- Fill up the flash memory by taking some pictures. Be sure to have plenty of
batteries on hand (rechargeable batteries last longest). - Remove the digital media and take it to a camera store. You don’t even need
the camera. - At the camera store, insert the flash media into a printer and print away.
Most professional store printers will automatically color-correct the image,
provide simple editing features, or both.
There are of course many more ways to create and print digital images. This is sim-
ply one of the less expensive ways to get in on the act. The rest of this book explores
taking better pictures and also printing and displaying your own digital images.Photography and the Internet
Another choice for instant photography is the Web. The goal of most photographers
is to capture a moment or a memory and display it to others. The Web is perfect for
achieving this goal because everyone can access the Web worldwide. If all you have
is a camera and a PC, you can share images immediately after taking them.
Take some pix and get them up on the Net using one of the free Web page construc-
tion sites offered by Yahoo! or AOL. Every major site includes features for adding
photos and building a Web gallery for displaying images (see Figure 1.2).6 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
FIGURE 1.
A Web-based
gallery enables
you to proudly
display your
images in
minutes.