Adorama Stocks iPhone Toolshed With Five Brand New iPhoneography Innovations
Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, imaging, video and consumer electronics retailers, and a leading destination for iPhone® photo specialty accessories, announced the addition of five brand new iPhone 5 gadgets to its exclusive iPhone Toolshed, a curated collection of unique, useful and fun iPhone 5 accessories. New products include: Phocus Case and Lens Bundle: The Phocus iPhone 5 case and lens bundle is a lightweight, durable case that allows iPhoneographers to easily shoot with wide-angle or macro lenses. Habbycam iHandle: The Habbycam iHandle Support System is a dependable stabilizer that’s compatible with many modern smartphones. Joy Factory aXtion Pro: This iPhone 5 case is an ultra-protective, ultra-rugged, ultra-waterproof…
Gray’s Anatomy – Are you self-obsessed? – By Richard Gray
Yes, it’s Friday again and that means one thing around here and one thing only, Richard Gray’s, Gray’s Anatomy column article. This week Richard discusses the psychology of ‘selfies’. Seriously, don’t miss this, over to you Richard. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). Are you a bit self-obsessed? Well, like my Mum always used to say if I said “very unique”, I’m not sure you can be “a bit” self-obsessed. But let’s go with it. And do you take photos? If your answers are yes and yes, you’ve probably taken a “selfie”. Or in highfalutin parlance, a self-portrait. Or in simple terms, a picture of yourself. With most smart phones,…
Perspective Correct – Updated
We recently pubished news of this new app and published a tutorial to help you get started too (see here). Well, now the app has also been updated with square photo support and it also fits the iPhone 5 better. This is a free update, if you have previously downloaded this app. If not, you can download it here. It retails for $1.99/£1.49. Complete Press Release Auckland, New Zealand — April 5, 2013 – Following a successful launch, Neccessory Ltd. have just released the first update for the Perspective Correct App for iPhone. The new update responds to user suggestions on how to make the app even better.…
Fotor – Photo Editor – For Mac – Temporarily Free – Save $14.99/£10.49
Fotor – Photo Editor is a desktop photo editor that you should find quite useful. It’s curently going free, so why not give it a whirl? Click here to download for free.
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Retromatic HD For iPad – Temporarily Free
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ProCam – Temporarily Free
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EyeEm – Photo Filter Camera – Updated
The EyeEm – Photo Filter Camera iPhone photography app has just been updated with a new ‘steph’ filter and new ‘heine’ frame. There’s also a better photo enhancement feature and a few other tweaks and improvements. This is a free update to an already free app, you can download it here.
Instant110 – Temporarily Free
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Getting Exposure Right In Smartphone Portraiture
Nokia have published an interesting article on their blog describing how to maximize the use of exposure with their 808 PureView smartphone, (we have one of these in our lab actually and it really does take some great images). The blog explains how in the ‘creative mode’ on the 808 PureView, you can manually adjust the exposure, deliberately under exposing or over exposing the photograph. Of course this is ‘standard’ photography and these tips can be applied to whichever smartphone you have (within reason). Exposure Above are two images one showing the cameras ‘correct’ exposure and the other deliberately ‘under’ exposed. Bracketing If you bracket the exposure, allowing…
