Archive for September, 2009
Best Camera iPhone App: Review
Being a photographer, it was only natural that after buying my iPhone I started using its camera a lot. Since it’s always with me, I likely use it more than I use any of my other cameras. The more I use it, the more I love it. I started downloading photography apps like crazy. They [...]
Why I had to propose in a midriff T-shirt
The best camera is the one you have with you. This has become a popular notion in the photography community lately. I totally subscribe to this theory, and it is the main reason that I started my Daily iPhone Photo page. I think this idea of the “best camera” is something that has mostly stemmed [...]
The Importance of Color Calibration: 5 “Must Do” Steps to Ensure Proper Color
You might be asking yourself, what the heck is color calibration? In really simple terms, it is the process of making your computer monitor and printer display color correctly. In other words, when you look at a red rose on your screen, you want it to look the same when you print it. I know [...]
PC Tip Thursday #3: RSS Feeds are your Friend
If you are like me, you have dozens of websites and blogs that you try to keep track of on a regular basis. Needless to say, it can be a daunting task to try and bookmark all these sites, check them all individually, and remember which sites you have not already visited. Not to mention the waste [...]
Flickr App for the iPhone is LAME!
I’ve been hoping for a long time that Yahoo would release a really cool app for Flickr. There have been a number of 3rd Party Apps that access Flickr, but most lack a number of features I would have liked to see Yahoo dominate into one feature rich and totally awesome app. Well when I [...]
PC Tip Thursday #2: Ping.fm – Your Status Update One Stop Shop
We all know there are plenty of options out there for social networking. I personally use Facebook and Twitter far more than I care to admit. But it can be a pain to go back and forth and update my status on each with the same info. This is where ping.fm steps in. You sign [...]
Focal Plane Shutters, Camera Sync Speed, and High Speed Sync….Oh My!
In the lighting class I taught last weekend, Jay asked me a question about high speed sync on his Canon Speedlight. This is also called Auto FP on Nikon cameras. Well, I promised to answer the question later in the class and it completely escaped me before the end of the day. So to try [...]
