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Alternate travel photosPosted Aug 25, 2008 by carl in JAlbum news 
If you are selling (or hope to soon be selling) your travel photos to the publishing world, don't forget images that also represent the idea of travel. Depending on flight connections, you can be sitting around in an airport for hours doing nothing. Why not try to get some candid shots that show movement, and the feeling of air travel? These types of images sell well; you can often find them in travel trade publications such as AAA and the like. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Use a wide angle lens to allow for extra text space. The above photo has plenty of white area which is ideal for graphic designers; they can add the magazine mast head or any other text. 2. Make sure there is always movement in the photo. Static images do not sell very well. 3. Err on the side of overexposure. 4. Find the brightest area of the airport to take your photos. 5. Keep an eye open for pilots and crew walking toward their gate. You can often get usable images of these people as long as no faces or company logos are visible. 6. Panning shots of people walking by work well. The faces will not be recognizable, and the sense of movement will add value to your image. Important: With increased airport security this type of photography is very risky. Keep your camera at your waist, and keep shooting, guessing at the composition. You will eventually get some usable images, after deleting the majority of ill-composed shots. In this case, digital cameras have the advantage! Thanks to professional photographer Mark Hemmings (www.markhemmings.com) for writing this photo tip.
PageFlip skin has that genuine photobook feelingPosted Aug 19, 2008 by Björn Fant in JAlbum news 
Have you ever wanted to have the look and feel of a real photo album for your online photos? Just like the one standing in your bookshelf with pictures that were taken before you bought a digital camera. With the PageFlip skin you can. This flash-based skin lets you view your photos like a photobook, with one photo on every page. The PageFlip skin is created by alt from the limited freeware version of the flash software at FlashPageFlip.com. P.s. If you're longing for the smell of newly printed paper and the feeling of holding your very own book with photos, don't forget about our printing partner Blurb. We love them, and hope you do too. D.s.
IMPRESSIONISTIC PHOTOSPosted Aug 15, 2008 by Björn Fant in JAlbum news  An easy way to get your flower photos to look like a painting: 1. Put your camera on Aperture Priority and set your lens to its lowest f-stop number. In this case, a 50mm f1.4 lens works best, but use whatever you have. 2. If you are using digital, set your camera's saturation level to high, and white balance to Shade setting. If you are using a film camera, place a warming filter or orange gel in front of the lens. Use a very saturated slide film like Fuji Velvia or Kodak VS. 2. Hand-hold this photo, no tripods needed. 3. Place your lens on manual focus, and focus above the flowers, somewhere between the tops of the flowers and your camera. 4. Try a few different photos with different levels of de-focus, and choose the best one. I have found that overcast days work best for this technique. Have fun! Thanks to professional photographer Mark Hemmings (www.markhemmings.com) for writing this photo tip.
Photography tip: Pics from the 60'sPosted Aug 12, 2008 by carl in JAlbum news  If for any reason you would like to replicate the look of early color film, and are using Photoshop, here are a few tips: 1. Dress your subject in appropriately aged clothing. 2. Find an interior that is difficult to date (the era . . . not dinner and a movie) 3. Create a vertical composition. In this case, sloppy compositions look more genuine. 4. Set your camera to capture in its lowest contrast setting 5. Use an attached flash so that a sharp shadow is created against the back wall. 6. In Photoshop or any other image editor, defocus the photo with the Gaussian Blur filter. Old family photos were rarely sharp. 7. Desaturate your photo about 50%; less vibrancy is needed. 8. Adjust color balance so more red and yellow are added. And there you have it! One important factor is the printing. Make sure that whoever prints the photo does not "correct" any color or contrast settings. Tell them to print the photo as is. Thanks to professional photographer Mark Hemmings (www.markhemmings.com) for writing this photo tip.
Support a community heroPosted Aug 11, 2008 by carl in JAlbum news Long time Jalbum supporter and skin developer Armond has done a tremendous contribution to the Jalbum community. This time he is calling for your help as he and his family are going through hard times. We are all with you Armond. These are his words: Dear JAlbum Lovers, Armond Related thread in the Jalbum forum
Beta are for cowardsPosted Aug 8, 2008 by Daniel Frisk in JAlbum news It's offical... We have boldly labeled our site logo with better instead of beta, and I must admit it was my silly idea :)
Beta is now BetterPosted Aug 8, 2008 by carl in JAlbum news
We've had a "Beta" tag stuck to the Jalbum logo on the site for a while to indicate that our new community site is still in a very early stage. We are far from where we want to take this site but we've made some improvements and decided to change the tag to "Better" :) Thanks for all the great input we get and for all the stunning albums added to the site, you're the ones making the site better! Here are the latest updates: Jalbum Skin Viewer on Skin tab 
The download map is back 
Comment and add albums to favorites straight from the thumbnails 
Profile info moved to your community home page 
Easier to write descriptions to albums
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