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1. Digital Camera: So you purchased a new digital camera or someone gave you one as a gift. They are fun and simple to use (if it is a "point and shoot" model) but you ask "Where are the pictures? How do I get them out of that little camera?"

2. What do I get: Most digital cameras come with all the necessities you would need to use your camera with your computer or depending on your printer may even work directly with the printer. Lets look at what you should have in the box that the camera came in.

• Camera.
• Instruction book.
• Disk to download to your computer (so the computer recognizes the new software).
• USB cable to connect the camera to the computer.
• Video cable to connect the camera directly to TV. (we will review later)

The first step should be to read the instruction book and become familiar with the camera workings. Secondly, you have to run the disk in the computer so the computer will recognize the camera when it is plugged into the USB port.

Now you're ready to upload your images by connecting the cable with the USB connection to your camera and then to the computer. The computer should recognize the camera and ask you where you would like to file the photos. Usually you would put them in "my documents/my pictures"; you can create new folders so you can sort your images. You put a name on the new folder that will identify what the images are for, i.e. grandchild's birthday, etc. or what ever the occasion. You can now view your images as a thumb nail image, which allows you to view all of the photos at one time. You simply click the mouse on the image you want to edit or email and it will appear at a larger size image.

Editing your images can be as simple as rotating or flipping the image. Or you need to adjust the color or contrast of the image. Or you can crop your image to remove parts of the image that are not necessary. If you have a more advanced photo editing program there are all sorts of thinks you can do to your image.

3. Sharing your images: So you have now edited your images and are ready to share your beautiful photos with your family and friends. Now the question is how do you want to share them? Do you want to send them via the internet (emailing ) or do you want to send them copies?

4. Emailing your images: First you open a new email, you put in the addresses of the people you would like to share your photos with. You write them a little story to tell them what the photos are from and now its time to insert the images. Clicking on the "insert" will open a window where you would scroll now to "my documents/my pictures"; you will see all of the new folders you been creating, scroll down until you see the folder with the photos you want to send and click on the folder. Your images will come up in the thumb nail size, you can click on the image you want to send and then click on the box that reads "insert" or just double click on the image and it will appear in your email.

If you are sending a lot of photos you may want to resize the images so the email is not too big which will take longer to send.

5. Printing your images: First you click on "my documents" and then click on "my pictures"; you will see all of the new folders you been creating, scroll down until you see the folder with the photos you want to send and click on the folder. Your images will come up in the thumb nail size, you can click on the image you want to send and click on the printer icon at the top of the screen.

A box will open to walk you through the process for printing. There you can pick the size of the image and the quantity you would like to print. Make sure the printer is on and loaded with photo paper.

6. Photo Shows: Another option for sharing your images is creating a photo show. There are "Photo Show" programs out there that you can purchase or there are web sites where you purchase their program on line and they hold your photo shows on there web site. You simply email the family and friend with the address for your photo show and they click on the web address and your photo show appears.

I have an example of a photo show of an event that you may be familiar with that I would like to share with you.

7. Out sourcing: If you do not have a printer or it is just too darn hard to figure it out; there still hope for you! You still have at least two more options for sharing your images. First you can take your memory card to any drug store, Wal Mart or better still Ritz Camera Store and print out what ever photos you have on your memory card. You will still have the opportunity to make simple adjustments to your images before they are printed. I recommend going to Ritz Camera Store as they seem to have more experience and are more helpful than a clerk at a local drug store or Wal Mart. In addition they have many more options for sharing your photos; they can make a book of your images a burn you a disk.

Another out sourcing opportunity is emailing your images (remember we talked about emailing images at the beginning of this presentation) the only thing different is if you want larger size images you don't want to reduce the image before sending it. I believe you can email your photos to Wal Mart and they can be picked up or viewed by your friends or family in another city or state. I prefer to email my images to Ritz Camera; you set up an email account down load your images, edit them, choose the size of the image and crop it.

Once down you email it to the closest Ritz Camera store. They send you an email to let you know they got the images and give you a time to pick them up. Real simply!

Another option is Adorama, They are a large photographic supply company in New York they sell their products on line. They have some really great values. In addition, they do developing (printing) I recently received an email for a sale They are having for 8" x 10" photos for only 99 cents. I am presently paying $ 4.99 at Ritz Camera, so I will definitely be trying out their services.

8. Connecting to the TV: I mentioned earlier that most cameras come with a cable that hooks up to the TV's video input. This allows you to review your images right from your camera. But you have to realize that the images are unedited at this point but it does allow you to rotate the image and zoom in or out on the image which is really great to zoom in on someone's expression that you may have captured. If you have a disk made of your images either from Ritz or from the Photo Show program, these can also be shown on your TV if you have a DVD player.

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