Sunday, July 29, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Scams Beware !
Remember if it sounds to good it is probably a Scam !
Here is a typical scam email
This comes in many versions
Don't fall prey
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FROM: Anthony D. Loehnis,
GROUP AUDIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIVISION
ALPHA BANK LONDON
66 Cannon Street, London EC4N.
DEAR ,
RE:TRANSFER OF 36,759,000.00 MILLION POUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. I choose to reach you through
(Internet) because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is private, and it should be treated as such. At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.
IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT (THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS) FROM OUR BANK HERE IN LONDON. THE FUND FOR TRANSFER IS OF CLEAN ORIGIN. THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A FOREIGNER, a global leader in distribution of agricultural equipment who was believed, before his death to acquire the fund through his Crude Oil deal with the Kuwait Government. The deceased died with all the members of his family in an auto-accident in JUNE 23, 1999 without a WILL. The amount involved is [36, 759,000.00 POUNDS STERLINGS].
I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST TO HAVE THE FUND INTO HIS ACCOUNT, I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
If you are intrested, Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email, Also, I will like you to send
me your private telephone number so that I will call you for us to discuss in the respect
forward of this transaction.
Regards,
Anthony D. Loehnis, Chairman, Alpha Bank London.
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Here is a typical scam email
This comes in many versions
Don't fall prey
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FROM: Anthony D. Loehnis,
GROUP AUDIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIVISION
ALPHA BANK LONDON
66 Cannon Street, London EC4N.
DEAR ,
RE:TRANSFER OF 36,759,000.00 MILLION POUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. I choose to reach you through
(Internet) because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is private, and it should be treated as such. At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.
IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT (THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS) FROM OUR BANK HERE IN LONDON. THE FUND FOR TRANSFER IS OF CLEAN ORIGIN. THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A FOREIGNER, a global leader in distribution of agricultural equipment who was believed, before his death to acquire the fund through his Crude Oil deal with the Kuwait Government. The deceased died with all the members of his family in an auto-accident in JUNE 23, 1999 without a WILL. The amount involved is [36, 759,000.00 POUNDS STERLINGS].
I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST TO HAVE THE FUND INTO HIS ACCOUNT, I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
If you are intrested, Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email, Also, I will like you to send
me your private telephone number so that I will call you for us to discuss in the respect
forward of this transaction.
Regards,
Anthony D. Loehnis, Chairman, Alpha Bank London.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Caution ! Scams geared at artists
Below is a recent post on The Pro4Um about a scam targeting photographers and other wedding vendors (more on the pro4um may be found here) by a friend of mine Michael Plumeyer
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Originally Posted by Doug Box
Dear Members,
I received an email from a fellow member warning about someone scamming photographers. I wanted to pass this on to you.
Let me know if she is in your area.
Doug Box
TPPA Executive Director
There is a woman named Paula Jacobs, who is selling ad's for a bogus magazine...Elegant Traditions, Premier Wedding and Bridal planning guide. She is from Nacogdoches, but has hit Dallas and as far away as Jefferson, she got us in Tyler pretty hard.
Several of us in this part of the state have purchased ads from her for major $$ ...mine was a $600. quarter page ad, friends have bought the back cover for $1800, and $2000. She is targeting wedding vendors, photographers, florists, caterers, venues, bed and breakfasts etc.... She has been selling ads and ours were purchased from November to April...It was to be a Spring issue that would be distributed to all of the college dorms and bridal shops in the East Texas area...the magazine was never published and never will be.
Complaints were filed with the BBB. We are working with a detective at the Tyler PD...I have a meeting with him in the morning 7/19 at 8:30. Her response to the BBB complaint was that she was filing for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy....The bankruptcy court has not received anything as of this afternoon on her...we think she is lying about that too. We are afraid she is moving into the College Station area and getting ready to hit you guys pretty hard....She is a fraud deluxe...and there is NO Magazine!!! She is very smooth and very persistant.
Call me on Thurs. ....and I will tell you all about it...but beware if she has hit your neighborhood!!!
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just be careful who you give your hard earned money to
do some research, call your chamber of commerce and BBB and ask them
look on the internet, not just at the website of the person wanting in your wallet
do a google search and find discussions on the person or product
steve
I received an email from a fellow member warning about someone scamming photographers. I wanted to pass this on to you.
Let me know if she is in your area.
Doug Box
TPPA Executive Director
There is a woman named Paula Jacobs, who is selling ad's for a bogus magazine...Elegant Traditions, Premier Wedding and Bridal planning guide. She is from Nacogdoches, but has hit Dallas and as far away as Jefferson, she got us in Tyler pretty hard.
Several of us in this part of the state have purchased ads from her for major $$ ...mine was a $600. quarter page ad, friends have bought the back cover for $1800, and $2000. She is targeting wedding vendors, photographers, florists, caterers, venues, bed and breakfasts etc.... She has been selling ads and ours were purchased from November to April...It was to be a Spring issue that would be distributed to all of the college dorms and bridal shops in the East Texas area...the magazine was never published and never will be.
Complaints were filed with the BBB. We are working with a detective at the Tyler PD...I have a meeting with him in the morning 7/19 at 8:30. Her response to the BBB complaint was that she was filing for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy....The bankruptcy court has not received anything as of this afternoon on her...we think she is lying about that too. We are afraid she is moving into the College Station area and getting ready to hit you guys pretty hard....She is a fraud deluxe...and there is NO Magazine!!! She is very smooth and very persistant.
Call me on Thurs. ....and I will tell you all about it...but beware if she has hit your neighborhood!!!
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just be careful who you give your hard earned money to
do some research, call your chamber of commerce and BBB and ask them
look on the internet, not just at the website of the person wanting in your wallet
do a google search and find discussions on the person or product
steve
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Lighting How to Tips
Here is a link to a page on my web serer
about lighting
Basics such as Main light and Fill as well as hair light
Here is the link
I hope you find the page(s) helpful
steve
about lighting
Basics such as Main light and Fill as well as hair light
Here is the link
I hope you find the page(s) helpful
steve
Inspiration from another working Pro and his use of Producer
Not often enough do I really look at other photographers work, glances yes
but not in depth
Occasionally we find images so powerful that they demand a closer look
The work of Mark Ridout, is just that demanding and powerful
He has embraced the power of digital presentation and uses Photodex Producer
to provide some very very powerful shows. The ones I really enjoyed were on page 7
His Wedding Vision, was but one.
Notice the lack of spinning transitions but smooth yet powerful layouts
Steve
but not in depth
Occasionally we find images so powerful that they demand a closer look
The work of Mark Ridout, is just that demanding and powerful
He has embraced the power of digital presentation and uses Photodex Producer
to provide some very very powerful shows. The ones I really enjoyed were on page 7
His Wedding Vision, was but one.
Notice the lack of spinning transitions but smooth yet powerful layouts
Steve
Monday, July 9, 2007
Flash Sites from adobe Lightroom
Just a couple of LightRoom Tips...
Adobe Lightroom is a powerful tool for photo organization and processing. Lightroom comes equipped with two basic galleries, Flash galleries take an eternity to load but flash versus html sites is a different Marketing topic
One of its many features is the capability to generate web photo galleries
from a user specified collection of photos.
one HTML-based and the the other Flash-based, and offers colorful variations each.
From my perspective, however, Christophe Beyl’s Slimbox is a far more simple and elegant approach to galleries.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Preview before and after in LR with the Back slash key
Lightroom has a before and after view of your images which most people know about. However, if you press the backslash key ( \ ) that toggles between your current view and the before view. So if you’re ever unsure about the effect of something you’re doing in Lightroom, just hit the backslash key to see a before view. Hit it again to see the after.
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