Protect Your Privacy by Removing Location Information from Your Photos

by Mar 28, 2011

Did you know that most pictures you take and share with your smartphone may be giving away your home’s location? Most camera’s, specifically those in smartphones have the capability to geotag photos when pictures are taken. What is geotagging? Geotagging refers to adding GPS coordinates of the location where pictures were taken. In other words,…Continue Reading

Geotagging Photos Now Easy and Instant

Feb 09, 2011 No Comments

Geotagging photos is nothing new and has always been a tedious task. What if there was some way to geotag without having the hassle of remembering where you took certain photos. Using Google Latitude and some new features in Panoramio, there’s now an easy and instant way to geotag photos. Panoramio is a Google owned…Continue Reading

Use Rollip to Enhance Your Photographs Online

Dec 08, 2009 No Comments

The other day I came across Rollip.com, a very easy to use online photo manipulation site that allows users to choose from 40 different filter effects ranging from vintage effects to black and white conversion. I found the website fast and easy to use. I personally like to use programs like Picasa to do my…Continue Reading

Fine Tune Your Images in Picasa

Oct 14, 2009 No Comments

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs in your digital albums. Although simple to use in nature, some of the editing capabilities found in Picasa match that of photo editing packages that would normally carry a hefty price…Continue Reading

9 Basic Fixes to Jazz Up Your Pictures in Picasa

Sep 30, 2009 No Comments

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs in your digital albums. Although simple to use in nature, some of the editing capabilities found in Picasa match that of photo editing packages that would normally carry a hefty price…Continue Reading

How to View RAW Images in Windows Explorer

Nov 20, 2008 2 Comments

One of the most annoying aspects of shooting RAW is MS Windows inability to display RAW images natively. I came across the media section in one of my favorite books that describes how RAW support can be added to Windows Explorer and Picture Viewer. The article below shows you how to find and install the…Continue Reading

How to Convert RAW Files to JPEG’s Using Picasa

Oct 27, 2008 16 Comments

One of Picasa’s newest features (introduced in version 2 and expanded in 3) is the ability to view RAW pictures and convert these images to JPEG’s. All you have to do is add your RAW files to Picasa and follow the instructions below to convert them to the JPEG format. As far as I can…Continue Reading

How to Determine the Number of Pictures Your Camera Has Taken

Oct 17, 2008 No Comments

The wear and tear on your vehicle can be determined (most of the time) based on the number of miles driven. Believe it or not digital cameras have something similar to mileage, it’s called actuations. The number of actuations is the number of times that the shutter inside your camera has opened and closed, simply…Continue Reading