It was Sanford I. Weill, a banker, financier, philanthropist and current Chairman of the Board of Carnegie Hall that once quipped, “details create the big picture.” 
He probably was not referring to photography when those words were verbalized. More likely, he had been directing his comment about the multitude of lesser elements making up a some financial or business transaction of epic proportion. However, nothing more true could have been stated about the mastery and art of photographic detail in pictures.
Resolution really does matter!
Another way of thinking about detail is in terms of resolution.
Resolution can be best described as the detail in pictures making it capable of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects. In reality, resolution is more about the density of picture elements, better known as pixels, within a defined or measured area.
Pixels are the smallest piece of digital picture and have been referred to as the picture’s building blocks. In fact, digital cameras are generally rated in terms of the millions of pixels (megapixels) a specific type can capture. The higher the megapixel rating, the greater number of these individual building blocks can be captured.
When considering the scanning of paper photographs into digital pictures that can be stored, shared and used to connect with others electronically, it is this same concept of resolution that plays such an important role in resulting detail of each scanned images. More pixels per inch (PPI) relates to more detail a scanner captures.
For instance, here is a photo is scanned at low resolution meaning relatively fewer pixels per inch were captured.
Figure 1: Low Resolution Scanned Image (100 pixels per inch)
Notice when the same photo is scanned it becomes much more detailed, when scanned at a medium resolution setting.
Figure 2: Medium Resolution Scanned Image (300 pixels per inch)
Using a high resolution setting to scan the photography results in even more detail be made visible.
Figure 3: High Resolution Scanned Image (600 pixels per inch)
E-Z Photo Scan encourages the practice of high resolution scanning of photographs by providing all scanned photographs at the higher pixel per inch capture rate. This makes it possible for its clients to enlarge, zoom in, or create premium products such as photobooks, collages, Picture Movie DVD's, or more and be assured of a high degree of detail.
E-Z Photo Scan, powered by i/oTrak & enabled by Photo Scanning Solutions from KODAK, makes it easy to digitize pictures, and other treasured memories so they can be displayed, printed, shared and output to digital media and much more. Contact an E-Z Photo Scan representative today, for more information.
To learn more about how details really do create the picture view this video.
