Hi All,

Being new to figs and gardening in general I can't help in most areas... but.. being somewhat technical, I can help in shrinking photo sizes.  Anyway little bit I can give back.  so here goes:

1) Open explorer.  2 key shortcut:   <Windows Key on the bottom left of keyboard> + <E>
2) locate and highlight the picture you want to shrink
       (Multiple pics can be highlighted by holding <Ctrl> key while clicking)
3) Right Click on any of the highlighted pictures
      ( This is the button on the right side of your mouse)
4) Select Send to => Mail recipient
5) You will be prompted with a selection box where you specify the size.  choose the largest size under 1 megabyte = 1000 kilobytes (KB)
6) Click the attach button

****This will create an email with the resized photos attached 
Go to the attached photo in the email and save them back to your computer.

1) Right click on the attachment and select Save As. 
2) Save with appropriate name.

Once pictures are saved to your computer, you can close the email without saving as there really isn't a recipient.  Now you are free to go back to forum and upload the resized photos.

I hope this helps.
Andrew