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Professional Guidelines Guide to Professional Quality Images Obtaining fantastic, high quality images is the most important step on the path to achieving professional success. Superior photographic images can, and do, make the difference between acceptance and rejection when applying to an exhibition, being invited to participate in a gallery show, or having your work chosen for inclusion in a book or featured in a magazine. This document is a complement to the Professional Guidelines topics titled, Working with Digital Images Effectively and TOP TEN TIPS for Getting Into a …… Juried Exhibition, Craft Show, Book or Magazine. These Professional Guidelines documents are checklists or guides to review and critically evaluate the photography of your art or craft. For in depth instruction, there are many fine books, classes, and online tutorials where you can learn more comprehensive information that can assist you in getting amazing quality images. See the Resources for Legal and Professional Advice for some suggestions. Qualities of a Superior Photographic Image Images must be in focus. The entire artwork or object must be in focus. Focus may be hard to see on your computer monitor at 72 dpi. Examine your photographic images closely by zooming into the image. Focus in a slide is difficult to see without projecting the image. If it is necessary to send slides, project your slides before sending them out for publication or jury review. (This slide issue may soon be obsolete, but some of us still have old images that are in 35mm slide format.) Exposure should be exactly correct. Over or underexposed images are not worth keeping. Avoid high contrast images with extreme light and dark areas. Quality photographic images should have nuances of graduated grays and colors that help to clarify and define the object or artwork. Consider the photographic image as a composition. Experiment in advance with various compositions or viewpoints even if you plan