Take Control of iPhone Photography, 2nd Edition
The big 2nd edition of my book on how to take great photos with your iPhone is now available!
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Book Errata: Chapter 3 update, inactive link
A couple of related post-publishing housekeeping tasks: The sidebar on page 52 notes that I’ll be updating Chapter 3 (“Rate and Tag Photos”) with Photosmith 2 information. When I wrote that chapter a few months ago, Photosmith 2 was still in an early alpha stage, but the developers gave me access so I could include ...
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“…the most exciting new book I’ve read this year”
Photographer Ron Martinsen (who I mentioned the other day about working with the Eye-Fi wireless memory card) has written a glowing review of The iPad for Photographers, where he not only expresses his opinion of the book as a whole, but also breaks down his thoughts on a chapter-by-chapter basis, too: Review: The iPad for ...
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Snapseed is the Free App of the Week
I love Snapseed and its intuitive photo editing tools. It’s the first app I cover in Chapter 5. And this week, it’s Apple’s App of the Week in the iTunes Store, which means it’s free!
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Ron Martinsen Tests Eye-Fi with Nikon D800 and Canon 5D Mark III
How does the wireless Eye-Fi memory card handle the load of working with the large image files created by the Nikon D800 and Canon 5D Mark III? Pro photographer Ron Martinsen writes about the results on his blog. I cover the Eye-Fi in some depth in The iPad for Photographers, and also recommend using ShutterSnitch ...
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Photosmith 2 Now Available—Go Get It
After a lot of work, Photosmith 2 is now finally available for sale at the App Store! The app costs $19.99, which sounds steep compared to many apps, but is a great deal when you consider that Photosmith is still the only one that lets you rate, tag, and assign other metadata to your photos ...
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Add a timestamp in iMovie
My latest Macworld Create column looks at a relatively simple feature: adding a timestamp to your footage. It’s much better than the old days when cameras would burn the date and time directly onto your footage (and the typography is much better now). I also reveal how to fix footage that has the wrong date ...
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Andy Ihnatko’s Detailed iPhoto for iOS Review
Andy Ihnatko put iPhoto for iOS through its paces on a recent international trip where his MacBook stayed behind at home. Results make up for awkwardness of iPhoto for iPad My iPad was my sole computer during a trip to Ireland last month. I truly didn’t miss my laptop at all. iPhoto handled all of my ...
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Photosmith 2 Getting Closer, Losing GoFlex Temporarily
The developers of Photosmith 2, which I feature heavily in Chapter 3 of the book, can see the light at the end of the tunnel. In a blog post today, they reveal that Photosmith has reached Final Candidate status and will soon be submitted to the App Store. Software development is hard work, and Photosmith ...
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Book of the Month at ForAllEvents.com
Cool! For All Events has named The iPad for Photographers as its book of the month.
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See/listen to me on MacVoices
This week I was happy to be a guest of Chuck Joiner’s MacVoices podcast, where we talked about the iPad and all the uses that photographers can get out of it. Is the iPad now an essential tool for photographers? How can you get photos onto the iPad, and what can you do with them ...
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