Jason Dunn
04-22-2008, 09:46 PM
I learnt a valuable lesson recently and I thought it was worth passing on to anyone that takes pictures, professional or amateur (though likely the pros already have this one down pat). Nearly a year ago, in May 2007, I <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jasondunn.com/only-in-calgary-400#comments">posted an entry to my blog</a> about the huge dump of snow that fell, and I posted the following picture:<br /><br /> <img border="1" alt="" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/dht/auto/1208896095.usr1.jpg" /><br /><br />It was one of those <em>"open the door to the back yard, take a picture with your point and shoot camera, resize it for the blog, upload it, then delete it because it's only for the blog"</em> types of things. The version of the photo on my blog is the only version that exists. A few months ago, I was contacted by a French book author who specializes in writing about extreme weather conditions. He liked my photo and wanted to publish it in a book, but needed a high-resolution version...which of course I didn't have. So no book for me! The lesson here is that if you're publishing your photos online, be sure to keep the high-resolution copy - you never know when they might come in handy...