I have always loved to do jigsaw puzzles. It was an activity we often did in my home growing up. I am always amazed how the little parts fit together to define an image. When doing a puzzle of a photograph it often seems that nothing is there and suddenly you place a couple of pictures and the clarity and definition emerges like magic.

At jigzone.com you can do the puzzle of the day, get timed doing it and choose other puzzles and the “cut” to challenge yourself. You can also have a puzzle made of one of your images, but do use a small file for fast loading.

The image in the post below [Madelyn is One!] is the featured in a puzzle When you go “read more” the page will load the puzzle for you to make! Please allow a few moments for the downloading of the puzzle. It is fun to do!

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Digital Image Files are Packed with Information!

This week a friend who loves photography and I had a conversation on enhancements and variations in photography. Photography is capturing the light reflected off something and recording the information. Ever since photography was invented over 100 years ago photographers have enhanced and varied their “shots” in a variety of ways.In black and white film days photographers would “manipulate” in the darkroom by using different exposures, dodging and burning sections of the image on the film by using a tool to block off part of the image during exposure. Difference filters, chemicals, and papers as well as exposure times could all result different representations of the image recorded on paper of the “image” captured on the film.

The proof or first image seen on paper or today on our monitors is just one of many possible interpretations of the information recorded by the camera.

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