Graham, I had tried what you describe several times and it didn't work.  My images were downsized to around 4 mb, not the 2mb that I needed.  I'll give it another shot, though.  Who knows, I may have ...

GrahamS Wrote: (Jan 11, 2017, 16:21) -- Faye, open the image in Photoshop.  In the "Image" drop down menu click on "Image size" In the window that opens, make sure that "resample image" is ticked, e...

MrB Wrote: (Jan 11, 2017, 15:29) -- Hello Faye. If you are using a Windows PC, you could try the FastStone Image Viewer. Choosing Resize/Resample in its Edit Menu (using one of my images) brings u...

I need to know how to resize images to the following criteria: 2MB, 1600 pixels for longest side of image and 300dpi.  The image size in Photoshop wouldn't give me what I needed.  I used the Save to W...

MrB Wrote: (Mar 27, 2014, 03:10) -- Faye, the primary important factor here is Depth of Field, as you have quite a distance between the nearest and furthest people. This requires that you use a small...

EdMak Wrote: (Mar 27, 2014, 02:15) -- Try this. Set camera to 800 ISO. Select Landscape Programme, manually focus to about a third of the depth into the group. Tripod/monopod if possible. Use wide...

EdMak Wrote: (Mar 26, 2014, 03:12) -- Post a pic, to give an idea of the setup. Ed. -- These images are of part of the group and are the best examples of what's happening.

EdMak Wrote: (Mar 26, 2014, 03:12) -- Post a pic, to give an idea of the setup. Ed. -- I'm new to this forum; not sure how to post a pic.

I'm trying to shoot a group of about 50 people. I'm using a Canon 5D and have tried using different lenses. 24-105 mm, 17-40 mm, and 70- 300 mm. I've tried using both manual and auto settings on th...