Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
You Capture A Moment
I love how a photograph captures a moment in time and freezes it. Is there anything better than freezing a child in a moment? They get so enthralled with what they are doing they forget about the world around them. The nice weather this past week meant a trip to the park, the first of the year, and re-discovery. The kids could not get enough of running across the bridge, throwing rocks over the side and watching them splash and up and down the hill. Or becoming a pirate on a ship without regard for all the people in the park on that beautiful day.
“Ahoy Mateys,” he shouted!
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10 Fun Free iPhone Photo Apps
Our cell phones are not just for calling and receiving calls on the go anymore, now they are tiny tiny little computers (as my 4 yr old calls mine) for doing all kinds of creative, fun, useful, and a lot of the time not so useful stuff. The iPhone camera is not fantastic, but it’s good enough to get a shot when no other camera is available or you don’t want to lug another camera around. So when you are not playing Bejeweled Blitz on your iPhone while waiting on school to let out (maybe that’s just me?), check out some of these fun free apps to have a little fun with those pictures.
1. Photoshop Mobile – A miniature version of Photoshop, it doesn’t do much, but you can add some fun effects to photos and save them and have full control over adjusting the effects with a slider.
2. Shutterfly – Access to your existing Shutterfly account, upload or download pictures and view all your albums in Shutterfly. You can email photos or post them to your Share Site fro your iPhone or iTouch. With the iPhone you can also use the camera and save directly to your Shutterfly account.
3. Flickr – That’s right, upload right to your Flickr account.
4. Camera Flash - This is nice for those of us who like taking pictures of our food is dark restaurants. After the fact, open the photo in this App and lighten it.
5. GorillaCam – GorillaCam is a zoom option for your iPhone camera and also has a grid option to easily apply the photography “rule of thirds” to your photos. It has a self-timer, anti-shake, time-lapse, and 3 shot burst mode.
6. Retro Camera – This is kinda fun, this is a “lite” version, more is available on the paid version, but the free allows you to apply many choices of retro looking effects to a selected photo and frame borders as well. Then save them to your camera roll.
7. Camera Fun Lite – This “lite” version only has a few options, but you have to admit, the sketch one is pretty neat. You apply the effect you want before you take the picture.(Yes, that is a wall collage of photos on my family room wall. 
8. Photobucket - your existing Photobucket account right on your phone, you can upload right to your account in 2 clicks. And download to your phone as well.
9. CamZoom – Allows you to have a zoom lens on your iPhone. Quality is not fantastic but zooming in a little works nicely.
10. Collage Lite – The “lite” version allows you to make 4 picture collages you can then save and or use as your wallpaper.
Do you have a favorite iPhone Camera / Photo app? Do share please.
Top 5 Cameras for Digital Photography Beginners
With all the choices available, shopping for digital cameras can be overwhelming. I’d like to make it easier for you.
If you’re in the market for a digital point-and-shoot camera for a beginner, here are 5 models which are highly recommended by the leading websites on digital photography.
These cameras are compact, easy for a beginner to use, yet have enough features for a budding digital photography enthusiast. They’re also price reasonably for someone who’s still exploring the world of digital photography.
Of course, the camera can only do so much; the quality of a picture still depends on the skill of the photographer. Make sure to claim your copy of “Shoot Digital Pics Like the Pros,” to get professional photography tips and tricks. It’s a totally f-ree report.
Here’s our top 5 cameras for digital photography beginners:
A top choice in many digital photography sites. It takes 12.1-megapixel photos and includes all the features beginners will appreciate, such as shooting modes that automatically select the right settings, Face Detection Technology, and Intelligent Contrast Correction. Yet other modes will allow the shooter to select his own settings for exposure, shutter speed and other variables. And at only a little over $100, this is one affordable yet powerful camera.
Another 12.1-megapixel camera that gets consistently high ratings from photography sites. Aside from face detection and intelligent ISO control, the Panasonic DMC-FS25 allows the user to lock focus on a moving subject. The shutter release is ultra-fast, with a time lag as little as 0.006 seconds. At the ISO 6400 setting, you can take pictures even in almost total darkness.
This 9.1-megapixel camera bosts of high-speed burst shooting, which lets the user take 30 shots per second – great for sports and other action-packed photography. It also records HD video and features fast uploading to YouTube.
This camera’s Intelligent Auto Mode, Intelligent Scene Recognition and Face Detection Technology make picture-taking foolproof even for the rank beginner. It even has Anti-Blink Function, which helps keep subjects from blinking, and warns the photographer when a subject has blinked. It has a range of other features, including 13 photo modes, image stabilization and a 9-point autofocus. This 12.1-megapixel camera also takes HD video.
This is a 10.0-megapixel camera with 15x optical zoom. The Smart Portrait System lets users take portraits without the dreaded red-eye, which the camera fixes automatically. It also has face-finding technology, so faces are always in focus, a Smile Mode, which shoots the picture when the subject smiles, and a Blink Warning, which lets the user know when the subject blinked. Other features include image stabilization, high-speed shooting, low-light shooting, and Sport Continuous Scene Mode of up to 13 frames per second.
Hopefully this list will help you find the perfect entry-level camera. Compare the features with your digital photography needs and, of course, your budget, to find the best point-and-shoot camera for you. I’m a Canon girl myself, both my point and shoot and DSLR are Canon’s.
The proof is in the picture. And if you’d like to take professional-looking pictures, then download your f-ree copy of the report, “Shoot Digital Pics Like the Pros.”
Disclaimer: I am an affiliate of Learn Digital Photography Now…but it does contain lots of great advise for taking better photos.
Nothing but hilarious outtakes
This week’s theme over at I Heart Faces is “Hilarious Outtakes” and since I have NOTHING but outtakes with my “we refuse to pose for you” boys, I have plenty I could share here. But I will pick my top 5 most recent ones. I tired valiently the other day to take some pictures outside of the boys…but alas while I did get a good one of my older son, Little Man refused to cooperate. As soon as I point the camera at him, he makes some kind of face and then insists I show him the picture right away.
And then a not too distant past favorite was the very quick photo session we had trying to get pictures for our Christmas card. It was an ugly day out and I decided at the last minute to do a photo card again and this is how they decided to act…
I love the look on Little Man’s face, priceless.
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