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ize:fit:800/1*5CmPbNnQdJ5ZYe-4UWQZ7A.png"><figcaption>Painting by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><p id="acbf">Then, too, if you want different sizes of picture in your article, in order to contrast with bigger pictures, you can make them smaller yourself and copy and paste them in, as above.</p><p id="122b">So, we’ve lost the handy manipulation tools that Medium provided, but we can do some messing about ourselves, if we want to.</p><p id="ac19">But we might just get used to them all being the same size, centrally placed …</p><figure id="60b5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*OB9ym8oLsdqkaQRwLRU6UA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="9116"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*hlLp20Cu3QHwuFBS4GX7iQ.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="1edd"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*csNyrmnh-yHdlFuC2-abdQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Paintings by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><p id="7f5e">We can also add variation by placing pictures, as before, side by side. See above. Two or three pictures side by side.</p><p id="2e6f">They’re all hug pictures. Hugs for you!</p><figure id="f3ae"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Nxx77rrf937MuuKGR9fMhQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Painting by <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a></figcaption></figure><h1 id="7669">My tax returns are in!!! Yayyy!!! Happy Dance!</h1><p id="53a9"><a href="undefined">Dennett</a> started the Photo-a-Day Challenge to help combat the pandemic blues. (To think — this has been going for nearly two years!) She takes photos during the week, chooses the best ones, and adds some narrative.</p><p id="22b0">Other practitioners who share their week with us:</p><p id="8277"><a href="undefined">Erika Burkhalter</a>, <a href="undefined">Eileen Vorbach Collins</a>, <a href="undefined">Anne Bonfert</a>, <a href="undefined">Sasha Meyer</a>, <a href="undefined">Tracy Aston</a>, <a href="undefined">Lisa Bolin</a>, <a href="undefined">Juan O. Aguilera</a>, <a href="undefined">David Wade Chambers</a>, <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a>, <a href="undefined">June Nguyen</a>, <a href="undefined">Mia Verita</a>, <a href="undefined">LensAfield</a>, <a href="undefined">Barbara Radisavljevic</a>, <a href="undefined">Diana Lotti</a>, <a href="undefined">Barb Dalton</a>, <a href="undefined">Kim Zuch</a>, <a href="undefined">K. Barrett</a>, <a href="undefined">Penny Grubb</a>, <a href="undefined">Ellie Jacobson</a>,</p><p id="ee19">(If your name should, or

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should not, be on this list, please let me know.)</p><p id="fa1e">More on formatting pictures:</p><div id="1def" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/getting-used-to-thinking-of-pictures-in-portrait-format-rather-than-landscape-format-adaa6842919a"> <div> <div> <h2>Getting Used to Thinking of Pictures in Portrait Format Rather than Landscape Format for New Medium</h2> <div><h3>And how to crop them if necessary</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Gw5IJXiP0mozmY0vKQCaTQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7973">Last week:</p><div id="4b54" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/hyacinths-showing-great-promise-30bf9a92d077"> <div> <div> <h2>Hyacinths Showing Great Promise</h2> <div><h3>Signs of Christmas — last Christmas …</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*W5v5cIU3KHfIs9V9JegB4w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="b1b0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://susanalisonart.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Susan Alison</h2> <div><h3>As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…</h3></div> <div><p>susanalisonart.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*RnYZtLQHY88YR0nz)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="3c21"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B005HU4YWI?_encoding=UTF8&node=283155&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader">Susan’s Amazon Page</a> / <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SusanAlisonArt?ref=seller-platform-mcnav">Susan’s Etsy Store</a>/ <a href="https://www.susanalison.com/">newsletter sign-up</a></p><p id="6b89">Read more from me: © <a href="undefined">Susan Alison</a> 2022</p></article></body>

Some Notes on Pictures in Medium Stories after the Changes; PupperJack Out-Fragrances a Hyacinth

As only PupperJack can …

He’s been rolling in something …

He looks so sweet, too. So sweet and demure and innocent.

Ha!

The Christmas roses are lasting nicely!

And now for some thoughts on the somewhat puzzling (to me, at least) changes that Medium has recently made — well, some thoughts about the pictures in particular.

I have moaned about the Medium changes elsewhere so I won’t do it here again. However, if it’s any consolation to anyone — in the new format, there is a magnifying glass to view the pictures in a larger size, so that’s something.

Also, you can still make an impact with size if the picture is portrait format rather than landscape. It does, though, mean thinking differently when you take your photo, OR you can manipulate it afterwards.

If the following picture is landscape format:

And then I crop it to make it portrait format:

Overall, it is much bigger.

So, maybe think of taking ‘portrait’ photos more often than ‘landscape’ photos.

It seems to be because Medium has narrowed the ‘columns’ on the page to get all the other stuff down the sides, but not restricted the up and down sizes.

Then, too, if you want different sizes of picture in your article, in order to contrast with bigger pictures, you can make them smaller yourself and copy and paste them in, as above.

So, we’ve lost the handy manipulation tools that Medium provided, but we can do some messing about ourselves, if we want to.

But we might just get used to them all being the same size, centrally placed …

We can also add variation by placing pictures, as before, side by side. See above. Two or three pictures side by side.

They’re all hug pictures. Hugs for you!

My tax returns are in!!! Yayyy!!! Happy Dance!

Dennett started the Photo-a-Day Challenge to help combat the pandemic blues. (To think — this has been going for nearly two years!) She takes photos during the week, chooses the best ones, and adds some narrative.

Other practitioners who share their week with us:

Erika Burkhalter, Eileen Vorbach Collins, Anne Bonfert, Sasha Meyer, Tracy Aston, Lisa Bolin, Juan O. Aguilera, David Wade Chambers, Susan Alison, June Nguyen, Mia Verita, LensAfield, Barbara Radisavljevic, Diana Lotti, Barb Dalton, Kim Zuch, K. Barrett, Penny Grubb, Ellie Jacobson,

(If your name should, or should not, be on this list, please let me know.)

Getting Used to Thinking of Pictures in Portrait Format Rather than Landscape Format for New Medium

And how to crop them if necessary

medium.com

Last week:

Hyacinths Showing Great Promise

Signs of Christmas — last Christmas …

medium.com

Join Medium with my referral link - Susan Alison

As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…

susanalisonart.medium.com

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