog-like customers?

Comment on Oh no, I didn’t mean to delete that one!! by AS

AS — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:15:06 +0000

More great advice by T.C here. I couldn’t have phrased it better
myself. Especially the bit about where to print your photos that just “goes without saying”.

Digital camera owners take note of these tips by T.C and save yourselves that trip to us for image recovery.

Thank-you T.C for more great input.

Andy

Comment on Oh no, I didn’t mean to delete that one!! by TC

TC — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:26:44 +0000

Tips that come to my mind:

1. Always upload photos from your camera to your computer first before sorting out the good/bad ones.
2. Avoid using card readers built into computers(because you can make a mistake whether photos are on card reader or hard-drive).
3. Use USB photo transfer from camera to computer.
4. Only sort out photos already stored on your computer’s hard-drive.
5. Never delete photos from you camera until you’re happy with the computer results.
6. Please buy yourself more than one memory card, it’s worth it.
7. Burn a CD/DVD of your photos on a regular basis.
8. Print your photos at Stamford Photo Express.
9. ! Pressing ‘format’ on your digital camera should only be done when photos are stored and printed.
10. No alcopops and photo work at the same time

Comment on Size is definitely important, or -the trouble with cropping photos by TC

TC — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:11:15 +0000

You’re most welcome! Albert Heijn store is one of the biggest supermarkets in this country. They’re offering their photo print services for many years now. Let me keep you posted how they’re going to respond to the letter I’ve sent to them by e-mail.

I think their response will be sort of like “can you send us your printed images as an example?” While I’m convinced about the fact they already know for sure how their software works. Or should I say: does NOT work?!

Anyway, my pleasure sharing this with the staff and it’s customers. Indeed, time for action doing something against lack of service/software and photo quality world wide my friend! You’re doing good things @ SPE. I much appreciate it. I should send my images to you soon so I can show SPE prints to Albert Heijn! How ’bout that?

from Rotterdam,
TC