Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
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The following post is from Constantin Opris, Dreamstime Professional Photographer, who shares some great tips and apps for improving your mobile photography.
As smartphone cameras become better and faster, there’s a growing interest in mobile photography. The considerable advantage for mobile photographers comes in the form of integrated applications that allow them to setup, take and alter shots in completely new ways. [Read more…]
This week Instagram is adding account switching to its app. It has long been a frustration for photographers and other users with business and personal accounts to log in and out of their accounts in order to us it on a single device. Now, you will be able to switch between multiple accounts on a single device without the need to login every time. [Read more…]
While professional and serious amateur photographers are going to have an established workflow in which they process their photos. A lot of us though don’t always need the top tools to simply fix a photo, add some style or put words with an image. Below, I’ve highlighted seven free online photo editors that will work right in your browser with nothing to download or install. [Read more…]
Industry analysts love to analyze all that Apple does since it seems to get so many things right from a consumer perspective. One thing that Apple definitely got right in the iPhone 4S was the camera, which is arguably the best integration of a camera in a phone to date.
As more and more info is rumored and analyzed throughout the iPhone 5’s supply chain, it will be most interesting to see how the iPhone 5’s camera stacks up against the iPhone 4S. A recent quote from an analyst pegs the iPhone 5 to include an 8MP Sony image sensor (same as the iPhone 4S) and bumping the lens speed to an f/2.2 aperture (versus f/2.4 in the iPhone 4S). [Read more…]
The recently announced updates to Photoshop CS5 that enabled remote control of the application from your iPad just got more exciting. Three new “remote” Apps are now available from the iTunes store. [Read more…]
Adorama has announced a contest for iPhone Apps and iPhone photography. Adorama will be handing out awards for photo apps and photos taken with iPhones.
Check it out at contest.adorama.com and get more details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Strobox is a cool, free iPhone app that lets you create lighting diagrams. It includes a large variety of different lights and modifiers. You can drag the lights, cameras and subjects around on the diagram and rotate them to fit your given scene.
You can find Strobox in the iPhone App Store for free.
Along with the introduction of the iPhone 3G, Apple released iPhone 2.0 software, which is available for the first gen iPhone and iPod Touch as well. At launch, tons of new applications from third party developers were available for download. Many of these new applications are free – most are under $10. Below are 13 photography-related iPhone apps available at launch. Several more are actually avaiable; however, the following apps seem to be the most worthwhile considerations for people interested in photography as opposed to simply doodling on images.
1. SmugShot – FREE – Share your images instantly on SmugMug with geo-tagging. More Photography Bay coverage here.
2. NearPics – FREE – NearPics is a simple, fun app for the iPhone & iPod Touch that lets you easily see some photographs taken near to where you are right now.
3. Exposure – FREE – For thorough integration with Flickr, Exposure brings many of the features of Flickr to the iPhone for fast access without the need to open Safari. You can pony up $10 to remove ads from Exposure.
4. SnapMyLife – FREE – A location-aware photo sharing application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, enabling users to easily see what’s going on around them right now.
5. Kyte Producer – FREE – Use your iPhone to share photos on Myspace, Facebook, or any website, blog or mobile phone. Instantly broadcast pictures as you take them, or create slideshows from your iPhone’s picture gallery.
6. SodaSnap Instant Postcards – FREE – Using SodaSnap you can create and share electronic postcards right from your iPhone. SodaSnap gives you the ability to snap a quick picture, or browse from your photo library and instantly send it to any email address along with a quick note. Using iPhone’s location services, SodaSnap tags your geo location to your postcards anywhere in the world.
7. AirMe – FREE – AirMe will upload your photos to Flickr and add some really cool smart tags. AirMe tags your photos with your city and country – and puts them on your Flickr map. AirMe can even include the current weather.
8. Big Canvas PhotoShare – FREE – PhotoShare is a social networking application that allows iPhone users to share photos with friends and family directly from their iPhone.
9. Clowdy Photo Blogger – FREE – Clowdy is a simple way to blog your photos directly from your iPhone. It lets you share your photos easily using the Camera or your Photo Library. Clowdy is location based, so you can see what photos people have taken around you. Just take a photo, click “Post”, and it’s published on your blog at cIowdy.com.
10. Phanfare – FREE – Phanfare automatically uploads photos from your iPhone to your Phanfare account in the background while you continue to snap away or otherwise use your iPhone. You get 1GB of store in the free Phanfare account.
11. Comic Touch – $4.99 – Add various speech balloons and captions to your photos. Choose a fun special effect to warp and bend your family and friends, then email the results to them.
12. Jade – $4.99 – One of the few applications with editing capabilities. Pick up a picture, choose the intensity of the filter, compare the original and the enhanced version by tapping the screen and then save the result.
13. Photobucket for iPhone – $4.99 – Add photos to your free Photobucket account from your iPhone.