According to the Photo Marketing Association (a.k.a PMA), May is National Photo Month. and to help us all get int the spirit, they've ramped up their website TakeGreatPictures.com and sent around a press release through the usual outlets with "five settings that make for better [digital] photographs," things on your camera you'll want to learn to adjust if you don't know already. The website's still in its infancy, but has some nice features like Family Photo Projects, and some good interviews in Master Photographers Tell You How.

Be careful with the advice in the press release, though. I'm all for knowing as much about your camera as you can. And knowing how to use your flash, erase pictures, and set ISO are certainly important. So is understanding picture quality, so I'm with them 80% of the way. I can't, though, agree that altering picture size depending on what you think you might print is a good idea. In fact, it's generally a pretty bad idea. Shoot your camera at it's native resolution, and let your software handle the scaling later; you'll be glad you did. Cameras do a really good job with many aspects of image manipulation, but interpolation algorithms aren't usually one of them. And besides, maybe one you see the picture, you'll