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How to…
Attach and e-mail a digital photo
Your new digital camera takes beautiful, high-resolution property photos that look great on your PC’s screen. But how can you get those photos from your computer to your clients’ in-boxes? The first step is to know where the images are located on your hard drive.
Lost and found
Most digital cameras come with software that automates much of the process of uploading images to your computer. This software creates folders for the images, usually a new folder for each date on which photos were taken. When you import your images, watch where the software creates these folders; common places for these are in the program’s main folder or under My Documents or My Photos. Before you fire up your e-mail program, take a moment to locate the photos you wish to send and write down where they’re located.
Bigger isn’t always better
Large photo files can choke slower dial-up connections and create other problems for recipients. Make sure you don’t annoy your clients; check the size of your images before you send them. Once you’ve located them on your hard drive, right-click on each file and select Properties. The Size field in the box that pops up will tell you how much memory the photo consumes. Each image is different, but photos intended only for screen display via
e-mail shouldn’t be using megabytes of memory. Use your camera’s image-editing software to reduce the size or resolution to an acceptable number of kilobytes (i.e., less than 100 kilobytes).
Get attached to your photos
Open your e-mail program and create a new message. In Microsoft Outlook, click on the paper-clip icon or select Insert > File from the pull-down menu. Either action produces a box from where to select the photos to attach. Navigate to the folder where your photos are, select the ones you want—hold down the Ctrl key to select more than one—and click the Insert button. Other e-mail programs differ slightly, but all offer you an opportunity to attach files to an e-mail message; if you’re unsure where to go in your software, pull up a new message and look for the words attach or insert.
Photo: Jennifer Idol.
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