It's a great time to be a blogger.
No, seriously! For one thing, if you're an old guy like me, who's been blogging for ten or fifteen years, the golden time we all knew was coming has arrived; according to The Atlantic, Millennials are finally craving long-form reads.
So, you can finally setup that blog you've been dreaming of and write to your heart's content. And, while you can always setup a free blog on WordPress.com, I would personally suggest that you...
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Hopefully, you all won't be too disappointed to not see links to a bunch of other blogs today.
I hate to admit it, but I wrote this at the last minute because I've been so busy. So, if you all think this is lame today, well, I don't blame you. I'll try to do better for next week and the rest of the month. No promises, though.
As you may know, I dabble in WordPress, which just updated to a new version...
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This ought to make me look like a hero at my new gig. Again.
On a whim, I searched for a CryptoLocker decrypter this afternoon, because the old place I worked at and the new place I currently work at were both hit by a CryptoLocker virus. Now, at the old place, we mostly had everything backed up. At the new place, not quite so much. I mean, everything is backed up now, but it wasn't before I got here and they got hit with the virus.
In any case, I had a couple of files I wanted to get into that were hit with the virus. So, naturally, I went to search for something to help. Because, you know, it's been a while and maybe someone had come up with a solution, right?
Well, as it turns out, they have. FireEye, who I'm familiar with and Fox IT have setup a free service at Decryptolocker that will let you download a decryption program and upload an encrypted file, which they will use to generate a decrypt key that they send you via email. When you get that, you follow their super simple instructions to decrypt your file. It's a command-line utility, but, hey, it works.
And, yes, I've tried it. It took all of ten minutes to get the email with the key and then I was able to decrypt any of the effected files that I tried it on.
This restores my faith in humanity just a little!
As implied last week, here are some more photography blogs to follow.
I spend a fortune on camera gear. I try not to, and lately, I haven't had the spare cash, but it's hard to resist the lure of that new, shiny bit of gear! Thankfully, there's a blog to help me with that; DIY Photography. In fact, over the years, if you're a faithful reader of this blog, you've seen me link to these folks regularly. They have tutorials for...
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Yes, this implies at least a "Part Two".
Maybe even a part three. We'll see on that part, but at least two.
I've been at my new job for five weeks now and, frankly, I'm so exhausted by the end of the day, I haven't really had anything left over for hobbies. In fact, I've barely had any energy left over for watching television or reading. So, you know, my photography has been, well, languishing, just a bit. What that means, too,...
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Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love free and I love photography!
This week, I've got both for you!
Actually, I can't believe I haven't shared this collection of Twenty-Three Free Photography eBooks before! I know LightStalking has shared them before, but, well, apparently I haven't passed that all on to you, my dear faithful readers, before now. Granted, I may have shared some of the actual books listed before, but not the full collection.
They link to...
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I'm not entirely sure I agree with this list, actually.
I tend to follow the dictum that, as photographers, we should strive to make a better photograph in the camera, not in the computer. However, the reality of the modern age is that Photoshop exists and, well, the people who use it will tend to have an advantage over those of us who don't. According to DIY Photography, there are Twelve Essential Photoshop Skills that Every Photographer Should Know. Those twelve...
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So, I'm not quite done with the free photography links.
Again, specifically, links to a free photography course. This was shared by PetaPixel last month, but it's so good, I wanted to make sure you didn't miss it.
MIT has established a free learning annex on-line which they call "MIT OpenCourseWare". Through this program, they offer all kinds of classes on a wide range of topics, all based on classes taught at MIT at one time or another, of course. I was...Read More
Two things I love are photography and free.
This week, I'm sharing a link to links. But, it's in keeping with the theme of free photography stuff. The link comes from PetaPixel and it, in turn, links to their pick of the 25 best free on-line photography course and tutorials.
These tutorials run the gamut from beginner to advanced level of experience and cover a pretty wide variety of topics, including, but not limited to documentary and photojournalism, Lightroom and Photoshop, "Tilt+Shift"...
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Since I start my new day job this coming Monday, I'm slacking a little and just sharing some kind of random links about basic photographic technique.
One of the things you see a lot of photographers do, especially if they want to "go pro" and shoot portraits, is something called "seamless paper". Basically, it's a huge, long roll of colored paper that you tape up to a wall or hang from a pole to get a smooth, uninterrupted, but still plain...
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