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		<title>Photo Improvement Contest &#8211; May 3 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brentriggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Linky Tools is launched, I&#8217;m going to begin a regular series of &#8220;blogging&#8221; posts where I&#8217;ll ask you to participate. Why? The collective knowledge of 10,000 (and growing fast) Linky Tools users can help us all have much better blogs. I&#8217;ll pick a WINNER of each participatory event and invite them to post [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Now that <a href="http://www.linkytools.com" target="_blank"><strong>Linky Tools</strong></a> is launched, I&#8217;m going to begin a regular series of &#8220;blogging&#8221; posts where I&#8217;ll ask you to participate. Why?</p>
<ul>
<li>The collective knowledge of 10,000 (and growing fast) Linky Tools users can help us all have <strong>much better blogs.</strong></li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;ll pick a WINNER</strong> of each participatory event and invite them to post their winning information on this blog for everyone else to see which will result in <strong>a lot of new traffic</strong> for them. I&#8217;ll publish your post in <strong><a href="http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com" target="_blank">SeriousLife Magazine</a></strong>. You win, I win, Linky Tools wins&#8230; we all win.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Why should you participate? </strong>There are almost 10,000 Linky Tools users, growing over 1000 a month. SeriousLife Magazine has had issues get more than ONE MILLION page views. The holy grail of blogging is MORE TRAFFIC, NEW READERS.  Do I need to explain further?</p>
<p><strong>Why photo improvement? </strong>The purpose of photo improvement contests is obvious. Photos are a POWERFUL part of having an interesting, popular and memorable blog. These photo contests will give you LOTS of examples and tips on how to improve photos, AND give you a chance for some great exposure for your blog.</p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s start with a Photo Improvement contest/demonstration </strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">(rules and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post below the Thumbnail Linky)</span>. Here&#8217;s the photo for this contest:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-376" title="Aikman-Brooks-Event-2010-04-23-022" src="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Aikman-Brooks-Event-2010-04-23-022-600x450.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the Thumbnail Linky for this contest:</strong><br />
<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=26367" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
<p><span id="more-372"></span></p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Save the original contest photo above</strong> to your local computer (right click on the image and SAVE AS).</li>
<li>Take the photo and <strong>do your photo enhancements</strong>, improvements, stylizing, WHATEVER&#8230; there are NO RULES. The point is to take an average photo and turn into a great blog photo however you choose.</li>
<li>Put your new improved photo into <strong>a blog post on your blog</strong> with any comments, instructions or notes about how you did the improvement</li>
<li>Come here, and enter your blog post into the <strong>Thumbnail Linky</strong> below.</li>
<li>In two days, I&#8217;ll choose 1-3 &#8220;winners&#8221; and you&#8217;ll be invited to write a post on this blog telling us in detail what you did to your photo, and giving you an opportunity to tell our readership about your blog.  I&#8217;ll also include your blog post in the next issue of <a href="http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com" target="_blank"><strong>SeriousLife Magazine</strong></a>.</li>
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      would share this with someone, <br />
      or put it on one of the social sites:</span></p>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=429">Photo Improvement Contest &#8211; June 1 2010</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=411">Photo Enhancement &#8211; Garth Photo Guest Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=395">Photo Improvement Contest – May 3 2010 &#8211; Winners &#038; Demo</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=389">Free Professional Blog Critique &#8211; How About Your Blog?</a></li>
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		<title>Basic Post Processing (Image Editing) To Make Your Pics GREAT!</title>
		<link>http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/201001/basic-post-processing-image-editing-to-make-your-pics-great/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brentriggs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image editing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk about the basics of your image editing software and the typical features you&#8217;ll use to improve your photos. Post processing is simply opening your photos in an image editing program so that you can improve them in various ways. Sharpening &#8211; this is the process of making your photo appear to be more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Now that <a href="http://www.linkytools.com" target="_blank"><strong>Linky Tools</strong></a> is launched, I&#8217;m going to begin a regular series of &#8220;blogging&#8221; posts where I&#8217;ll ask you to participate. Why?</p>
<ul>
<li>The collective knowledge of 10,000 (and growing fast) Linky Tools users can help us all have <strong>much better blogs.</strong></li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;ll pick a WINNER</strong> of each participatory event and invite them to post their winning information on this blog for everyone else to see which will result in <strong>a lot of new traffic</strong> for them. I&#8217;ll publish your post in <strong><a href="http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com" target="_blank">SeriousLife Magazine</a></strong>. You win, I win, Linky Tools wins&#8230; we all win.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Why should you participate? </strong>There are almost 10,000 Linky Tools users, growing over 1000 a month. SeriousLife Magazine has had issues get more than ONE MILLION page views. The holy grail of blogging is MORE TRAFFIC, NEW READERS.  Do I need to explain further?</p>
<p><strong>Why photo improvement? </strong>The purpose of photo improvement contests is obvious. Photos are a POWERFUL part of having an interesting, popular and memorable blog. These photo contests will give you LOTS of examples and tips on how to improve photos, AND give you a chance for some great exposure for your blog.</p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s start with a Photo Improvement contest/demonstration </strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">(rules and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post below the Thumbnail Linky)</span>. Here&#8217;s the photo for this contest:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-376" title="Aikman-Brooks-Event-2010-04-23-022" src="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Aikman-Brooks-Event-2010-04-23-022-600x450.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the Thumbnail Linky for this contest:</strong><br />
<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=26367" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
<p><span id="more-372"></span></p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Save the original contest photo above</strong> to your local computer (right click on the image and SAVE AS).</li>
<li>Take the photo and <strong>do your photo enhancements</strong>, improvements, stylizing, WHATEVER&#8230; there are NO RULES. The point is to take an average photo and turn into a great blog photo however you choose.</li>
<li>Put your new improved photo into <strong>a blog post on your blog</strong> with any comments, instructions or notes about how you did the improvement</li>
<li>Come here, and enter your blog post into the <strong>Thumbnail Linky</strong> below.</li>
<li>In two days, I&#8217;ll choose 1-3 &#8220;winners&#8221; and you&#8217;ll be invited to write a post on this blog telling us in detail what you did to your photo, and giving you an opportunity to tell our readership about your blog.  I&#8217;ll also include your blog post in the next issue of <a href="http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com" target="_blank"><strong>SeriousLife Magazine</strong></a>.</li>
</ol>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color:#999; font-size:11px; text-align:center;">I would be very grateful if you <br />
      would share this with someone, <br />
      or put it on one of the social sites:</span></p>
<p><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#038;pub=brentriggs"><img src="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/sharethis.jpg" width="305" height="22" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=brentriggs">var addthis_config = {services_compact: 'email, twitter, facebook, print, StumbleUpon, Blogger, Digg, MySpace, Technorati, WordPress, more'}
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=429">Photo Improvement Contest &#8211; June 1 2010</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=411">Photo Enhancement &#8211; Garth Photo Guest Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=395">Photo Improvement Contest – May 3 2010 &#8211; Winners &#038; Demo</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=389">Free Professional Blog Critique &#8211; How About Your Blog?</a></li>
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		<title>Basic Image Editing (Post Processing) of Your Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/200912/basic-image-editing-post-processing-of-your-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/200912/basic-image-editing-post-processing-of-your-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brentriggs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cropping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sharpening]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Post processing is just a fancy way of saying &#8220;cleanup and polish up your photos in an image editor&#8221;. There are basic things you can do to almost every photo to improve it. In this quick start section, I can&#8217;t go into detail about each of these four basic tasks. I&#8217;ll let you know what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Now that <a href="http://www.linkytools.com" target="_blank"><strong>Linky Tools</strong></a> is launched, I&#8217;m going to begin a regular series of &#8220;blogging&#8221; posts where I&#8217;ll ask you to participate. Why?</p>
<ul>
<li>The collective knowledge of 10,000 (and growing fast) Linky Tools users can help us all have <strong>much better blogs.</strong></li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;ll pick a WINNER</strong> of each participatory event and invite them to post their winning information on this blog for everyone else to see which will result in <strong>a lot of new traffic</strong> for them. I&#8217;ll publish your post in <strong><a href="http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com" target="_blank">SeriousLife Magazine</a></strong>. You win, I win, Linky Tools wins&#8230; we all win.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Why should you participate? </strong>There are almost 10,000 Linky Tools users, growing over 1000 a month. SeriousLife Magazine has had issues get more than ONE MILLION page views. The holy grail of blogging is MORE TRAFFIC, NEW READERS.  Do I need to explain further?</p>
<p><strong>Why photo improvement? </strong>The purpose of photo improvement contests is obvious. Photos are a POWERFUL part of having an interesting, popular and memorable blog. These photo contests will give you LOTS of examples and tips on how to improve photos, AND give you a chance for some great exposure for your blog.</p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s start with a Photo Improvement contest/demonstration </strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">(rules and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post below the Thumbnail Linky)</span>. Here&#8217;s the photo for this contest:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-376" title="Aikman-Brooks-Event-2010-04-23-022" src="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Aikman-Brooks-Event-2010-04-23-022-600x450.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the Thumbnail Linky for this contest:</strong><br />
<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=26367" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
<p><span id="more-372"></span></p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Save the original contest photo above</strong> to your local computer (right click on the image and SAVE AS).</li>
<li>Take the photo and <strong>do your photo enhancements</strong>, improvements, stylizing, WHATEVER&#8230; there are NO RULES. The point is to take an average photo and turn into a great blog photo however you choose.</li>
<li>Put your new improved photo into <strong>a blog post on your blog</strong> with any comments, instructions or notes about how you did the improvement</li>
<li>Come here, and enter your blog post into the <strong>Thumbnail Linky</strong> below.</li>
<li>In two days, I&#8217;ll choose 1-3 &#8220;winners&#8221; and you&#8217;ll be invited to write a post on this blog telling us in detail what you did to your photo, and giving you an opportunity to tell our readership about your blog.  I&#8217;ll also include your blog post in the next issue of <a href="http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com" target="_blank"><strong>SeriousLife Magazine</strong></a>.</li>
</ol>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color:#999; font-size:11px; text-align:center;">I would be very grateful if you <br />
      would share this with someone, <br />
      or put it on one of the social sites:</span></p>
<p><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#038;pub=brentriggs"><img src="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/sharethis.jpg" width="305" height="22" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=brentriggs">var addthis_config = {services_compact: 'email, twitter, facebook, print, StumbleUpon, Blogger, Digg, MySpace, Technorati, WordPress, more'}
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<h4>Related Articles:</h4>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=429">Photo Improvement Contest &#8211; June 1 2010</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=411">Photo Enhancement &#8211; Garth Photo Guest Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=395">Photo Improvement Contest – May 3 2010 &#8211; Winners &#038; Demo</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mcklinkyblog.com/?p=389">Free Professional Blog Critique &#8211; How About Your Blog?</a></li>
</ul>
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