A little while ago I opened up the iPad Photography category on Quora, and it’s received a small bit of attention up to now. As the March 11th release date of iPad2 gets nearer, I’m thinking there’ll be a bit more activity — especially as people figure out new ways to take photos with an 8x10…
Category Archives: Technique
Drawing (or blurring) the line — apps and journalism
Last month the New York Times ran this very interesting item on a photographer who won a prize in the prestigious Pictures of the Year International competition using an iPhone and the Hipstamatic app. At the centre of the controversy was the legitimacy of the image and the discussion of the place for these apps…
How To: Compose a photograph
The folks at MacWorld put together this great gallery / instructional image set as part of their Photo Basics series. I find image composition is best started in the viewfinder, then finessed in post production editing on my iPad using any of the plethora of apps that support cropping. A very good read with great…
Learn how to make the light work for you
One thing about being into photography; you quickly realize that there’s a lot to learn from other photographers. A subject that’s always challenged me has been the concept of making light work for me rather than forcing me to adapt to the demands of the light sources. Learning from other photographers through their lighting diagrams…
Digital Images — Digital Darkroom — Part two
Earlier this week I started this series by looking at my digital photography workflow as applied to image acquisition (taking the picture). Today I’m going to look at what I do with the image in my mobile photo studio, my iPad Darkroom, if you will. I’ve got the image, now what? Taking the photo is just…
