Welcome back to the series I started yesterday, I saw the need to share some knowledge with people on the platform especially for people who are new to the field.
This is not coming from an expert, it is just a small knowledge that I feel could help us if applied. Thanks to everyone who added one or two things through the comment section in the first post, I was able to learn something for myself as well. I call that one of the beauties of sharing because when you give out anything helpful to others, you will always receive something back.
Today's article would be about the application and sourcing of images for our articles, I would be using some illustrations to help people understand the article very well.
Imagine yourself as an HR who received an application letter with a CV attached.
You decided to go through it and were impressed by how the applicant described him or herself, you said to yourself, "this is perfect".
When you invited the person for an oral interview, the person was the opposite of everything he or she have described in the document sent earlier.
How would you feel?
Many of us usually don't place much importance on the images we attach to our articles but they are as important as the title and the body of the article.
Sometimes ago I was blown away by Jane's adventure post, the images she used were perfect and it did justice to a lot of things that weren't even expressed in words. Images are part of every article but sometimes we feel too lazy to check for what best suits our article.
Qualities of a proper image.
• It should give a pictorial representation of the content of your article, you can upload as many as you like but it should be done moderately.
The images must be relevant, it sometimes makes articles look like movies. It has the power to bring fiction into reality if well used.
• Image size
This is a very important thing to be considered and it is divided into two parts.
The size in byte
This is about storage, you should try to always reduce the size to avoid the page from consuming data. A poor network might even hinder the reader from viewing the images if occupies too much space.
The size in length and breath:
The length and breadth size of the image should also be moderate to prevent them from looking unattractive in the article.
There are several images reducing size apps out there that would do the job for you easily, you can search for them online and use them for free.
Image sourcing.
I admire people who go at the length of creating their images or capturing images for their article but there are times we just have to borrow from the internet.
Image sourcing is more than what many of us think about it, it is fun going about choosing the best images from the Internet but it can be incriminating if not done properly.
How is that even possible?
Imagine you needed an image for a write up about wildlife and you risk yourself going into the jungle to secretly capture images of dangerous animals. After uploading it, someone decided to take and use it for his or her work.
How would feel about it?
It would be very annoying to see someone take credit for your hard work right?
That's the same way people feel when we steal their images and use them as our content, it is a very bad act that can tarnish the image of a writer so we must desist from it.
Aside from that, not all the images on the internet are available for our use. There are lots of images out there on the internet protected by copyright infringement law and they are not meant to be used by any person because the owner doesn't permit it.
But...
The good thing is that there are lots of free images for use on the internet but not everyone understands that, these images are free and you won't be prosecuted for using them but you have to appreciate the author by giving preference in your article.
A simple sentence like, "the image belong to George Dee won't hurt as long as it belongs to me.
Some websites offer free images for use and you can get any type of image you need for your articles from there.
There is nothing wrong with creating your image as well, you can capture or create your image using apps like Canva and others. With those apps, you can create a perfect image for your content and in some instances, originality pays a lot.
Hahaha. This made me remember our days at UU 🤣 I remember how we tried to teach those spammers how to source images but yet they won’t listen 😂