[Ohio-talk] braille monitor

[barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com]

Dear Kelsey,

The problem with the original photo of you may well have been that it was sent to you in a form that promised to be faster or more efficient. This meant that the number of pixels was reduced to make it smaller and therefore faster to send. If the person who took the photo still has the high-resolution one, that could be sent without reduction and used without trouble. Gary is not being difficult. He just knows by looking at the size whether it will duplicate in the publication process. Kaiti’s solutions sound doubtful to me, but Gary can tell you how small he can take a photo and have it work without being so small as to defeat the point of having a photo at all.

Good luck,
Barbara 
Barbara Pierce 
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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> On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:04 PM, Kelsey Nicolay via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I'm writing an article for the Braille monitor.  I was informed by the editor that they need a photo.  I sent him two photos: one a headshot and another one of my senior pictures.  However, he won't accept either one, saying the resolution is not high enough and the quality is not good enough for them to use.  However, I do not have a high quality digital camera nor does anyone in my family have an iphone five accessible to take a picture with.  My mom has an iphone four, but that's it.  Therefore, what are the chances of improving the quality of my existing photos? They are both in jpeg, but I converted them to pdf as well.  I believe I sent the pdfs.  Would sending the jpg files make any difference or should I find someone who has software that can try to enlarge the resolution on these photos? Also, is there a way to avoid this altogether? The headshot was taken by my local Ohio Means jobs with one with someone's phone.  Should I contact her to see if she still has the photo and whether she might be able to change the resolution? The editor said that I can use a high quality digital camera or have someone use an iphone five or above and nothing else.  I simply do not have access to either of these things, so what should I do?
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
> 
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