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Tutorial Thursday: Sharpen Your Images

What is sharpening? It is simply enhancing the edges of an image. Look at the examples below. Image that hasn’t had any edited or sharpening. An image that has had editing/sharpening. Alot of people upload or print the pictures exactly how they were on their camera without editing or sharpening their images. Why look and display a dull, out of focus image when in just a few minutes you could sharpen the photo and make it 100 times better? Most cameras (especially those in the more professional category) sharpen the image automatically. But for those smaller camera’s and point and shoots, you’ll have to manually sharpen the image. Some props for sharpening images are: 1. Photoshop Elements, 2. Lightroom, 3. Aperature, or you can use a FREE (not as high quality) photo editing site called 4. Picnik. (examples 1-3…

Tutorial Thursday: Best Blogging Tips – "The 6 Be’s"

When people join the blogging world they feel overwhelmed. I know I did for sure. I wish I had a list at the time of a handful of items that were important in getting my blog started. I didn’t, but now thought it was time to use what I think is helpful and important when…

Tutorial Thursday: How To Choose The Perfect Camera

We all (including me) have this very question. Which one is the best for the money? Do I go DSLR or Point-N-Shoot? There are so many out there, how does one decide? Here are some things to consider when buying a new camera… Battery Life There are people who want to get the best and…

Tutorial Thursday: Add A Signature To Your Blog!

Want one of those adorable, fancy – shmancy signatures that attaches to each post in blogger? Look no further! Here is an easy tutorial for you!1. You can create your image/signature using Photoshop or an online signature generator.2. Save the image to your computer.3. Upload the signature image to blogger. Once it’s uploaded, hit “preview”…

Tutorial Thursday: Gaining Blog Traffic

I’m always out to find new ways and fun ideas to gain blog traffic. It’s a good feeling to know people like what you’re writing and to hear from them or see them “following” your blog or tweets. So, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite ways to gain blog traffic…here we go. 1. Make…

Tutorial Thursday: FREE Social Media Icons…Where Do I Find Them?

I’ve been asked over the past few weeks where I got my cute social icon buttons. For those who are wondering what a social icon button is, it’s the icons to the right of this post. On my blog you’ll see, “F”, “T”, “B” and then the feed icon. If you click on the “F”,…