Camera+ – iOS Photography App – Major Update!
This is a huge update by the Tap Tap Tap team to their incredibly popular app, Camera+. It includes ‘The Lab’ which is full of fantastic editing features, hugely extensive. Check out What’s New below. 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. What’s New? Meet The Lab: Clarity Pro At the head of The Lab you’ll find Clarity Pro, which gives you adjustable Clarity and also adds a Vibrancy Boost adjustment which really brings out the life in your photos. Straighten Not only can you manually straighten your photos in The Lab… also…
Photography Tip Of The Day – Number 44
Digital Camera World is quite an interesting magazine and we we came across an article over the weekend packed with famous photographers tips. We’re going to publish one each day, they’re not mobile but have a broader reach. We think you’ll enjoy this. The next one we’re going to mention is by Nils Jorgesen an outstanding street photographer – take a look at his work here and read his tips below. “I compose by what feels right. I might shoot several versions of a scene, sometimes dozens, and I also think about timing. Within the frame, things need to be composed as they happen. Everything is moving about until…
Hipstamatic Debuts Oggl 2.0: A New Launch Point!
Hipstamatic announces Oggl 2.0, a major new release that helps people discover amazing images, create their own, and collect photos that inspire them. The 2.0 release also includes a new design and new features that enhance the look, feel and functionality of Oggl. “Those with creative minds have a desire — a need — to look at beautiful things and be inspired by what they see. It’s truly the lifeblood for all of us at Hipstamatic,” said Lucas Buick, CEO and co-founder, Hipstamatic. “Oggl 2.0 is the first release that realizes our vision to help the world discover interesting people doing interesting things, while using beautiful images to tell their story.” New…
All New Mac Pro Available Starting Tomorrow – Just In Time!
My husband, Kevin, very kindly forwarded this Press Release to me via Apple just a moment ago, with a note saying ‘just in time for Christmas’ – well yes maybe in another lifetime but for those of you with some spare cash this is one heck of a machine. Here’s the official blurb… Apple today announced the all-new Mac Pro will be available to order starting Thursday, December 19. Redesigned from the inside out, the all-new Mac Pro features the latest Intel Xeon processors, dual workstation-class GPUs, PCIe-based flash storage and ultra-fast ECC memory. Designed around an innovative unified thermal core, the all-new Mac Pro packs unprecedented performance…
Technical Tutorial – iColorama – ‘Taking A Closer Look At The Brushes’ By Jerry Jobe
We’re about to publish Jerry’s sixth iColorama tutorial but before we do that, here is the fifth one and the sixth will follow very closely behind…over to you Jerry – (foreword by Joanne Carter). “About six weeks ago I began the discussion of the Brushes submenu of iColorama with the then-new artist brushes, added with release 3.2. Now there’s been a new release of this great app (3.3), with additions to the 531 existing brush tips, three new HDR presets, a Flow function under the Effects submenu, and Stamped Brushes. Today we’ll take a look at these new Stamped brushes, as well as catch up on the other types…
MyBrushes Pro – Sketch, Paint, Playback on Unlimited Size Canvas with Pencil, Pen Painting Brush – Updated
My Brushes Pro is an excellent and unique painting app for iOS and it’s just been updated with support also for a Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus – which are excellent. Check out What’s New below to see all the new features. This is a free update, if you have purchased this app previously. If not, you can download it here, it retails for $1.99/£1.49. What’s New? 1 Share your works to MyBrushes Remote Gallery; 2 Playback all the works in MyBrushes Remote Gallery; 3 Support Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus;
8mm Vintage Camera iOS Photography App – Temporary Price Drop
8mm Vintage Camera is a popular app for iOS photography and videography. It’s full of vintage movie effects, including dust and scratches, retro colours, flickering light, even frame shakes. This app usually retails for $1.99/£1.49 but today it’s available for only $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download.
Photography Tip Of The Day – Number 43
Digital Camera World is quite an interesting magazine and we we came across an article over the weekend packed with famous photographers tips. We’re going to publish one each day, they’re not mobile but have a broader reach. We think you’ll enjoy this. The next one we’re going to mention is by Peter van Agtmael a photojournalist and veteran of hte Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. A monograph of his work ‘2nd Tour Hope I Don’t Die’ from an exhibition and book Battlespace – a retrospective of images from 22 pohtographers covering the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is available to view now. Take a look at Peter’s tips below: …
LG G2 Review – DxO Mark/Kevin Carter Take a Look
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the LG G2 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘We have added DxOMark Mobile’s report to our camera review of the LG G2. The report includes DxO Lab’s usual industrial-quality scientific measurements. Their imaging experts have analyzed 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting camera capability findings. To read…
The Demise of Facebook?
I’ve been reading an interesting article by Chrys Bader this morning, discussing ‘the end of the Facebook era’. It’s very interesting and one that we’re all aware of, even subconsciously. Facebook has declining numbers, teens are not so active as they were, our Facebook networks are becoming saturated and for teens in particular they’re becoming increasingly sensitive about what they share, especially when they know their parents are lurking around. This article goes on though after discussing the why’s and therefore’s, it discusses the public company’s financial status and the ability to ‘buy cool’, such as they did with Instagram. It’s interesting and poignant to read and digest the social…
