Though it’s a truism that one of the surest signs of a business you want to avoid is that their advertising takes the form of spam email, it’s still worth repeating from time to time. (A couple of earlier posts on this subject, regarding Dorrance Publishing and International Masters, might be worth a look at this point…)
The latest turd to hit my inbox offered “World class publishing for less than anyone for over two decades”, Continue reading
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 site doesn’t make any references to image editing at all (beyond the domain name itself, I suppose), stating "We are India based (sic) leading provider in innovative search engine marketing and optimization services".
You’ll frequently read posts in ClientsFromHell.net (and if you’re not a regular visitor there you should become one*) about clients misunderstanding, and reacting badly to, standard “Lorum Ipsum” placeholder text. The solution? Use Lorum Ipsum “encrypted” with ROT-13 (a very simple substitution cipher that replaces each letter with the one 13 letters after it in the alphabet)!
Here’s the sample I use: Continue reading
Those cool "little planet" 360° stereographic photographs are often described as being made from dozens or hundreds of photos. But that ain’t necessarily so. We’ll see here how it’s possible to create images like these from relatively ordinary 360° panoramas.
When I first saw it on Facebook I was sure it was a parody. A joke. But no, it’s intended to be real: Camerapixo.com: 10-Step Processing Technique. To save you the trouble of examining that link I’ll warn you that the web site that hosts this “tutorial” is a place that offers to sell you “press credentials” <cough, cough> for $99.00. (They’re basically using the Dunning-Kruger Effect as a marketing strategy. ’nuff said.) Continue reading
I’m quite the fan of craft beer. And by very good fortune there’s an excellent wine and craft beer shop almost at the end of my street, Streetcar Wine & Beer. Since they regularly feature the work of local artists in their store it was probably only a matter of time until I ended up showing some work there. And that time is now. I have a few framed prints on show there during the month of June.
If you can’t make it down to the shop you can see the images featured on line here.
You didn’t actually click on the link did you? Oh for the love of all that is holy and pure, please tell me you didn’t click on the link…
Here’s the latest turd to land in my inbox, a spam from 209.85.218.67 (ceo.rsktechnologies@gmail.com) for "photo editing services".
Besides the obvious caution not to do business with spammers – EVER – I’ll point out that this gem actually admits that they operate out of India. So… Spammers in India want you to send them your images. What do you think the chances are that they’ll be concerned with trivial details like, oh, honoring your copyright? (Whatever your guess, it was too high.)
Here’s an excerpt from the spam:
Our Company *RSK Technologies* provides professional photo editing services along with 7 graphic designers and a good setup. We offer 24 hours express delivery service and cheapest possible rate. Our photo editing team are located in India
*Our Services*
**PHOTO* Editing & Retouch…
…www.rsktechnologies.com
