Mara Yeates-Trumbo


Photography advice needed please!

OK, I admit although I try doing everything myself as a self-taught artist and photographer, there comes a time when technology has me stumped! I photograph my artworks and landscapes with a Canon Power Shot S300 Digital Elph camera. I have put the setting at “L” for large and still my pictures are too small for RedBubble. I tried going into my Powershot computer programme to see if I could increase the pixels and although it enlarges the picture on screen when I save it and send it to RedBubble the results are the same. What am I doing wrong???

I hope I don’t have to invest in a new camera, any magic wands out there that can make it work what what I’ve got?
Any advice gratefully accepted!!!!
Your friend in need,
Mara

  • Gracey

    Gracey

    How many megapixels is your camera? Wait, I looked it up – it’s 2.1. Yeah, that might be a little small. You can upsize some if the images are sharp and clear – what have you got for photo editing software? You might be able to get card-sized out of it, and perhaps even small print size. I’m not sure about the medium print size though.

    I’m afraid there is no magic wand, but there’s a slight possibility…

    If you want to try an upsize, I’ve got a fairly good way to do that without losing much in the way of sharpness, you can email me on of your shots and I’ll give it a try for you. If it works I can tell you where to get the plugin (if you have software to run it). Send me a bubblemail if you want my email address.

  • Gracey

    Gracey

    Wait – there is something else you can do as well. Take your images in ‘series’ and join two or three together to get a larger size – like a triptych or poster-design. I’m just preparing to do some of those from my really old 3.2 mp camera.

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