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Upload your favorite fall photos here: http://dpcontests.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=6630099. The 20 most entertaining entries will receive a free Photo Package that includes four 5x7s, two 8x10s and a set of four 4-pack wallets. Your photos may even be featured on dotPhoto’s home page.
The biggest photo upload day of the year in social media is the day after Halloween. You can also kick off the season with dotPhoto Halloween cards like this…
Each card includes a free envelope, and economy shipping is free for Club Members.
We’ve beefed up our Club Plan to include free shipping on all photo merchandise with no minimums.
This means that Members don’t have to wait until they accumulate $30 of orders to get free shipping. Order a 16×20 Matte Poster for just $9.99 and the shipping is included. We’ve also reduced prices for 2-day and Overnight shipping.
All paid dotPhoto Plans also get free merchandise shipping.
We’ve reduced item prices, too, so our Club Members are saving money AND getting free shipping.
Take a look at these savings:
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dotPhoto |
Other Leading |
YOU SAVE |
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| 3×5 Refrigerator Magnet |
$6.88 |
$7.99 |
$1.11 / 14% |
| White Mug |
$9.94 |
$15.92 |
$5.98 / 38% |
| 16×20 Matte Poster |
$9.99 |
$22.98 |
$12.99 / 57% |
**All prices include economy shipping; dotPhoto Club members receive free economy shipping with no minimum quantity.
Why would we include free shipping? Frankly, we were inspired by Amazon’s Prime model, which gives members free shipping on many products. Most online photo sites charge exorbitant shipping fees even if you get a decent price. We think that a good price AND free shipping is what our members would prefer. So far, they seem to love it.
We’re adding lots of new features to dotPhoto Plans. To start saving, join here!
I just sent photos from my phone to dotPhoto where I can print and organize my photos — and then shared a photo on Facebook. Here’s how:
Android: http://dotphoto.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/120424-how-can-i-move-photos-from-my-android-phone-to-dotphoto-
iPhone: http://dotphoto.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/109200-how-can-i-move-photos-from-my-iphone-to-dotphoto-
Clicking on the photo will share your dotPhoto album.
Steps to share on Facebook: http://dotphoto.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/106273-how-can-i-share-my-dotphoto-photos-to-facebook-
We’re psyched to create a new look and new features for dotPhoto. This is just a JPG, but, if you enlarge it, you’ll see how it will look on a screen.
What do you think? We’ll incorporate good ideas.
Many people ask us how to convert their large RAW files to JPG files for uploading to dotPhoto. Others want to know about free photo editing tools.
Here is a collection of really excellent free editing and conversion software.
FORMAT FACTORY
http://www.pcfreetime.com/
Converts many photo file types plus audio and video.
IRFANVIEW
irfanview.com
This sophisticated editing program also offers a powerful bulk conversion routine.
INKSCAPE
inkscape.org
Open-source vector graphics editor that will output to SVG files
GIMP
gimp.org
Open-source image retouching tool
Now available on Netflix is the story of a nature photographer who wanted to record the receding glaciers. It’s partly a technological tale, too, because he thought, when he started in 2008, that he would be able to buy time-lapse cameras off the shelf that would gather photos over several years. For anyone who has ever tried to implement a big project, Chasing Ice is heartbreaking on two levels: the first is when the team returns to find that the equipment didn’t work as expected. I won’t spoil too much of the movie, but, if you’re interested in the planet and love beautiful photos, see Chasing Ice. http://www.chasingice.com/
Using a free FTP app called FTP Sprite, you can easily send iPhone and Instagram photos from your iPhone to dotPhoto. Here’s how…
The nice thing about your own email system is that you have already established your own groups of family, co-workers, and other organizations. Now it’s easy to share your dotPhoto albums and pictures through your own email system. Here’s how: http://dotphoto.freshdesk.com/solution/categories/93155/folders/152747/articles/106274-how-can-i-share-dotphoto-albums-and-photos-with-my-own-email-
Facebook is a great place to share, but dotPhoto is an easy way to organize, print and backup your photos. Now we’ve made it easy to upload your photos to dotPhoto and share them to Facebook. Just click into any dotPhoto album and use the Facebook share icon in the upper right. Here’s a step-by-step FAQ: http://dotphoto.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/106273-how-can-i-share-my-dotphoto-photos-to-facebook-
dotPhoto now provides free shipping on orders over $25, which is a lower “free ship” point than most of our competitors who require a $30 purchase. We’ve also lowered prices on First Class, 2-Day and Overnight shipping by the entire amount of economy shipping, so your shipping costs are lower across the board. For complete info, see http://dotphoto.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/104135-how-does-dotphoto-free-shipping-work-
Leibowitz notes that, as things move faster, we long for the stills. In beautiful and awful moments, we remember the remarkable images. There will always be room for great photographers who can capture those images. We might add that, as technology progresses, great photography becomes less about having a technological edge than having an “eye.” Equipment like Lytro can focus after the fact and cameras are capturing streams of images everywhere. The great photographers may eventually be those with a talent for picking the most remarkable images from the stream like a miner panning for gold.
dotPhoto search is online as of June 17, 2003 with a Google search that quickly searches through public albums. (Private albums will not appear in the search.)
After logging into your dotPhoto account, use the search box in the bar near the top of the page.
Add quotation marks to search for a specific string of words such as “bmw charity ride”.
Searching within a specific group of albums has not yet been updated, but the public search is an improvement and can find specific names if you use quotes. For instance, “John Sweet”.
To find professional photos, you can also use the search on http://www.dotphotopro.com
Many dotPhoto members — especially newspapers and professional photographers — asked us to fix the FTP upload function, which has been unusable since earlier this year. FTP is working again. It is a very easy way to get your photos into your dotPhoto account. Here’s now:
First, you’ll need to an FTP client application on your computer (you may already have one; if not, see below). In your FTP client, just set the hostname to ftp.dotphoto.com. The username and password will be the same as you use on dotPhoto.
After you have uploaded your files to dotPhoto, you’ll see a new album in your account called “FTP.” You can rename it as desired, by clicking on the Organize button on the left and then choosing Album Settings.
The new Mahogany Desk Organizer is just in time for Father’s Day. I like the ability to add text on many of the designs — or to choose one of the Father’s Day designs.
For more customization, choose one of the other Design groups and pick a design that enables you to insert text or drag more than one photo over.
At $19.99, the Mahogany Desktop Organizer is 30% off. We’ve also put the popular 11 oz white mug on sale at just $4.99!
Getting more out of dotPhoto 