1. Take the picture on the same level as the dog. The only exception should be if you want to show something special about the dog, such as showing the dog's "figure", whether it be overly thin, or obesity. Examples.
2. Take 3 or 4 different poses. See examples in number 1.
3. Make sure you have good lighting, or take the dog outside. If using a Polaroid camera, go outside, the quality of most indoor Polaroids is very poor. Examples.
4. Get help if the dog cannot hold still, and make sure the photo you send is in focus. Examples.
5. Do not have other dogs (or people) in the picture, unless it is a "duo" that is to be placed together. Example. Examples.
6. Try to eliminate "red eye", by having the flash point slightly away from the dog's eyes. Examples.
7. If you are sending me the photo, via snail mail be sure to enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want the pictures back. Contact Judy at 12dogpictures@brood-va.org for the mailing address.
1. Check the size of the file you are sending. It should be no more than 50K.
2. Give the file a meaningful name, such as fido999-1.jpg. Do not use the camera generated name, example: DCP00123.jpg. (If you know the dog's ID number, use it in the file name. We frequently have dogs with the same name at the same time on the web page.) Use lower case letters.
3. Crop the picture, so that only the dog is in the picture. This helps to reduce the size of the file.
4. Send only as an attachment, do NOT embed in the email message.
5. If unsure that you are doing it right, send a test message with a single file attached. My email is: 12dogpictures@brood-va.org
6. You may compress the files into one zip file, and send it as an attachment.
7. You may send me more than one attachment at a time.
8. You pick out the best photos. Do not send me a dozen photos and tell me to use the best.
1. Scan the picture at 72 dpi.
2. Format of the web is jpg. Save the image as a jpg file.
3. Scan just the dog, not the whole picture.
4. Remember to give the scanned file a meaningful name, try to use Dog ID number in file name, if you know it. example: flash1000-1.jpg NOT DCP000027.jpg.
Questions: Contact Judy at 12dogpictures@brood-va.org.
NOTE: In selecting the example pictures, I had no way to know who took the picture. So if I used one of your "good" pictures, then great for doing such a good job. If one of your pictures is a "bad" picture, well I apologize. But I think you can see the point I am making for each photo. And some of the pictures are ones that I took.
Updated 02/14/07