Studying

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Thanks for the responses I received yesterday concerning my photo storage issue. I am studying and discovering a ton of information. Since we are on the topic of studying, photos of studies are included to pretty up an otherwise boring subject.

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Most of you know about these things but some don't.  I don't like a long post but bear with me since many have asked. I'll break it down in very short and simple terms.

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The first thing I learned is Blogger automatically stores your photos in Picasa albums. This is how your space is recorded.

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Secondly, everyone has a limited amount of space. To find out how much space you have, log into Picasa. Enter your gmail account and password. All of your albums will appear. An indicator of storage used/storage available will be at the bottom of the page.

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Thirdly, when you run out of storage, you must purchase more. The cost starts at $5 per year and is an automatic renewable fee. See here.

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It seems resizing photos is a must. Most photos from other sources have already been resized. But for your personal photos, there are a variety of editing programs to choose from. Most of you use Picasa.  I use Picnik but have never resized for blogging. Unfortunately, Picnik is going away on April 19th, thanks to Google. But there is rumor that Google will be re-branding it, keeping fingers crossed. I find it very easy to use. Some other editing programs are iPhoto for Mac users (don't I wish,) Photoshop, Paintnet, Gimp, Photobucket and Flickr, just to name a few. 

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Claudia from Mockingbird Hill Cottage explains how to resize and what numbers to use. There are many tutorials out there on this but she keeps it simple.

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The most compelling reason to resize photos is to avoid bogging down your blog and decreasing its speed. Susan  and Amy first tipped me on this. Read My Blogging Journey for some good information.

Bloggers Alchemy also has a great post on how to optizmize your blog and measure its speed. I checked mine and it's 1.8 seconds, thankfully.

Another reason to resize your photos is to avoid piracy. A resized photo can't be copied as well. 

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Many of you watermark your photos for this reason. Amanda has an informative post on that.

I tried it out on Picnik myself. 

Hooray! Resized, edited, and watermarked! Well, let me tell you why I'm not that happy about it. One word- t.i.m.e.


I mean really people. How on earth do you find time to do all of that? I'm coming to the conclusion that I must be a very slow person. Slow mixed with maybe a touch of perfectionism. 


I've spent around 3 hours researching and putting this post together. That is half of my day considering after 3 p.m. my time no longer belongs to me but to my family. 


I have a hard time justifying putting that amount of time into anything that's just a hobby. But, I'll press on and try to fine tune things so it's not so time consuming. I just don't like the idea of going through x number of steps to download my photos.

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Every time I think about throwing in the towel, I meet someone who inspires me. Like this past weekend when I met lovely Lois who reads my blog. It gave us an instant connection. I'm having a GIVEAWAY in her honor. Please sign up if you haven't already. 

What is the difference between an office and a study? Well, "in my book," a study usually has room for more than one person, includes extra seating and shelves of books. A fireplace would be an added bonus! A study is also referred to as a library. These are the kinds of things I really enjoy studying!

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Enjoy your weekend!