(This post originally appeared on my other site, [robotSprocket].) A while back, Google introduced the .webp image format, which allows for superior image compression with less quality loss than the standard JPEG file. And while I’m in no rush to start using .webp on my photography site, 75CentralPhotography.com, I was...

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  • February 23, 2024

Received this scammer email this morning: Obvious scam is obvious. The big red flags are: Don’t fall for scams, guys.

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  • September 23, 2023

We’ve recently introduced a couple of new ways to explore our photos using color. The first is adding a section on each photo’s page that shows the 10 most-used colors or 5 most-used greyscale tones for that image: Hovering over each of these will allow you to click the color/tone...

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  • August 17, 2023

This weekend, we introduced a new design to 75CentralPhotography.com! Yep, we killed off a lot of cruft and went with a cleaner, more-modern design that keeps some of the more-interesting stuff but gets rid of a lot of junk. The new design allows for faster page loads and larger photos,...

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  • July 9, 2023

I’ve been playing around a bit with Adobe Firefly on my other site, [robotSprocket] and have been having fun with some of the AI-generated images there. However, I thought I’d spend some time and take a look at it from a photographic perspective. And, what I’ve found, is that it...

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  • April 3, 2023

We finally did it! After years of putting it off, we finally launched a print store! You can now buy almost any photo on 75CentralPhotography.com by clicking the “Purchase a Print of this Photo” link above the photo of your choice. Or you can browse prints for sale in the...

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  • February 25, 2023

If you’re a user of Lightroom, you’re probably aware that there are—confusingly—two products called Lightroom: That said, just because there are two different Lightrooms, it doesn’t mean that you can’t configure them to play somewhat-nicely with each other. The solution for this is Lightroom’s sync capabilities. Lightroom supports sync between...

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  • January 20, 2023

I know I vowed to start blogging more and I kind-of have done so, but to be honest, most of my good content goes over on [robotSprocket] rather than here. But maybe that will change in the new year. Maybe. As for 2022, it’s the end-of-the-road and as I look...

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  • January 1, 2023