There’s no free lunch is a saying that I’ve heard since I was a little boy, and it rings as true today as it did those so many years ago. I was just doing some work on one of my blogs and updating a few of the programs and I found what was called a “free” app that I thought I would install. So I installed the app, activated it, and then I got the request for extra information that they require before I could use this “free” app. So what is all this information that they require? First they wanted my e-mail address, then they wanted my name, my age, occupation, sex, country of residence, then they wanted me to sign up for their “free” newsletter.
Computer Equipment
With the advent of digital photography we now are required as photographers to be able to save, edit and back-up our images using our computer. Look here for some helpful hints with your computer equipment.
Buying quality, the search can be worth it!
Buying quality, the search can be worth it!
I am not sure if quality is going out of style, prices are just getting ridiculously high for mediocre items or if it is just me, but I am finding it a lot harder these days to find the quality products that I actually want to spend my money on. This is true in many areas of our daily life as well as photography and it can be really frustrating!
Help to identify birds
Help to identify birds
I was sent this link by one of my clients to help identify bird species. I gave it a try and was very impressed!! It did miss a couple different birds, but I’m not sure if it was the type of photo I was trying to use or if the birds are not in the database yet. I was able to identify several different birds that I had photographed over the past couple months. I thought I knew what they were and this programmed confirmed my suspicions on one, and corrected me on the other.
Give it a try and let me know what you think?
Monitor Balancing
Monitor balancing – two words that strike fear into the hearts of relatively sane people.
So what is it that most people don’t understand or makes them fearful to tackle? I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that articles and blog posts are being written, books being published and all they are doing is trying to sell equipment and programs so it makes it look a lot harder than it is. I also believe many people simply do not understand what monitor balancing it is and why it needs to be done. So before we go any further let me explain what monitor balancing is. Monitor balancing is simply balancing your monitor so that the image you see on the screen is the correct color and density, in addition it insures that it is the same color and density that the final print will be. It is no harder than this, it is no more difficult, that is it. Many people believe that when they buy a monitor, or computer system, that the monitor is already balanced. This is not so, every computer and monitor combination is different.
Are you ready for ????? (Part 2)
Are you ready????
I stopped where I did in the last post for a reason, I wanted to address something to start this post that you have to consider carefully before you decide what type of emergency that you have. I mentioned that if you have had a major computer crash, lost power or the Internet at your house that you could go someplace else to use the Internet, but before doing this you need to decide if you really have to? I know people that have an emergency an hour; “this is wrong”, “that happened”, “I cannot”, “I have to” and so on. One person I know was panicking that they did not have Internet at home, but they had a smart phone that they could still check E-mails, text and post on Facebook but they were upset and were ready to drive 20 minutes in a snow storm to a friend’s house to use their computer when in fact they did not even need the Internet.
Are you ready for ??????
It could be my upbringing, or it could just be me, but I seem to always be considering the “what ifs”. One of the big what ifs is what would I do if I suffered a major computer failure, or worse if we had a power or Internet failure that caused me to loose access to my computers, or the web, for a day, week or even a month?
Well I know a few things that I would do, first depending on the situation I would more than likely head to the mountains to camp (sorry that is my solution to many things, and it does help 🙂 )……