You bet it is! It can make or break your pages. I found a great YouTube Video talking about design principles for scrapbooking. I think this is an important concept to understand as it will help you create visually pleasing pages.
Enjoy!
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I was recently out in the blogosphere and found some really great sites that I have now added to my RSS Feeds. I wanted to share those sites with you today and maybe you too will find some great sites to add to your daily/weekly reads.
I stopped by Scraps of Mind (http://www.scrapsofmind.com) and read a great article about reusing my old paper layouts to create sketches for new layouts! Not only will this work for your paper scrapping, but also for inspiration for digi layouts too! To read the full article, click here
Next up on my search for quality scrapping blogs I found DigiFree (http://digifree.blogspot.com). They offer links to some great FREE digital products! Now I am a sucker for free stuff, and since I am just starting out with Digi Scrappin’ I love finding kits, templates and individual items I can use to try out. You can find DigiFree here.
Last of my noteworthy sites this week is Scrapscene. They bost the “Who’s Who” in scrapbooking and I did find they had some really inspiring tutorials! You can get your scrap on here.
Seller: Dan Feildman
Summary:
Turn Your Photos Into Cash is a home study course about making money online through digital photography. Written for anyone who can use a digital camera, the course focuses on selling digital photography through stock photo sites on the Internet. The text and video formats allow different types of learners to make the most of the course.
Product Details:
Turn Your Photos Into Cash – The main course is a 129-page Ebook with the following chapters:
- Introduction
- Jumpstart Your Career
- Before You Begin
- Four Ways to Make Money with Your Digital Photos
- Five Secrets to Making More Money with Your Stock Photos
- Tips and Tricks for Taking Better Photos
- Tips and Tricks for Enhancing Your Photos
The product also comes with the following bonuses:
1. Offline Opportunities Report – A 34-page special report about offline ways to make money with digital photography
2. Slash Your Learning Curve Using These Five Checklists – Detailed checklists or cheat sheets guide the user through the essential points of the course. The checklists are:
- What You Need to Make Money Online with Your Digital Photos
- The Legalities of Digital Photography
- How to Protect Your Photography
- How to Take Better Photos
- How to Improve Your Image Editing
3. Five Action Steps Guides – Step-by-step guide to make money through specific websites. The guides are:
- How to Make Money with iStockphoto
- How to Make Money with Stockxpert
- How to Make Money with CafePress
- How to Find Freelance Projects with Elance
- How to Make Money with Break.com
4. Turn Your Photos Into Cash Mind Maps – Excellent for visual learners, the mind maps allow the user to grasp the strategies at a glance. The mind maps offer an excellent overview of the course, and can be used to refresh the lessons in the user’s mind. The 8 mind maps are:
- Complete Mind Map
- Introduction
- Jump Start Your Career
- Before You Begin
- Four Ways to Make Money
- Five Secrets to Making More Money
- Tips for Enhancing Photos
- Tips for Taking Better Photos
5. Turn Your Photos Into Cash Video – This is the complete home study course in either video or audio-only formats.
Format:
The main course and first four bonuses are digital text files in the form of PDF. The videos are in digital Flash format. These can be either viewed online or downloaded into the user’s hard drive. The audio version of the course is in mp3 format, which can be loaded into any mp3 player.
Thoughts on the Product:
Turn Your Photos Into Cash was created for anybody who knows how to use a digital camera and has access to a computer with Internet connection. One does not have to be a professional photographer to understand and benefit from the course. While it briefly discusses the technical issues of digital photography, the course really isn’t about how to take digital photographs. It is about how to sell those photographs online and make money.
The course presents these marketing strategies in easy to understand language. Even complete newbies or amateur digital photographers will not be overwhelmed or intimidated. The strategies don’t take a lot of time or energy to implement. The bonus cheat sheets, step-by-step guides and mindmaps make it even easier to actually take action and simply jump into making money with digital photography.
The video and audio formats will appeal to visual and auditory learners. That you can load the lessons into your mp3 player and listen to them on the go is a definite plus.
Digital photography is a little-known work at home business model, particularly among those who are not professional photographers. With Turn Your Photos Into Cash, however, even amateur photographers with a little time and motivation can soon be making money with their photographs.
Where to Learn More:
Turn Your Photos Into Cash and pick up a free report on how to start earning from digital photography.
I am determined to learn how to use Photoshop Elements 7.0 and do some digital scrapbooking. I had done this layout last year and it will serve as a great reference point as I continue on my journey to be a better digital (paper too) scrapper.
Not perfect by any means… but for a first shot, I am happy with it.
I used elements and papers that I had gotten from ScrapGirls, 2Peas and some paper that I had scanned in from Close To My Heart.
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Seller: Learn Digital Photography Now Website
Summary: The Your Guide to Digital Photography by Dan Feildman is a downloadable guide for digital photography beginners and those looking for better results from their digital photography.
Product Details: There are a number of components to this learning product including ?
- Your Guide to Digital Photography – a 75-page guide that includes a variety of tips and advice for the beginner to advanced photographer. Some of the topics are:
- Taking your first pictures
- Different kinds of digital cameras
- Professional technology at affordable prices
- Finding the right low end digital camera for those on a budget
- Exposing digital photography myths.
- Understanding the features of your digital camera
- Tips for taking better digital pictures
- Pet photo tips
- Night photo tips
- Horizons and sunglasses
- How to share your digital pictures
- Printing your pictures
- Choosing a printer for you digital images
- Editing your photos.
- Understanding white balance so your photos look good in all lighting.
- Interpolation and digital zoom to improve detailing in pictures
- Finding free photo editors for your Windows computer
- Using your flash effectively
- Understanding and making the most of your memory cards
- Important equipment to take when traveling.
- Battery options and your best bets.
- Making money from your digital photography hobby.
- Photography Quick Tips ? 37 pages showing you how to make the most of your pictures. It includes practical tips for:
- Night photography
- Action photography
- Landscapes
- Sunsets and sunrises
- Beach photography
- Desert photography
- Sports photography
- People and pets
- Street photography
- Fog & Mist
- Waterfalls & Running Water
- Rain & Snow
- Fireworks
- Picasa Tutorials ? There are 8 video tutorials (you can view them online or download them to your computer) to show you how to use the free Picasa software to organize, edit, create and share your photos. The videos include:
- Downloading and installing the program
- Editing photos with Picasa
- Creating collages
- Blogging with Picasa
- Backing up your photos
- Printing your photos
- Posting pictures to your web album
- Your Top Digital Photography Questions Answered ? This 26 page guide answers 20 common questions about digital photography including:
- What is the biggest mistake made by beginning digital photographers?
- How to decide on the right digital camera.
- How to decide is a picture is worth taking.
- How to get the white balance right.
- How to take clear shots for indoor sports.
- Advantages/disadvantages of raw vs. Jpeg format photographs.
- What are the best settings for low light/nighttime conditions?
- What is hyperfocal distance?
- How to take a photo of a glass sign or a framed picture in glass
- How to get high contrast natural light black and white pictures.
- Time lag from the time you take a picture until it is on the memory card.
- How to avoid redeye in dim light.
- Small object close up pictures.
- How to photograph gemstones and jewelry.
- How to take a picture with both strong sun and shade.
- Capturing personality in photos of people.
- How can I understand depth of field?
- Settings and techniques for photographing birds and wildlife.
- How to take pictures into the sun and avoid lens flare.
- How to take good pictures in the snow or on the beach.
- Buying a Digital Camera Video ? This video shows you how to use the Internet to conduct research from unbiased sources.
- An Experiment in Photography. What Exactly Happens When You Change the Settings on Your Digital Camera?” ? This 12 page guide shows photos of the same object (a house, in this case) with different camera settings resulting in very different photos.
- Secrets of Night Photography ? A quick 6-page guide with concise advice about nighttime photography. It includes information on:
- Trails of Light (Cars)
- Trails of Light (Stars)
- Weather and Exposure
- Horizons and Sunglasses
- Tripods
- Low Cost Filtering
Format:
The main guide is a PDF ebook. There are extra guides (PDF) and videos (free Flash & Shockwave required). If you’re not sure how to use these files, don’t worry, all the download information is carefully explained and any software you may need is free and safe to download.
Thoughts on the Product:
This package covers a lot of ground on the topic of digital photography. All of the advice is very step-by-step and detailed, but doesn’t include unnecessary filler. Even for someone who has never used a digital camera before, the information is clear and concise enough to take that person from buying a camera to taking their first shots and being proud of their work.
The product can be downloaded instantly upon purchase, so you don’t have to wait for a bunch of books and videos to come in the mail. For those who are new to online downloads, full instructions are included.
Where to Learn More: Learn Digital Photography Now Website and get a free report to get you started with digital photography.
