The grand prize winner of Globe’s Picture Perfect 2.0 has been accused of submitting an image from a stock photo site for his winning entry. Charles Chamberlaine Igot won the grand prize for his entry “Sunset Catcher.” Igot, who has since deactivated his Facebook account, posted photos on March 6, 2020 when he got his… Continue reading Running a photo contest? Do a reverse image search!
Category: Photography
Tabula rasa
What better way to start the year than with a clean e-mail slate? I went through my e-mail accounts on New Year’s Day to process it back to Inbox Zero – the state it was in weeks ago, which I wrote about in a blog post here. It took me less than a day to… Continue reading Tabula rasa
Sony Ericsson unveils K770
Sony Ericsson has released its latest model in the Cyber-shot line: the K770. The phone, which will be marketed as the K770i in the Philippines and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, will be available by the fourth quarter of this year. The K770 belongs to a phone line renowned for it’s photo quality: Cyber-shot… Continue reading Sony Ericsson unveils K770
Upgrading WordPress Lightbox plugin
I just upgraded the Lightbox 2.0 plugin I use for my WordPress installations. I use Lightbox 2.0 extensively for snazzy image loading effects in my blog and all the other sites I run. The script loads images in an overlay window and dims all the other parts of the page. LIGHTBOX FOR WORDPRESS. The Lightbox… Continue reading Upgrading WordPress Lightbox plugin
Upgrading to Sony Ericsson K800i
When my wife needed to upgrade her phone several weeks back, there was no question on which brand she’ll be getting. The question was which Sony Ericsson model best fits her needs and our budget. I am a Sony Ericsson fan boy and my fanaticism must have rubbed off on my wife because she decided… Continue reading Upgrading to Sony Ericsson K800i
Zooomr Mark III now live: Get unlimited photo storage; sell images
My favorite photo sharing website, Zooomr, is now live after weeks of being down. The two-man website had upgraded its services to Mark III, a new version that had been months in the planning and contains a lot of new features. Among the features of Mark III is the ability of users to sell their… Continue reading Zooomr Mark III now live: Get unlimited photo storage; sell images
Get unlimited photo storage with Zooomr
Photo sharing site Zooomr has removed the limits on the amount of photo you can upload and store in the site. Zooomr is currently undergoing transition to Mark III, a new version with over 250 new features and which offers users the ability to sell photographs and keep 90% of the sale. NO LIMIT. Zooomr… Continue reading Get unlimited photo storage with Zooomr
Better photo presentation in your website in 2 easy steps
Photos are best presented with captions or cutlines. The caption adds context to photographs and provides readers such information as the identity of the people in it, where it was taken and any other data not obvious in the photograph. I used to publish photos with captions by creating an HTML table to contain the… Continue reading Better photo presentation in your website in 2 easy steps
Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows
Adobe Lightroom, the software “built from the ground up by photographers, for photographers,” now has a Windows version of its beta. I tried it and I was blown away with the way it allows you to edit your photographs. The Windows version is labeled Beta 3 but Adobe’s announcement says the program is slightly behind… Continue reading Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows