How to submit photos
The easiest for us:
Send .JPG (JPEG) images as an email attachment. BMP or TIF
files can be used (converted to .jpg on our end), but are
four or five times the size of .JPG's and you should not
send more than one or two in an email. It is helpful if the
photos are attached in a logical order; construction before
finished boat. It can sometimes be quite time consuming to
sort the photos into order, particularly if there are a lot
of photos.
Attach your photos to an email and send them to
Be sure to include your name, location,
and which design your boat is.
Specifications:
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When to send. Many builders submit photos as
construction continues, keeping an online photo record.
Others send photos of Glen-L designs that are complete.
Either is fine. If this is a newer design or a design with
few photos, construction photos are particularly
appreciated. The purpose of the photo board is to show
other builders what can be done and to provide a better
idea of how the boat looks. Although we like to see any
boat project, we do not post photos that are not Glen-L
designs.
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How big? If you use a digital camera, as they come
out of the camera is fine. In order to show the boat at
the most informative size, we generally edit out
extraneous sky and water. If the photos are in a small
format, the photo can be quite small after editing. We
cannot post photos that are too large because of the
increased load time required, which is one reason we often
crop and reduce size.
We have a DSL line and can handle most files, but you
should limit the number of photos per email, to about 10.
If you have a newer, higher resolution camera, five might
be a better limit.
Note: Many of the early photos posted on the board
where much smaller and of less quality than those we are
now posting. As more people are getting faster Internet
connections, we have gradually been making them larger,
but try to keep them within the screen, without scrolling.
Even though as this is written, more people have larger
monitors, we are still formatting for an 800 x 600 pixel
screen. If you have previously submitted photos and the
reprodution is not very good, you may re-submit and we
will try to do better.
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Captions. If you feel so inclined, add captions for
photos. List them by photo file name. While not
neccessary, captions are appreciated by your fellow
builders. Do not get fancy and put captions on the photos
themselves. Sometimes if the size has to be reduced, the
captions are unreadable.
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How are they posted? We format and post them by
hand, so they may take a few days to post. The format
varies depending on the Webmaster's mood and the size
and quantity of photos. Some photos may be appropriate for
a "Feedback" article in the WebLetter,
especially if there are good captions. In such case, they
may not be posted in the Customer Photos section until
after the WebLetter has been posted. In some cases, those
posted in Customer Photos may have abbreviated captions
when they have appeared in the WebLetter.
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WebLetter article. We are ALWAYS looking for
content for the WebLetter that would be of interest to our
readers. If you would like to write an article about your
project, we have a place for it.
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