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Category Archives: Photography
Beginner’s Photoshop: Making Smartphone Wallpaper
It’s pretty easy to make custom wallpaper (background images) for your smartphone. The main trick is getting the size right. Of course, as with so many things associated with modern smartphones (and consumer goods in general) close is usually good … Continue reading
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Who’s Who in Scams Aimed at Artists
Creatives are frequent targets of scammers who use the promise of publicity and attention as bait to take your money and/or your work while giving little or nothing of value in return. The insidious part of these scams is that … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, Photography, Photoshop, Publishing, scam, spam, The Web
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Another Spamming Photoshopper to Avoid: Zarih’s Retouching
Should I Trust a Spammer in Switzerland With My Image Files? Addendum, March 2018: On 15 March I received several emails (and a text message on my phone!) from Zarih (or someone claiming to be him) asking me to take … Continue reading
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The Raw Artists Scam is Back
They must have found enough gullible artists in Boston last time around because RawArtists.org has judged it worth while to make another visit. More spam from these creeps just landed in my inbox. As with all their spam, it contains … Continue reading
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tscott.editing@gmail.com Wants You to Send Him Your Images!
“Thomas Scott” (and judging by his poor grasp of the English language I’m guessing that’s a pseudonym) wants me to send him my images for Photoshop editing. No matter that Photoshop editing is what I do myself. Oh yes, and … Continue reading
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Instagram: A Deck Stacked Against You
If you haven’t heard that Instagram is a scam dominated by automated software ("bots"), fake users and fake "likes" you must be pretty new to the internet. But just in case you aren’t up to speed, here are a few … Continue reading
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The “RAW Artists” Scam Hits Boston
As Usual, It Begins With Spam (Sigh) About a week ago I received an Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE or spam) that was a little unusual. Rather than hawking the standard spam fare (drugs, sunglasses, handbags and dubious “SEO” services) it … Continue reading
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More Spamming Scumbags: Picto Online
Somehow one of my older email addresses has found its way onto the spam list of another sleazy photo operation. This time it’s the self-proclaimed “Legendary French professional photo lab” that calls itself Picto Online. When will people learn that … Continue reading
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Images-editing.com: Another Spammer Trying to Rip Off Photographers
The spammers from images-editing.com claim "We have skilled Photoshop designers for image apparel products, Objects (Bottles) cutout work, Jewellery, Pack shots, we work on all files format CR2, Raw files, JPEG/JPG, GIF, PNG, Tiff, PSD, HDR." Oddly enough, their web … Continue reading
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Pacific Image PrimeFilm PF120 Pro Film Scanner – Review
In my efforts to acquire a scanner for bringing my medium format negatives and transparencies into the digital realm I recently tried out the Pacific Image "PrimeFilm" PF120 Pro film scanner. I’ve had excellent results in the past scanning 35mm … Continue reading →