AboutJoe Appel Expertise I can answer questions related to many areas of photography, but most specifically relating to photojournalism. I can also offer advice on using digital and 35mm cameras, Adobe Photoshop, and digital photography in general. Once upon a time I was pretty good in a darkroom too.
Experience I have been a staff photographer for a major metropolitan newspaper group (over 100,000 circulation) for 12 years. Concurrently, I have maintained a freelance photography business.
Organizations belong to National Press Photographers Association
Publications Rolling Stone, USA Today, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Palm Beach Post, New York Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Super Street Bike, Motorcyclist, Sport Rider, Cycle World, Roadracing World, T.W.O. (Two Wheels Only), the ABA Journal.
Expert: Joe Appel Date: 10/23/2005 Subject: Hi, how are you?
I am writing...
Question Hi, how are you?
I am writing because I am an amateur photographer and I use a lot my SRL camera, but the problem I recently encountered is that whenever I want to use my pictures for internet purpose most of the time I am told that they are low quality pictures. I usually scanned them after I get them printed. Recently I got a digital camera and after I put them in the computer they are accepted as hight quality pictures. What can i do to make my pirnted pictures to be high quality for internet use?
Answer Alex,
You'll have better luck if you scan the photos in at as high a resolution as you can. I don't know the specifications of the scanner you're using, but you can try scanning a 4x6 in at 200 or 300d.p.i. (dots per inch) and see how the photo looks.
Any smaller than that and the quality won't match that of your digital camera.
