Whether you are taking pictures with a $2,000 DSLR or your smartphone, there are some basic steps you can follow to ensure crisp and memorable pictures. With a modern smartphone, you have a camera that is capable of taking amazingly sharp pictures, but you need to understand how to find the right conditions (contrast, focus, lighting, etc.) for the perfect shot. Here’s six essential tips: [Read more…]
Macbook Air as a Mobile Camera?
If there’s one thing that I can’t help but snicker at, it’s people using iPads and other tablets to grab snapshots in public. But this shot that shows a concert goer using his Macbook Air to shoot either images or video at a Jay-Z concert is beyond me.
There are of cellphone photographers in the crowd, along with a stable of pro DSLR shooters in front of the gates. I can only presume that the dude with the Macbook Air spent his savings on his computer and not on the latest iPhone…
[via PetaPixel]
SmugMug Camera Awesome for iPhone
SmugMug has announced a new, free iPhone camera app – Camera Awesome.
I just downloaded the app and gave it a run-through on a couple of images. Controls are fast and very responsive. I really dig the focus point and exposure crosshairs that it gives you. [Read more…]