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5 Fun Photo Ideas for 2013

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:04:51 -0500

A couple of weeks into 2013 isn’t too early to set yourself some fun photography related goals for the New Year. Especially if you’re already looking forward to the 2013 holiday season and what picture related gifts you may want to plan on.

Here are five fun photo ideas for 2013.

Nature – Do you have a favorite plant, tree, park, garden or something similar near you that you see or visit regularly? Make it a point to take a picture of that spot every month on the same day (or as close to the same day as possible). This is a gorgeous way to capture the changing season throughout the year that could make a wonderful slideshow, collage or collection of Aluminyzed prints come this time next year.
The Family – Take the same idea from above and take a picture of the kids, the whole family or family pet on the same day every year. Add a sign with the month and year on it each time (a simple chalkboard or dry erase board will work here). Add a little seasonal décor when possible if you want! Again, this captures the way the family changes through the and would make a wonderful slideshow, collage or collection of Aluminyzed prints come this time next year. Not to mention calendars for family as next year’s Christmas gifts!
Photograph Your New Year’s Resolutions – Make a list of 12 things you want to try, places you want to visit or simply things you want to accomplish by 2014. Each month choose one and do it! Snap a photo and create a journal or scrapbook of your accomplishments. This can also be done as a family, or if you have kids allow them to make their list and photo bucket list for the year!
Make A Photo Bucket List – This entry is inspired by this fabulous post from our friends at Click It Up A Notch. Add to this list or create your own crazy, fun and inspiring photo ideas and set your sights on getting them over the next 12 months.
Get to Know Your Camera – If you got a new camera this holiday or if you just have one that you know offers more bells and whistles than you’ve gotten a chance to perfect yet, make this your year! Make a list of 12 different crazy settings and tools your camera offers and each month choose one to perfect! By the next holiday season you’ll be shooting photos like a pro!

Remember each mentioned above idea offers you a chance to build a gorgeous photo library! Which means the more phenomenal photos to choose from when getting your next fabulous Aluminyzed print!

We’d love to know, what fun photo goals would you add to this list?

Photo Challenge - Holiday

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:49:39 -0500

The holidays mean a million different things to a million different people. We all celebrate the holidays in special ways that are either tradition we carry on or something we’ve added to the holiday that fits in with our family and lifestyle. But one thing we all share is the desire to commemorate our holiday’s traditions in pictures. So of course, we want to give you the best gift we know, a way to preserve and cherish your holiday memories!

So this week’s photo challenge is simple, “holiday”. Whatever that means to you. The Christmas tree, Your Menorah, a Kinara or Nativity Scene! Or maybe just your kids throwing snowballs in the yard! Submit your photo to us and we’ll choose two winners to each win an 11x14 Aluminyze Gift Card! Use it as a gift, to display your beautiful holiday memories, or Aluminyze that favorite photo you’ve meaning to Aluminyze for the last 6 months!

The first winner will be chosen at random and the second will be chosen based on the quality of their photo and will also be our Facebook cover photo for the rest of the month! See below for details on how to submit your photo. Happy Holidays!

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Pin It To Win It - Win 5 Aluminyzed Gift Cards

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:37:31 -0500

With the holiday season in full swing many people are caught up the stress of finding the perfect Christmas for friends, family, co-workers or anyone else on your shopping list. Aluminyze has decided to help you out by offering you a chance to win 5 Aluminyze Gift cards for our 8x10 sizes to give as gifts this season!

One winner will receive five gift cards to give as gifts (though if you keep one for yourself, we won’t tell!). Two runners up will each receive one 8x10 gift card as well.

The contest start Monday December 3 and ends Friday Decmber7 at midnight. We are giving you THREE ways to enter:

Follow Us On Pinterest
Pin It to Win it! Choose one of the pins from our Aluminyzed Photos Board and repin it.
Make sure you’re following us on Facebook!

Enter below via Rafflecopter. Good luck and Happy Holidays!

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Photo Challenge - Family

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:59:13 -0500

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is upon us! To celebrate, this week’s contest we is a photo challenge and the challenge is, Family.

All you have to do is post a picture on our Facebook page of what family means to you. Feel free to interpret whatever the prompt means to you. Just go through your favorite family photos and follow the instruc

Contest ends at midnight on November 23. Winner will be chosen at random and will win a free 11x14 Aluminyzed photo (it does not have to be the photo you post for the contest)! Click the Raffle Copter link below to enter.

Rules:

One post per person please.

The photo must be yours.

OK, so lets see what you got and celebrate family!

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Photo Challenge - Fall

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:22:00 -0400

Though some of us may still be feeling some residual summer weather, the majority of us can officially say that Fall is here! Which means of course, among other things, we need to update our cover photo!

So as we approach the end of September and prepare to usher in October what’s more fitting than this week’s photo prompt, fall.

All you have to do is post a picture on our Facebook page of what fall means to you. The fun thing about photo prompts is you can interpret whatever the prompt means to you. Just go through your favorite fall photos of the past and post the one that screams “FALL” to you.

On Monday 9/24 5PM PST we will pick one random winner to win a free 11x14 Aluminyzed photo (it does not have to be the photo you post for the contest)!

We will also choose one photo to be our new Facebook cover photo and that person will also win an 11x14! This means we reserve the right to the full size photo and the use of it to show off our Aluminyzed products (with credit of course).

Rules:

One post per person please.

The photo must be yours.

OK, so lets see what you got and celebrate fall!

Show Us How You Aluminyze Contest!

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:19:00 -0400

This week we are announcing our biggest contest yet!

We want you to make a simple video showing us your Aluminyzed photo on display! We’ll choose two winners to receive our largest size, 30x40. Didn’t know we carry that size? That’s because it’s not available for purchase yet. And just for taking the time to enter we’ll automatically send you a $30 dollar gift card. But that’s not all, we’ve got even more prizes to giveaway…

Read and follow the rules below for your chance to win our biggest and most amazing size before it’s available to the public, receive your free gift card and more!

Make a video showing us your Aluminyed photo on display in your home or office. Tell us what you love about Aluminyze. If you haven’t purchased an Aluminyzed photo yet, tell us why and how you heard about us and why you want to give us a try. The video does not have to be professional, just clear. Use your flip cam, digital video camera or your phone, whatever you have handy.
Upload your video to YouTube. Tag it with “Aluminyze”
Email a link of the video to Meghan.H@aluminyze.com
We’ll choose one previous customer and one new customer to be our Grand Prize winner of the 30x40 size.

Additional prizes:

Have your Facebook friends share your video on Facebook. Make sure they tag you AND the Aluminyze Facebook page (or else we can’t track it). The person with the most posts/tags from friends will win a 20x30 Aluminyzed Photo!
Throughout the contest we’ll be posting the videos submitted, at the end of the contest the one with the most shares via our Facebook page will receive a $100 gift card.
Remember, EVERYONE is a winner. You’ll receive a $30 gift card just for entering!

Rules:

Only one entry per person
All entries must be in by Tuesday, September 4th 5PM PST.
Winners will be chosen based on uniqueness and creativity of the video. Winners will be announced by Monday September 9th.

Codes for your $30 gift card will be sent to the email address your video link is sent from.

Photo Challenge - Summertime

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:52:00 -0400

It’s time for us to kick back into gear our regular contests again and what better way than a photo prompt. As we roll through the month of August quickly begin approaching fall we find the kids headed back to school (if they haven’t returned already) and ourselves looking back over the summer wondering where it went.

That’s why this week’s photo prompt is as simple as can be, Summertime.

All you have to do is post a picture on our Facebook page of what summertime means to you. The fun thing about photo prompts is you can interpret whatever the prompt means to you. Just go through your favorite photos of the past few months and post the ones that screams “SUMMERTIME” to you.

On Friday we will pick one random winner to win a free 11x14 Aluminyzed photo (it does not have to be the photo you post for the contest)!

Rules:

One post per person please.

The photo must be yours.

OK, so lets see what you got and celebrate summertime!

Aluminyze Goes HollyWOOF!

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:01:24 -0400

Guess what? Aluminyze is excited to be taking part in a VERY cool Gift Bag for some of Hollywood’s A-List celebrities! Aluminyzed photos will be included in Distintive Asset’s 2012 HollyWOOF Gift Bag! Read the press release below for all the details!

Hollywood’s Top Dogs Receiving Aluminyzed Photos of Their Favorite Pooches in the 2012 HollyWOOF Gift Bag

Los Angeles, CA – Aluminyze, the brilliant new way to see and display your photos, is taking part in HollyWOOF 2012; the gift bag from Distinctive Assets, the premier celebrity gifting firm. The HollyWOOF bags are jam-packed full of the best, most inspired new pet products on the market today and will be given to some of Hollywood’s biggest celebrity dog owners, Tori Spelling, Alicia Silverstone, Miley Cyrus, Drew Barrymore, Gloria Estefan, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Griffin, Katherine Heigl, Jennifer Aniston, Fergie, Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, Chelsea Handler and more. Celebrities will be receiving an 11x14 Aluminyzed photo of their beloved pooch!

Aluminyze infuses your image right into the body of a lightweight but solid sheet of aluminum. The aluminum takes the place of the paper on a traditional photo making them much more durable, long-lasting plus it protects and keeps them from tearing and safe from water damage. Vibrant colors illuminate every detail adding depth and dimension to an otherwise flat surface.

Aluminyzed photos require no framing for a sophisticated look on walls, tables and hallways or anywhere you want to make an impression. Not only do the Aluminyzed photos last more than twice as long as paper photos, but they are also water and weather proof.

Aluminyzed photos are available in a variety of sizes and offers choices for both the surface and finish of your photo. Please visit http://aluminyze.com/ to learn more.

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Father's Day Contest

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:52:00 -0400

It’s hard to believe that June is almost upon us! With it comes not only the official start of summer but also Father’s Day! June 17th we celebrate all things dad and Aluminyze wants to help you give him something special this year.

So once a week for the next three weeks we will be picking a random winner to win TWO 8x10 Aluminyzed prints. One for you and one for dad. It can be a favorite picture of you and dad, your dads’ favorite car; place pet or any photograph you know means something to him.

All you have to do is post a picture of the person YOU celebrate on Father’s Day (we totally get sometimes we celebrate dad, sometimes Grandpa, or Uncle, and I know a few people who celebrate their mom who was both mom and dad while growing up. And that’s cool with us). Just post a picture and tell us what makes that person special to you. You can post it on our Facebook page or on your own page and Tag Aluminyze (otherwise we won’t see it). Remember, only one post per person please.

For the next two Mondays at 5PM (PST) we’ll choose a winner at random, giving you plenty of time to place your winning order before Father’s Day! So start posting

National Photo Month: Capture and Keep

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:53:00 -0400

Did you know that May is National Photo Month? This year’s theme is “Capture and Keep.” With the move to digital photography over the last decade, we find more of our pictures are ending up on our computers instead of in our photo albums or on our walls.

What better time than National Photo Month to take got through the photo library you have online or on your computer?

Find that favorite photo of that amazing vacation you took but now just sits collecting the occasional like on Facebook. Turn it into something special by Aluminyzing it and displaying it in your living room.

Maybe your office looks a little stale and the only photos you have of your kids are three years old. Find the gorgeous picture you took of the kids on a hike somewhere and Aluminyze. The picture you emailed to Grandma and Grandpa, but now just sit in your Flickr photo stream. Upload it and Aluminyze it! Maybe the gorgeous instagram photo of your garden from last spring. Or your favorite picture of your great-grandparents that you scanned and did nothing with.

Photographs were not meant to be computer files. They were not meant to collect dust in photo boxes. They should be in beautiful albums, scrapbooks, and most of all displayed in all their beautiful cherished Aluminyzed glory for all to see.

“Capture and keep.”

To me that means Capture the moments that make life magical, and keep them somewhere where that magic can touch you each and every day.

What does this years National Photo Month theme mean to you? We’d love to see what pictures you have taking up hard drive space that should be Aluminyzed and on display!

“Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging, which of course is important, but rather what we might call the eyenology (seeing).” -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Tips on Photographing Kids

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:07:35 -0400

In one of our recent contests we asked for YOUR top photography tips in a number of categories. Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be compiling those tips and sharing them with you here on the blog!

This week we are going to take a look at tips for photographing kids. Kids can make some of the best photography subjects, BUT they aren’t exactly the easiest subjects. Unless you take some of these helpful tips along with your camera.

We’d love to know YOUR tips as well. Leave some of your own tips in the comments.

From: Jamie Carollo: Be GOOFY!!! You have to make them comfy. Make them laugh. Smile, act like goofs. Whatever it takes to get their real personalities to shine!
From Jeanne Hines Simon: My tip for photographing kids is to not let them know most of the time that you are taking pictures. I get some of my best shots just shooting while they are doing things naturally without posing. Their facial expressions and movements are so real that way!!!
From Lori Henderson: I’ve always given my child something to do while we take pics. Posed pictures of children can look unnatural, unattractive, and just plain weird, and they don’t have the attention span to just sit while you adjust all of your gear, settings, etc. But give them something to hold or play with and the photos always come out natural looking and beautiful!
From Maureen Carlson: I like to take candid shots so I try to just randomly take pictures and when they start to get all posed looking I just stop and chat with them for a while and discretely snap a shot here and there they are so adorable when they are relaxed and just being themselves. For the action shots I sit back and just shoot some of my favorite photos of my son are him running in the grass or through a sprinkler you can’t see his face but you know he is having a blast
From Trina Sanchez: take lots and lots at one time. You can always delete later to save space but I found that I always seem to get that one perfect picture when I take multiple shots!
From Steven Hauptman: Get down to their level, shooting at eye level looks the best.
From Kristi Kohser: My tip for photographing kids is simple: just shoot the photos without waiting for the “right shot”. Some of the best photos of my son have been candid’s and never would have been taken if he was posing.
From Bre McGloughlin: My tip for photographing kids outdoors when it isn’t the “magic hour” and you need just the right amount of lighting on little faces without it being too harsh on the kids—use a piece of white foam board! It’s the perfect thing, inexpensive and you can buy it at craft store. You can even fold it a bit so it stands up where you need it to give the best light on your subject.
From Becky McGuire: When you have a toddler have 2 or more people shooting. Use a fast shutter speed because it is hard to keep them in one spot for long. They will stop if you let them play with something they usually are not allowed to touch like a cell phone or iPad.
From Danielle Ferguson: Using a tripod set up makes it easier to get great pics of your kids, especially little ones, so you can peek out from behind the camera and get them to look over.
From Tyler ‘Froggy’ Lombardo: If you’re taking a group photo in the style of a class photo, as long as they’re all standing still, use a longer exposure to make sure it appears as if all of their eyes are open.
From Rosie Ornelas: Don’t be afraid to zoom in. Parents love close-ups of a child’s face, their little hands, or those cute tiny toes!
From Elizabeth Marie Miller: Take pictures outside where they can play in the sandbox or on the swings or seesaw, kids have to be entertained and enjoy getting their picture taken because they can lose interest in it very easily, so keep their attention and keep it fun.
From April Tomerlin: As a photographer and love for children I know photographing kids can be tricky when I shoot kids I love to try and capture candid shots, ones that they don’t know I am taking. It shows their innocence and imagination.

Happy Mother's Day from Aluminyze

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:21:35 -0400

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~ Washington Irving  

It may be hard to believe, but it’s that time again. Spring is the air and Mother’s Day is around the corner. The day when we celebrate the person we call, Mom. And of course we here at Aluminyze want to help make Mother’s Day really special for you and mom. So once a week for the next three weeks we will be picking a random winner to win TWO 8x10 Aluminyzed prints. One for you and one for mom!

All you have to do is post a picture of the person YOU celebrate on Mother’s Day (we totally get sometimes we celebrate mom, sometimes Grandma, or Auntie, and I know a few people who celebrate their dad who was both mom and dad while growing up. And that’s cool with us). Just post a picture and tell us what makes that person special to you. You can post it on our Facebook page or on your own page and Tag Aluminyze (otherwise we won’t see it). Remember, only one post per person please.

For the next three Mondays at 5PM (PST) we’ll choose a winner at random, giving you plenty of time to place your winning order before Mother’s Day! So start posting

And don’t forget to keep your eyes peeled for some other Mother’s Day special offers from Aluminyze the coming weeks.

Aluminyze Your Favorite Vintage Family Photo

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:09:16 -0400

Most of us have photographs that mean the world to us. Pictures of our family, our children, our pets and places we’ve been and love. Some of the most treasured photographs we may have displayed on our wall are ones that were taken years before we were born.

Old family photographs tell the story of where we came from, who we are, and how we ended up where we are today. Pictures of immigrant family members who tell the tale of how our family came to the United States in the first place. Or long ago wedding photos of our great-grandparents tell the first chapter in the long story of how we came to be.

Old photos of family homes, cars, pets and members all capture a moment in history that help us connect with our past. They are priceless.

Which is why Aluminyzing your old family photos is a brilliant way to not only show off these family treasures but to preserve them in a way photos printed on paper could never be preserved.

But why just tell you about it when we can just have you see for yourself?

That’s right, this week’s contest is showing us your favorite old family photo. Scan your photo and post it on our Facebook page. On Tuesday April 9^th we’ll choose the best photo to get Aluminyzed on an 8x10 print!

For your best chance at winning follow these rules:

Your photo, once scanned, must meet the minimum resolution requirements for an 8x10 print, which are, 1500x1200. Photo shopping your photo to meet the requirements won’t cut it either. Try to choose photos that are 5x7 are larger. An 8x10 would be ideal.
Remember, Aluminyzing a blurry dark photo only makes the photo even more blurry and dark. Choose a photo that is a decent quality and will look awesome.
When scanning your photo go into your settings and find the setting for “Resolution” and opt for a larger size. How large, depends on a few factors. Remember to look for the largest photo you have available. An 8X10 will scan better and at a higher resolution than a 4X6…

Good luck and happy posting!

Land & Sea Imagery and Aluminyze

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:02:14 -0400

We here at Aluminyze wanted to share a letter we received from our friends at Land & Sea Imagery. Visit their website and check out the gorgeous photo galleries! Their photos are for sale and guess what? Land & Sea Imagery is now Aluminyzing their already stunning photos to offer some of the most gorgeous prints you could imagine having displayed in your home or office.

Here is the letter we received:

An open letter to The Aluminyze Group,

I just wanted to commend you for the quality product that you produce and give you a little insight as to how printing on aluminum has made a difference in how my work is now received.

Over the years, I’ve used some of this area’s top professional photo labs for my paper processingand printing. About 6 months ago, a good friend and professional photographer suggested that I consider having one of my images “Aluminyzed”. I have to admit, in all my years, and all the various paper and other non-traditional photo processes I’ve tried, yours is, by far, the most amazing and exceptional process I’ve seen.

Personally, I’m impressed with the dynamic tonal range and detail that your process maintains by printing on aluminum. After having several images produced to show clients the ‘phenomenal’ quality of an Aluminyzed photo over the traditional paper and canvas prints, few if any, are now opting for anything other than aluminum! Without exception, the most common thing I hear when someone sees one of these Aluminyzed photos the first time is “WOW”.

I’ve also noticed a spike in traffic on my website ‘Land and Sea Imagery’ now that I’m offering my images on aluminum. I’m also receiving great feedback on my ‘Land andSea Imagery’ Facebook page as well.

Again, I want to thank you for the quality and excellence of your product and services.

Fred Holmstock

North Palm Beach, Fl

Be sure and visit Land & Sea Imagery on the web and on Facebook and see for yourself the amazing results.

Want to know more about Aluminyzed photos? Check out our video...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:35:31 -0400

Want to know more about Aluminyzed photos? Check out our video introduction!

Thank You From Aluminyze

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:10:57 -0400

One of the best parts of the great community we’ve developed on the Aluminyze Facebook page is having the community share their picture perfect life moments with us on the page. They are always so much fun to look though. It really does mean a lot when you share your moments with us. Which is why for this week’s contest, we are going to say THANK YOU.

We have pulled the names of everyone who has entered one of our contests (with the exception of past winners) and for the next week will be choosing a random name each day through Monday April 2^nd! Each day the winner will win a free 8x10 Aluminyzed print as a Thank You for being an active part of our community.

If you have won (or purchased) an Aluminyzed print we’d love you to either post a picture of it on your Facebook page and tag Aluminyze OR visit our reaction page on Facebook and tell people what you think of your Aluminyzed print.

So remember to keep an eye out for YOUR name everyday for the next week.

If you’re new to the Aluminyzed community and haven’t entered one of our contests yet, don’t worry. We’ve got new ones every week and promise you’ll get plenty of chances.

But you don’t have to wait, visit our website and start your Mother’s Day shopping early!

Aluminyze Pop Quiz

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:09:24 -0400

One of the things we’d like to start bringing you on the blog are helpful hints, tools and advice to help you not only make the most of your camera but also life’s most picture perfect moments. This will not only help you take better pictures, but it will also help you have a leg up when choosing pictures to Aluminyze!

On our Facebook page we recently asked some trivia questions regarding photography and cameras and it got a huge response! We’d like to give another congratulations to all of our winners!

Here are the questions we asked along with our answers (as well as a few of YOURS).

What are the three elements (settings) that determine a photo’s exposure?

ISO: The ISO (International Standards Organization) is the setting that helps you controls how sensitive the image sensor is to light. The higher the ISO the less light you need to capture a photo. Keep in mind that an ISO set too high may cause an image with noise!

· Aperture: Aperture determines how much or how little your lens opens when you take a photograph. Because every time you take a photograph, the lens of your camera opens to let in light. Large aperture (remember it’s a smaller number) will decrease depth of field (that amount of your shot that will be in focus) while small aperture (larger numbers) will give you larger depth of field. . If you’d like a shallow DOF, for example in a shot of a flower that you want to be in focus but the background nice and blurred) you would select a large aperture and let the camera choose an appropriate shutter speed. If you wanted an image with everything in focus then you’d go for a smaller and let the camera choose an appropriate shutter speed.

· Shutter Speed: Shutter speed is the setting that controls the length of time the shutter is open, allowing light through the lens to the sensor inside your camera. Shutter speeds can go from very small fractions of a second, to several seconds long on most cameras. Here is an example of shutter speed numbers, from fast to slow:

1/2000 1/1500 1/1000 1/750 1/500 1/350 1/250 1/180 1/125 1/90 1/60 1/45 1/30 (An example would be for kids sports you’d want your shutter speed to be somewhere between 1/500 to 1/1000. Experiment and see what gives you the best result!)

Name three features marketers use in featuring their Digital Cameras that are misleading and/or not really as great as they make the feature seem.

Megapixels (vs. pixel density), digital zoom (vs. optical zoom), Electronic Stabilization (vs. sensor or lens based stabilization).

Why do most digital pictures get cut off when ordering an Aluminyzed Photo in any of our three available sizes? This would happen to any paper print in these sizes as well.

Aspect Ratio, Most Digital cameras take pictures that are wide. So when you order one of our sizes some of the photo has to get cut off on the sides in order to fit on the not as wide sizes that are popular today.

What is the primary reason an SLR camera shoots better quality photos then a point and shoot camera, even if a point and shoot has more megapixels and why?

The image sensor used in point and shoot digital cameras is generally much smaller than the image sensor used in a DSLR.

DSLR will hold its value longer than a point and shoot.

Typically larger aperture is my favorite aspect of a SLR… but the flexibility of multiple lenses, the heavier body to help reduce vibration, the larger sensor (better light sensitivity), and the manual focus ring

Because SLR cameras allow you to manually set aperture priority, shutter priority, ISO range and shutter lag or use an array of lenses as the job demand, Point-and-shoot cameras are designed for people who just want to pick up a camera and take a picture.

In the settings area of your camera there is an area that says something like “Resolution,” or “Image or Picture Size.” Most cameras will offer some variation of the following, 3MP (small) 6mp (medium) 8MP (Large) 12MP on up (Extra Large). Which MP setting should you have your camera taking pictures on and why?

The highest. The higher the megapixels, the higher the resolution and the higher the quality. A megapixel is the term used for a million pixels — and the more megapixels an imaging sensor has, the higher the camera’s potential resolution. Though a lower resolution is OK for simply posting a picture on Facebook (which only needs a 640 x 480 resolution which you can achieve with 1 megapixel) if you want to Aluminyze (or even print on paper) nice crisp copies of your photos you need to start out at least 6 megapixels for an 8 x 10 and 8megapixels or higher for 16 x 20 and beyond.

This trivia contest went over pretty well with you, our fans! So we’d like to know what questions you think we should ask next time? Leave us a comment here and give us your questions!

Win an Aluminyzed 20X30 Photo!

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:08:00 -0500

We are very excited to announce that our newest Aluminyzed size will soon be available! 20x30!

We would love to use one of your photos to show off our Aluminyzed products. Post your brightest, sharpest and most colorful photo to our Facebook page enter to win one of our soon to be available 20X30 sizes! We don’t just want you to post your amazing picture, we also want to know about the picture you’re posting. Tell us about what the picture is and where and when you took it (as well as the size of the image xxx X xxx). Remember, we want to use your photo to show off our product, so by entering you’re giving us permission to do just that.

We will choose the winner, based on what photo will look best Aluminyzed, so here are those all important tips to give your photo the best chance at winning!

What We’re Looking For:

We are looking for sharp images that will really pop when Aluminyzed. Try and stay away from blurry or images that are too dark. Color photos only and the keywords are BRIGHT and COLORFUL. The brighter the better! Now that you’ve chosen your picture, here’s what you do next:

Upload your photo to our Facebook page, starting now! We’ll choose our winner Monday February 27 at 9PM EST (6PM PST) and will announce shortly thereafter.

The Rules:

You CAN NOT Photoshop or otherwise edit your image to fit the resolution requirements. After the winner be asked to Email the winning image to us. The picture has to be YOURS to win.

Those are the rules, now get posting!

Valentine's Day Contest: What Does Love Mean to You?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:01:15 -0500

The stores are all decked out in red and pink. The aisles are filled with balloons, candy and flowers as far as the eye can see. Once again it is Valentine’s Day. But despite what the stores may tell us, the truth is Valentine’s Day and Love in general can mean a million different things to a million different people.

Love can be your home, your books, cooking your favorite meal or making music. Maybe to you love is your favorite place in the whole world. Or maybe to you love is your beloved pet or friend. And yes, love can be your boyfriend or girlfriend or your spouse. And for many of us love is our children or grandchildren.

Well, we here at Aluminyze want to know, what does Love mean to you?

Post a picture to our Facebook wall of what Love means to you between now and Friday February 10th at 8:00PM (EST). We’ll then choose our favorite post. The winner will receive a 16X15.3” Heart With a Wall Float included (for hanging on a wall) of the photo of their choice!

Remember, you may only post one picture. And that picture can be of anything that you feel represents Love to you.

“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Get posting!

Announcing Heart Shaped Aluminyzed Photos - Limited Quantity

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:38:00 -0500

It’s officially February and that means we here at Aluminyze have only one thing on our minds, Valentine’s Day!

That’s right, the holiday of love is upon us we can’t help but get caught up in this most romantic of holidays. So we came up with the perfect idea, Heart Shaped Aluminyzed photos!

We have a LIMITED supply of amazing Heart Shaped Photos that will make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the people on your list. Or get one for yourself!

You can choose from two sizes:

11X10.25” Heart With a Wrought Iron Stand included (different then the easel we currently offer, see photo above).

16X15.3” Heart With a Wall Float included (for hanging on a wall).

Remember there is limited supply, so order now!

But wait, it IS Valentine’s Day after all, so we’ve also got a promotion to go along with these gorgeous heart shaped photos.

After you’ve purchased your Heart Shaped Photo head over to our Facebook wall and let us know you purchased one, because every 10^th person who purchases a Heart Shaped Photo (you must about the purchase on our wall) will get theirs FREE!

All the winner has to do to claim their prize is to post on our Facebook page and their own. It’s THAT easy. Don’t forget the winner HAS to comment on our Facebook wall to claim their prize.

And don’t forget we are offering 40% off everything on our site, INCLUDING our new heart shapes through ~~February 2nd at 11:59pm ET~~! We’ve EXTENDED our 40% until further notice!

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than a Heart Shaped Aluminyzed photo?

Happy Valentine’s Day from your friends at Aluminyze!