How To Set Up Your Individual Website Gallery:

To create your personal gallery on this website, all you need to do is:

1. Be a paid member

2. Contact Terry Yarbrough (via the “Contact” link above) and request a gallery

3. Prepare your images for uploading:
- Set image resolution to 300 dpi
- Resize image to 10" on the long side
- Make sure the color mode is sRGB
- Optimize & sharpen the image as you would normally do
- Save as a JPEG at a high quality level

4. Access the site, log-in & locate your gallery:
- Go to: http://www.shadesvalleycameraclub.com
- Click on “log-in” found at the bottom of the page
- For “e-mail >” and “password >” enter per instructions from Terry Yarbrough
- Click: “Your Photos” at the top of the page
- Click on "Galleries" link & find your gallery
- Click on “Add Photos” "To this Gallery"
- Select among the optional ways offered to upload an image (“standard” is best)
- Follow Smugmug’s on-line directions thereafter
- Caption (name) each image in your gallery, per Smugmug on-line directions
- To later delete images, go to the "Tools" drop-down section & follow the directions

Congratulations! You’re now “published” on the web!

How To Upload Your Monthly Competition Winners:

So, you had a winning image(s) is the latest monthly photo contest. Here’s how to get it on this website’s homepage slideshow for everyone to enjoy:

1. Prepare your image for uploading:
- Set image resolution to 300 dpi
- Resize image to 10” on the long side
- Make sure the color mode is sRGB
- Optimize & sharpen the image as you would normally do
- Save as a JPEG at a high quality level

2. Access the site, log-in & access the “Slideshow” gallery:
- Go to: http://www.shadesvalleycameraclub.com
- Click on “login” found at the bottom of the page
- For “e-mail >” & “password >” enter per instructions received via email
- Click on the home page slideshow (this takes you to the “slideshow” gallery)
- Click on “Add Photos” “To This Gallery”
- Select among the optional ways to upload an image (“standard” is best)
- Follow Smugmug’s online directions thereafter
- Once uploaded, select the image and click on “edit” at the bottom left for captioning

3. Captioning format should be:

Your Name
Winning Place (1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention) & Image Title
Image Category (color print, black & white, etc.)