Google Storage

September 25, 2021November 15, 2020 by Mike

An announcement this past week about Google storage you need to read. I know that I must sound like I repeat myself a lot but here it goes AGAIN. If you are using anything on-line to store your photos, video or any files and you do not have back-ups on drives in your house or …

Getting great prints

September 25, 2021November 6, 2020 by Mike

Order prints online, photo prints, Frames, framing, Lethbridge

It is possible to get GREAT prints. The secret is in getting the correct color and density correction. You can do this on your own computer or you can allow a professional lab person to do it for you. If you are doing it yourself you NEED to make sure that your monitor is correctly …

There’s no free lunch!!

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 by Mike

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.

Buying quality, the search can be worth it!

January 12, 2017June 10, 2015 by Mike

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

November 20, 2015June 9, 2015 by Mike

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 …

Monitor Balancing

January 13, 2016May 28, 2015 by Mike

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.