- WHAT PICTURES ARE ACCEPTABLE?
Photographs must be of a class, group (such as the Chorus), or an athletic
team from a Brooklyn school. Preferably, the
photo will be the type taken professionally and sold to the students.
Yearbook pictures may be accepted, but only when scanned with special handling.
(See "Scanning Specifications" below).
Photos of single individuals are not accepted.
Photographs should be at least 30 years old. Exceptions will be made when the subject matter merits it.
- HOW DO I GET THE PICTURES TO THE BROOKLYN BOARD?
Your picture should be scanned using a flatbed scanner.
Scanned photographs should be emailed as separate, binary attachements to:
- CAN I SUBMIT A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL TAKEN WITH MY DIGITAL CAMERA OR CELLPHONE?
You can try, but this method often doesn't work because it distorts the perspective and doesn't provide even lighting. Images created this way are often rejected.
- WHAT ARE THE SCANNED IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS?
| Size: | 800 pixels wide minimum. Larger is fine. The height should be proportional to that width. |
| Density: | 300 dpi (dots per inch) minimum |
| File format: | JPG or JPEG (pronounced "jay-peg") |
The larger the image and higher the density, the better. Lower resolutions and significantly smaller image sizes are not acceptable, because they appear blocky and blurry when displayed online.
Because of the variety of scanners and their supporting software, you'll
have to figure out how to achieve these results on your own. It is very much
worth your while to learn how to use your scanner software to modify these settings!
The ONLY file format we accept is JPG or JPEG (".jpg").
Please do not email any other format, such as "bmp", "gif",
or images stored within word-processor documents ("doc").
- IMPORTANT SCANNING TIPS AND GUIDELINES
- Trim or crop the area being scanned! Make sure the entire class is included, but please don't include any unused scanner background with the image you send.
- Scans of pictures from yearbooks, magazines or newspaper pictures may require a
"descreening" filter in your scanning software to remove the little dots produced by the printing process (called "moire"). If your scanner can't do this, we may try on our end but cannot guarantee success.
- Please do NOT scan any text that might surround the original photograph.
Scanned text will drastically increase the size of the resulting image
file. It will be edited out completely if sent.
- If your original photo is too large for your scanner, then simply scan it in two or three parts. Make sure there is always an area that is common to any adjacent parts, and scan each part with the identical settings. Send the parts and we'll reassemble them for you!
- Please do NOT edit the scanned image by overlaying it with text to identify the students! This effectively ruins the image we wish to preserve!
- IDENTIFY WHAT YOU'RE SENDING!
Photographs should be accompanied by a narrative that includes at least
your name, the school name, the year, and the class. Other details are welcome.
If you know the names of any of the students, feel free to list them.
We'd prefer your narratives as TEXT only - rather than word-processor files!
For Example:
PS 345, 1933, 3rd Grade, Class 3-99
Top Row: Joe Smith, Fred Mertz, Mary McGee, Chris Terfor
Middle Row: Tom Thumb, Sue Mee, Flip DaBird
etc...
Submitted by Jane Foxworth, Sweetland, Texas
- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
Unless you request otherwise, your name and location will be included
in a "submitted by" caption along with the photograph.
We can't guarantee that your picture will be published in the gallery. Acceptance is entirely at our discretion.
Photos are subject to editing, cropping and other manipulation necessary
to make them conform to gallery standards.
Depending on the volume of submissions, it may take anywhere from an hour
to a few weeks to process your picture. You'll receive an acknowledgement
when your submission is received, and another message when it's
either accepted or rejected.
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