How To Avoid Scam Artist When Donating To Tsunami Relief

Written by Richard A. Chapo


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Unfortunately, there is a second problem with responding to an e-mail solicitation for monetary donations. Assume that you regularly make donations to a large charity organization and you receive a request for a donation from that organization to help withrepparttar tragedy in Asia. You can safely clickrepparttar 101354 link inrepparttar 101355 email and make a donation, correct? Maybe not. There is still a risk thatrepparttar 101356 email is a scam. Many online businesses have ongoing problems with scam artists copying their sites, logos, headings, etc., and sending e-mail solicitations to scam individuals. There is no reason to believe that charitable organizations would be any less of a target, so be careful.

A third and final problem exists with email solicitations for donations. Most people incorrectly assume that when they see a familiar domain name inrepparttar 101357 body of an email, it means repparttar 101358 email is legitimate. Domain names can easily be faked through a domain name masking program. It gets a bit technical, but just keep in mind that domain name inrepparttar 101359 body of an email means little.

If you still compelled to respond to an email solicitation with a donation, you should use a search engine to search forrepparttar 101360 organization listed inrepparttar 101361 email. Once you click on torepparttar 101362 site, you can make your donation in confidence.

You donations make a world of difference for so many people in need. By followingrepparttar 101363 above recommendations, you can make sure that your donation is made to a legitimate charitable organization.

Richard Chapo is CEO of http://www.businesstaxrecovery.com - Obtaining tax refunds for small businesses by finding overlooked tax deductions and credits through a free tax return review. He can be reached at richard@businesstaxrecovery.com.


The beauty of Winter Photography

Written by Joanna Gerber, www.winter-vacations-ontario.com


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The winter landscape, beautiful as it may be, is quite tricky. It’s just like shootingrepparttar high-key studio portrait. Majority ofrepparttar 101353 landscape is white,repparttar 101354 background and foreground are bright andrepparttar 101355 camera’s exposure meter will tend to give yourepparttar 101356 wrong reading, resulting in underexposed shot. In order to avoid this problem it is a good idea to switch torepparttar 101357 manual program and takerepparttar 101358 picture by overexposing it by one stop.

Sometimesrepparttar 101359 winter will serve up some gray skies and you may think that your pictures will look equally gray and sad. That may not berepparttar 101360 case; you have several options in this case. The first would be to userepparttar 101361 gray sky to your advantage, that moody color may add more character to your image. You will have a grater opportunity to showcaserepparttar 101362 full spectrum ofrepparttar 101363 gray scale, visible inrepparttar 101364 winter sky. When you are finally tired ofrepparttar 101365 gray, try to shoot from such an angle thatrepparttar 101366 sky area is not as visible. Another option is to use a gradual coloring filter to visually changerepparttar 101367 sky color. Besides shootingrepparttar 101368 grey sky, you may consider other choices for your winter photography project.

If you have a dog, take it with you on your shooting trip. It may surprise you how playful dogs can be inrepparttar 101369 powdery snow. The picture ofrepparttar 101370 friendly mutt’s face covered withrepparttar 101371 white fluffy stuff will make your heart melt.

If you lucky enough to be byrepparttar 101372 water somewhere, make sure to take some shots ofrepparttar 101373 frozen surfaces if it’s a lake or mayberepparttar 101374 spectacular frozen river scene with just a trickle of water coming through ontorepparttar 101375 cascading stones.

The country scene with a crooked, old barn surrounded by sparkly branches of low growing bushes covered with ice. Make sure that your scene composition is done in your viewfinder, so it is balanced and perfect, not on your computer.

With Digital cameras, andrepparttar 101376 flexibility of processing that they offer, you haverepparttar 101377 greater ability to chooserepparttar 101378 finished format of your photograph. The winter scenery may work well inrepparttar 101379 wide landscape format.

Other options for outdoor winter photography may include horses inrepparttar 101380 pasture, colorful birds atrepparttar 101381 feeder, wild animals inrepparttar 101382 forest.

Your children will providerepparttar 101383 endless array of images that you can work with. Just remember to dress them in layers and let them have fun. Make sure to get down to their level, and get in close. If you are afraid to spoil their fun, or you know that they will be camera shy, step back, use a telephoto lens and a tripod for stability. The final results will be well worthrepparttar 101384 hassle.

If you are lost for choices in winter photography themes, you can always tryrepparttar 101385 close-up shots. The beauty ofrepparttar 101386 frozen patch of grass, sparkling inrepparttar 101387 sun onrepparttar 101388 background of glistening snow, may be discovered only throughrepparttar 101389 viewfinder of your camera.

So be brave, dress warmly, get out there and shoot,repparttar 101390 world of winter photography awaits you!

Polish born-Canadian, Joanna Gerber is a professional photographer, alpine skiing enthusiast and editor of www.winter-vacations-ontario.com, comprehensive guide to Winter travel, resorts and family oriented activities in Ontario, Canada.


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