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Lens flare can occur when a bright light source appears in or at the very edge of a photograph and is often characterized by sun spots appearing throughout the image. It can also show up in your photographs as low contrast areas in your image. While the sun spots can sometimes add to your photo, …
I can’t remember how I got there, but the other day I actually ended up browsing around the Windows Marketplace web site. Windows Marketplace is one of Microsoft’s sites. It is essentially just a fancy shareware site (there is also hardware) where the software passes some basics test that it works with Windows. The reason …
The latest issue of the Windows Secrets newsletter mentions a handy SendTo extension. When you right-click on a file, there is a menu item called Send To that has a few options (floppy disk, desktop as shortcut, etc). If you’ve used these options, you’ve probably wished for more options. This extension gives you those options. …
Even though I still go out to shoot when winter rolls in (as it finally has in my part of the country), finding subjects to photograph is difficult. Add on to that the extra incentive needed to go out into the cold, sometimes wet and often dark environment, and it becomes all too easy to …
I recently wanted to download a couple of YouTube videos so I could show them on my Dell Axim. I did a quick search on Google and found this: Vdownloader is a little freeware program that scans your clipboard for links to youtube, google video, grinvi and dailymotion. Once it detects such a link the …
This PC Magazine tip explains how to open a window maximized… You can tweak the properties for any shortcut to specify the way you want it to open—Normal, Minimized, or Maximized. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties from the pop-up menu. The drop-down list labeled Run is the one that controls this setting. Change it …
Digital camera are wonderful tools, and the technology gets better all the time. Still, one of the biggest complaints I here is of shutter lag. That is the time between when you press the shutter button down to take the picture and when the camera actually does take the picture. This is of course most …
From Slate: Of the many responsibilities shouldered by this column, none is more solemn than its mandate to compel Web-based retailers to take phone calls from the public. But suppose you finally get one of these reclusive customer-service reps on the horn and become so flustered that you forget what it is you wanted to …
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer? It is possible to run Internet Explorer in standalone mode without having to over-write previous versions thanks to Joe Maddalone who came up with a way of achieving that in November 2003. Basically, Internet Explorer is run by exploiting a known workaround to …
With the beginning of each new year, I do a little clean up of the previous years loose ends set myself up for the coming year. This includes non photography related items such as creating new folders in my filing cabinet for receipts, invoices and bills and ensuring the same folders from last year are …