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magazine article submissions
Tips for taking printworthy photos on a mobile phone
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Allotment Society 2020 Christmas Card Challenge
In October every year the Marketing Co-ordinator starts fruitlessly digging around for Christmassy allotment photos for our official Christmas card, but of course it’s too late, the frost and snow were months ago! So, this year we would like to challenge our members to take the perfect allotment shot to grace our Christmas greetings card. Three people will be shortlisted and receive a choice
of gardening books; one winner will also receive their own supply of Christmas cards.
Please send 3 images to diane@nsalg.org. uk by 25th May 2020 and check the website for full terms and conditions.
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We have had a fantastic response to
our recent call for reader’s articles,
and as usual the regional pages are
full of members’ achievements and celebrations. Many thanks to all of you who have made the effort to contribute. All articles will feature, but we may have to edit or hold until a suitable edition of the magazine.
Please send in your articles as word documents and keep to a maximum of 850 words, ideally around 5-600 words with images. We may split longer articles across more than one edition. Send the images as separate jpeg files attached
to the email, not inserted. Also, please
do not insert the images into the article document or send the article as a pdf. If you have very large images then there is a free website called www.wetransfer.com that you can use to send the images to diane@nsalg.org.uk.
Articles with images are more likely to be read, and for print purposes we need
a high-resolution image. We realise that many of you use a mobile phone and they are very useful for taking images when you are out and about. So, here are some tips for taking printworthy photos with your phone:
• Getupclosetoyoursubject.
• Take more than one shot.
• Crop, don’t zoom – this will retain
quality.
• Do not use the flash.
• Set your photo size as large as possible. • Use HDR– When you enable HDR (High
Dynamic Range) mode in the camera settings, your phone will take three photographs at the same time to filter out the overly light and dark elements and layer the best parts of each shot to create one photo.
• Use the rear camera of your smart- phone. It takes much higher resolution shots than the front camera.
• Hold your phone steady by pulling your arms in towards your chest or stomach as you take the shot.
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