How To Send Your Photos By E'mail
Before emailing your photograph file, you will need to compress it into a zip file. In Windows XP, you do this by highlighting all your images and right clicking. Click on "Properties" in the menu and then click on "Send To - Compressed (zipped) folder". If you are not running windows XP, you can use Winzip to do the same thing. Click on the link to download the free evaluation version.To email your photos, simply open your email software and write a new email to photographs@thecalendarstore.co.uk. In the Subject Box type your name, and you can use the email to pass on any instructions. Then click on attachments and follow the instructions to attach your image files. We will email you confirmation as soon as we have received your photographs.

How To Send Your Photos By Mail
Before you send your photographs by mail to us, please read the following guidelines.All photographs are special. When sending photo's by post, we strongly recommend that you send them by Royal Mail Special Delivery. We cannot accept any responsibility for photo's that get lost in the post. We recommend that you send your photo's in a padded envelope, or a hard backed envelope to protect them from damage.Please label each photograph with the month you wish it to appear on in your calendar. You can do this by either writing the month very lightly on the back of the photo in pencil, or by writing the month on a sticker and sticking it to the back of the photo.Do not write in biro or felt tip pen on the back of your photos, as this could damage them. Always use a pencil and write very softly.We always return your photographs to you with your calendar. We always send your calendar to you by Royal Mail Special Delivery which ensures maximum security as well as Next Day Delivery.

Copyright & Content
Copyright is the responsibility of the customer. If we feel that an image is in contravention of copyright laws, we reserve the right to cancel an order or request proof of copyright ownership.We will not accept any image of a sexually explicit nature, child or adult nudity or violence.

About Photograph Size
The easiest photographs for you to send are average size snapshots (approximately 6in x 4in). However, you can send any size picture. Please read the sections below for further guidance.

Photograph Orientation
Photos can be either landscape or portrait. We are able to digitally crop photos if necessary to fit your calendar. This procedure is done on computer, and in no way damages your original photographs.

Tips For Scanning Photos
We recommend that you scan at approximately 75-100 dpi (dots per inch). This ensures a good enough quality reproduction onto your calendar whilst maintaining a relatively low file size. This is important when sending them via email, as it will keep the upload time down to a minimum. If you are scanning your photos and placing them onto CD or DVD to send through the post, then file size is not an issue. In this case we would recommend scanning at either 300dpi or 36dpi. Please note that the reproduced image cannot exceed the original, and may lose some resolution due to the compressed format.

Tips For sending Photos From A Digital Camera
Open up your photograph in an image editor. We recommend that you decrease the resolution of your image to approximately 75-100dpi (dots per inch). This ensures a good enough quality reproduction onto your calendar whilst maintaining a relatively low file size. This is important when sending them via email, as it will keep the upload time down to a minimum. If you are putting your images onto CD or DVD then file size is not an issue. In this case you can leave the image as it is. Please note that the reproduced image cannot exceed the original, and may lose some resolution due to the compressed format.

How To Save Your Photos
Save your photos as JPEG files and name your picture files "January", "February", "March" etc. according to which photos you want on which month. Remember, if your calendar has more than 12 months, you will have to include the year in the file name eg. "January 2004" etc. Place all of your picture files into a folder on your hard disk. You should name this folder "your Surname - your email address" eg. Smith - myemail@home.com

How To Send Your Photos On CD Or DVD
We do accept photographs through the post on a CD or DVD. Photos on a CD should ideally be JPEG, but we can accept most file formats including bitmap.