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Removing ghost Google Wifi devices from Google home

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This has nothing to do with photography

But I still wanted to share this tip because it drove me nuts for months.
Google home is a great system if you want an easy way to automate your home and connect everything together. Also the Google home app is easy to use and supports a lot of automations and devices are almost added automatically. So when it all works so easy you might expect that if you have to replace a defective Wifi unit it’s super easy to remove that device…..you probably already guessed it, it’s not.

I tried almost everything (except of course delete the home and rebuild everything) but whatever I tried there was no way to remove the old device. At one point I just gave up and accepted that the ghost of my defective Wifi device would haunt me forever.

But I would not be writing this blogpost when I did not find a solution.
And it’s not logical to be honest.

If you have a Google Home Wifi device that is not accessible anymore you can remove it by following these steps.

Go to the device and open the settings.
Now wait (it will take a while)
When it opens up click on the factory reset

Now when you look it’s still there, but don’t give up.
Do exactly the same.
Go to settings, wait and do the factory reset.

Now close the app and open the app and voila… you exorcized the Ghost of the Wifi device.
I hope this helped some of you that had the same problem I had.

 

 

Behind the scenes during the Zebra photoshoot with Nadine and some great styling

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In todays blog post we take you behind the scenes during the Zebra themed photoshoot we did with our Model, Stylist and good friend Nadine.

See how we build the set, which lighting we used and of course you get to see the end results.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

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Posing models….

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One of the questions that get asked a lot is about posing models, this seems to be the most difficult part in a photoshoot. And I know it can be very difficult especially when you are starting out with photography. It’s not everyday you get a beautiful model in front of your camera and you have to think about your camera, light, posing and of course how the image will look in the end… and that’s the first thing you have to realize…..

 

The less you have to think about other things than working with your model, the easier it will be to get good poses from your model.
So first make sure you know how you are gonna set your lights, know which theme you want to work on with your model, in fact this can all be done before the shoot, but most of all make sure that you know your gear, nothing is more “mood killing” for a shoot than a photographer that doesn’t know what he/she is doing, who is struggling to get the light the way he/she wants it, who doesn’t know how to set the camera etc. etc. these are real mood killers…. so let’s say we mastered all this will it than happen automatically…. well yes and no. Here are some pointers and a step by step plan to get “better” results in your photoshoots.

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