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Photography isn't a hobby- it's a lifestyle. Bought my first 35mm Camera at the age of 15, and haven't put in down since. Have shot over 200 weddings. http://normthephotoguy.com

Monday, December 26, 2005

Google Tips

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After reading a thread on Digital Point, I realized that a lot of people still don’t know about all the Google Operator commands. This list will help you control your Google search. There are a few more commands out there, but these are the ones I find most useful… feel free to add your own in the comments.

link:www.yoursite.com - This command will show you all of the backlinks to your site. Handy tool for finding out who is linking to you.

related:www.yoursite.com - This command will show you a list of pages that Google thinks are related to your site in some way.

site:www.yoursite.com - Searches only those pages from the site you list.

allinurl: - If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the url.

define: - The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).

inurl: - If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url. For instance, [inurl:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their url, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the “inurl:” and the following word.

allintitle: - If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the title.

intitle: - If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their title, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the “intitle:” and the following word.

cache: - If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, [cache:www.subnixus.com web] will show the cached content with the word “web” highlighted.

info: - The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance, [info:www.google.com] will show information about the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the “info:” and the web page url.

spell: - Does a spell check of any given word.

stocks: - If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.)

filetype: - Does a search for a specific file type, or, if you put a minus sign (-) in front of it, it won’t list any results with that filetype.

daterange: - Is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.

maps: - Is a shortcut to do a google maps search.

phone: - Searches for anything that looks like a phone number.

allinlinks: - Searches only within links, not text or title.

allintext: - searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Digital Photography Tips

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Never connect your camera to the computer
Read this recent forum post in the box below
The biggest and most time wasteful problem facing the digital camera user is the connection between the camera and the computer. If you've been following my forum posts, you've read that I recommend NOT connecting the camera to the computer and NOT installing software with the camera manufacturers name on it. People have sometimes wasted days trying to figure out how to transfer their images. My recommendation is to get a USB card reader (cost about $30) and transfer the images through Windows Explorer. Another advantage not usually mentioned, is that the camera is powered by it's rechargeable battery and the transferring of images can run down that battery turning the camera off during transfer and cause you to loose images. Are your images worth the cost of a $30 card reader?

Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines: UPDIG

Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines: UPDIG: "Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines"
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These 15 guidelines — along with the accompanying Best Practices documents — aim to clarify issues affecting accurate reproduction and management of digital image files. Although they largely reflect a photographer’s perspective, anyone working with digital images should find them useful. The guidelines have three primary goals:

* Digital images look the same as they transfer between devices, platforms and vendors.
* Digital images are prepared in the correct resolution, at the correct size, for the device(s) on which they will be viewed or printed.
* Digital images have metadata embedded that conforms to the IPTC standards, making the images searchable, providing usage and contact information, and stating their creators or copyright owners.

Thursday, December 08, 2005

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Saturday, December 03, 2005

SanDisk ImageMate Review - What everone need!


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The SanDisk ImageMate is a memory card reader / writer that supports 12 different memory card formats and which connects to your computer via a high speed USB 2 port. The ImageMate is backwards compatible with all USB 1.1 ports and no adapters are required for any of the supported memory cards.