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Otisfield, Maine Tombstone Photograph Project

How To Notes for Contributors.

We need your photographs!

Your donation of the Otisfield, Maine Tombstone photos you have now or take in the future is needed to keep this project growing!

We want all of your Otisfield, Maine Tombstone photographs. It doesn't matter if you took them because they were kin or if the stone simply caught your eye. We do ask that the engraving on the stone be readable in the donated print or image file.

What information do you need to provide with your photographs?

The only required information is:

  1. The name of the Otisfield cemetery and where it is located (Town and/or County) and
  2. Your name and email address for the contributor's credit line.

We would like to have:

  1. Bullet comments with the relationships between the individuals named on the donated headstones if it is not apparent.

  2. Examples:
  3. Location of the headstone (row/block/lot/plot).

To get the required information to us simply add a note to your email with the attached image files along with any other details you want to add.

How do you contribute your photographs?

Contributing Digital Photographs

Here's how to to get your image files to me for uploading:

E-Mail - Attach the compressed image files to an email message to otisfield@gmx.com along with a note providing the required information.

General Tips for Digital Photographs:

Image Size/Format: Remember the target media for your photo is display on a mobile phone or computer monitor. For most visitors, that monitor will have a viewable display area of 600x400 pixels. However the 600x400 pixel image size is only a rule of thumb! Many tombstone images (the flat V.A. markers come to mind) are quite readable in smaller display formats. Large stones with low contrast or small engraving (Woodsman of the World markers come to mind) are not readable on the monitor at twice the size. I have found the most effective way to deal with the large stones is to provide an overall view (with a reasonable display size) and a close-up view (or views) to provide the necessary detail of the engraving.

Digital Camera Tips:  Visit the cemetery at different times during the day.  Have the sun behind you.  If possible take a friend along.  Carry a  spray bottle of water.  Clean off the headstone as best you can.  Spray the headstone with water.  You'll notice it takes longer for the indentations of the letters to dry than the rest of the stone and you can read what they said. Have your friend spray the stone and before it can dry, take a picture.

Notes: I reserve the right to crop, resample and enhance the submitted photographs to help viewers read the inscriptions. Your name will be added to a credit line embedded in the contributed photograph.

You retain the copyright and publishing rights for your donated photograph except those noted here. By donating, you grant the Otisfield Tombstone Photo Project non-exclusive publishing rights to your photographic work. The USGenWeb notice at the end of this page will be posted on the index page linked to your photographs.

This page is courtesy of  Lee Zion  Colorado GenWeb Tombstone Project Manager.

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USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic photographs may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb to store the file permanently for free access.