REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA (July 19, 2001) — Anyone who’s ever tried to take decent pictures of a kid’s birthday party or get a good snap of the family pet will tell you that it can be a major challenge — and a lot of work. How great would it be if we could all have our own personal, professional photography tutor, someone who’s been around and really knows the ins and outs of shooting pictures of moving targets? Thanks to leading online photo service Shutterfly, amateurs now have exactly that.

Beginning today, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Bill Foley will post tips on Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com/foley_tips/), with information intended to help lay-photographers get pictures of their kids and pets that they’ll be proud to put on display.

Bill has been capturing events on the world stage for more than 20 years — but even this worldly professional recognizes the challenges in getting a mantelpiece-worthy picture of the grandkids or Barky.

“The obstacles to working with kids and pets are their natural rambunctiousness and discomfort on camera,” explains Foley, who won his Pulitzer for spot photography in 1983. “But these subjects are energetic, eager, and curious-attributes that can translate into great-looking shots.”

Some of the basic photography tips Bill shares on Shutterfly include:

• How to create a successful shot
• Why shooting from a variety of angles can keep frisky subjects interested in you
• Which color schemes make for the most interesting backgrounds
• How to cope with low-light situations

Bill also offers more advanced techniques to help shooters create one-of-a-kind images and get more from their photos. Once photographers have their shots, they can upload them to www.shutterfly.com where they can enhance, color correct and crop their pictures; create high-quality prints, cards, or gifts; and send them to all their family and friends.

About Shutterfly
Shutterfly is the leading online photo service that makes it simple, convenient and fun for people to take and share pictures. Using the Internet and a digital or film camera, Shutterfly enables users to easily enhance, personalize, store and share pictures online or through high-quality prints. Shutterfly users can digitally enhance photo images, and can further transform their pictures with special effects and borders. Shutterfly offers its users features to create photo cards, invitations and calendars, all of which can be mailed to friends and family worldwide. Shutterfly is consistently recognized for its photo quality and features, and most recently was named “Best Quality and Best Overall” online photo service by Family PC magazine. Shutterfly is based in Redwood City, CA. For more information, visit www.shutterfly.com.

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