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Digital Photography is a different way of taking pictures

1. High quality camera and printer hardware are relatively inexpensive.
2. The digital photography process is liberating.
3. Your electronic photo library requires some management.
4. You can scan old film negatives to add them to your electronic library.

I can help you manage your electronic picture library and convert your film negatives.

I can work with you directly to identify and resolve everyday problems you may experience with your computer. If there is a specific piece of software you are struggling with, I may have direct experience or may be able to help figure it out.

If you have a network of computers, you can of course just copy files between them and hope that they all don’t crash simultaneously.  This requires some setup, but is an inexpensive approach.

Alternately, if you are willing to invest $175 you can buy an external hard disk which will make a nightly backup copy of the contents of your primary hard disk.

The upside of this approach is that it requires no user interaction (it is total automated).  It also backs up the contents of your entire hard disk, so you won’t accidentally miss an unforeseen critical file.  The other upside is that it backs up your operating system and program configuration.  Restoration from this format is much quicker than manually reinstalling your operating system and program files.

Norton Ghost offers a good external backup system:

• Norton: http://us.norton.com/ghost

Andrew has been quick and reliable for us.   He has helped order new computers, transfer data, and troubleshoot problems.

I’ve always found Andrew very professional and knowledgeable.  He really fixes the computer problems both short-term and long-term.

Andrew saved me so much aggravation!  He helped me understand what I needed and got the job done efficiently, right in my office.

Since your “surgery” on our computer yesterday, everything appears to be operating properly!  Many thanks for your “help and counsel.”

When you shoot your first digital photos it is liberating. You feel free to snap more photos since you are not paying for film and film processing services with each shot. You simply delete the bad photos. As a result you can take more photos of the same situation, throw out the ones where someone’s eyes are closed, and as a result you end up with more shots that are keepers.

You won’t print every picture and store them in a drawer somewhere. Instead you will be able to have your computer display them as a slideshow when you aren’t using it. This is the coolest part of electronic photography, putting your computer to work displaying your photo album instead of rarely seeing the prints.

You can easily share your pictures through email or even post them onto a website like www.ofoto.com.

Camera technology is changing faster than computer technology. At a minimum seek a 3 Mega pixel (3 million dots) camera. Look for a camera that includes at least a 2GB FlashRAM card (or plan on buying one), which is where your pictures are stored as you snap them. This will give you enough room to take about 1000 high quality pictures before you need to move them to your computer hard drive. Also strongly consider true optical zoom to help you better frame your subjects without having to move them or yourself. Cameras of this type can be had in the $300 range.

Good inkjet printers can be had for $150. As you pay more the printers typically print faster, not necessarily at a higher quality.

Printing on good quality glossy photo paper can cost about $1.00 a print, so you will probably only print special shots. You can also take your electronic pictures to a traditional photo processing lab for printing.