Tag: "Photography"

Become An Expert With PadGadget’s iPad Photography Series

By Roberto | June 13, 2011 | 1 comment

The iPad is a great tool to save and carry around those big moments in time. Whether it is an European vacation, a Disney adventure with the family, your kids memorable moments, or a picture of a funny moment in your life, all your photos deserve the best treatment — or better yet, a special place on your iPad.

Over the next several weeks PadGadget will be bringing readers a wide range of app reviews and information designed to help readers maximize their tablet’s photography capabilities.

By Roberto | May 19, 2011 | No comment yet

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Aperture on the iPad or any iOS device has been simply wishful thinking for most professional photographers, including some of us amateurs that like to take pictures and refine images to showcase our personal photography style.

However, according to the latest patent granted to Apple, professional photographers may finally get their wish granted. The patent indicates that Apple is probably bringing a version of Aperture to touch screen devices, which could include the iPad.

By Jillian | May 18, 2011 | No comment yet

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When it comes to photo processing apps there are certainly a lot of choices in the App Store, but FX Photo Studio HD stands out as being high-quality and easy to use. Within moments, I had loaded a photo from my gallery and was applying effects and customizing them with ease.

You can certainly play it safe and stay with the utility effects like flipping, cropping and resizing but half the fun is using the over 187 effects and filters to customize your image. If you find an effect you particularly enjoy, save it to your favorites list so you can make additional photos in the same style.

By Juli | May 3, 2011 | 1 comment

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TouchUp by Roguesheep is a creative photo editor specially designed for the iPad. It enables anyone, of any skill level, to quickly learn to create adjustments and fun effects for photos. With over a dozen effects and an unlimited number of layers, the possibilities are endless.

Every effect in the app can be applied by drawing it on or erasing it off with just your finger, and it’s surprisingly fun to be able to edit photos with just a touch. There are all kinds of features and effects which allow you to create beautiful photo masterpieces with just a little time and patience. Read More »

Album App – iPad App Review

By Emily | April 28, 2011 | 3 comments

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If you are looking for an easy way to create photo albums on your iPad, then Album App might be the app for you. Album App allows users to create photo albums using pictures from the iPad camera roll, Flickr, or facebook.

After uploading photos, creating an album takes just one touch. Album App’s photo editing capabilities, however, are very basic. For example, there is no way to remove red eye, so photos should be cropped and retouched before uploading them to Album App. The program does allow users to change the size of photos, as well as angle them, and layer them. I found using the touch screen to re-size the photos in Album App rather imprecise. Album App’s real strength is its photo layout capabilities. Are there any other former high school yearbook editors out there? If so you all will appreciate how fun it is to add up to four photos onto one album page, in a variety of attractive configurations.

By Cristi | April 11, 2011 | 1 comment

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Are you a history buff? Do you have kids studying the Civil War? Or maybe you just like interesting apps. If you fall into any of these categories, you’ve got to check out the History 3D: Civil War app developed by MIMA Studios.

Released in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War on April 12th, History 3D includes a collection of 24 3D photographs to view on your iPad.

By Cristi | April 6, 2011 | No comment yet

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Experience the City of Light like never before on your iPad and iPhone with the latest Fotopedia app. Fotopedia Paris is a stunning collection of photos, maps and information compiled to “delight and surprise even those who think they know Paris very well.”

Explore all the beauty Paris has to offer with more than 4,000 photographs collected from photographers around the world. Swipe through the extensive collection and enjoy a visual journey of artwork, architecture, cafes, castles, fashion, history, romantic sights, shopping or street life.

By Cristi | April 2, 2011 | 1 comment

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Travel enthusiasts celebrate nine of the most wonderful destinations in the world with three colorful and stunning iPad apps: Around the World in 18 Days, 48 Hours in Cairo and 48 Hours in Hong Kong. Experience Hong Kong, Singapore, Cairo, Istanbul, Venice, Zurich, Bruges, London and Paris through the lens of travel photographer and author Andy Davies.

Davies began his journey from his home in Portland, Oregon and traveled to nine countries, toured nine cities, stayed in nine hotels and rode in five trains on his incredible around the world adventure.

By Cristi | February 22, 2011 | No comment yet

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Are you a photography enthusiast or maybe someone who enjoys learning about cultures from around the world? If so, Fotopedia just released another great iPad and iPhone app in the App Store. Memory of Colors presented by Fotopedia is a wonderful compilation of high quality images from photographer Jaime Ocampo-Rangel.

Experience a rainbow of beautiful photographs representing 40 cultures in 18 countries across five continents. As globalization threatens the very way of life for many cultures around the world, Ocampo-Rangel traveled everywhere from Algeria to Yemen over 12 twelve years to compile his collection of more than 1,300 high-resolution portraits.

By Cristi | December 19, 2010 | No comment yet

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If you are a photography enthusiast or maybe looking to plan next year’s summer vacation, Fotonauts’ Fotopedia National Parks app for the iPad and iPhone is definitely worth a look. This beautiful collection of photographs features all 58 of our U.S. National Parks in all their stunning glory.

Travel from Maine to Hawaii, Alaska to Florida and many locations in between as you “experience” the breathtaking beauty of our national treasures. The compilation of 3,000 large format photographs, taken by renowned professional photographer Quang-Tuan Luong, required a decade to complete and now provides viewers with the opportunity to “visit” places they otherwise never would.

By Cristi | November 9, 2010 | No comment yet

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Enjoy a brilliant photographic journey over New York City with the Aerial New York City iPad app from award winning photographer Cameron Davidson. His impressive collection of photos was taken from a bird’s eye view high above the city using Nikon and Canon digital cameras while harnessed into chartered helicopters.

“Drawn to the energy, light and intensity of New York CIty,” Davidson showcases his incredible collection of 48 aerial photographs of Manhattan, Wall Street, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park and many more “vistas in this financial and artistic powerhouse.”

By Roberto | August 12, 2010 | No comment yet

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If you’re into photography and traveling, get ready for an endless visual journey on your iPad. Fotonauts, Inc. released 2 days ago a beautiful application that brings together 20,000 photos, illustrating all World Heritage Sites and 3,000 points of interests.

The application is called Fotopedia Heritage. This free application was able to build such a large database with the valuable contribution of thousands of photographers and hundreds of curators.

Think of this application as an encyclopedia where gorgeous content is showcased through thousands of photos from around the world. In addition, what adds to the glamour already displayed in this application, is the wealth of information presented to you for each photo. It’s like having a wiki-like companion with you wherever you go.

Fotopedia Heritage was developed in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The application allows you to explore our world heritage by navigating carefully chosen tags. You will learn more about each place reading rich descriptions from UNESCO and Wikipedia. You will also be able to browse an interactive map and localize precisely each site on the world map.

Pictures and more details after the break >>

Scott Kelby’s Photo Recipes iPad App Teaches Photography

By Bill | July 28, 2010 | No comment yet

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If you’re a regular here at PadGadget, you know I’m a bit of a shutterbug. I started shooting in high school and learned how to develop and print my own B&W, Color Positive (Ciba Chrome -Slides) and Color Negatives from a great set of teachers. In college I was lucky enough to be friends with a pair of fresh new fashion photographers that did work for a number fashion sites including Vogue. These guys were good friends and I learned a lot from them about photography and the essentials of the trade such as composition and lighting. Unfortunately most of us don’t have friends professionally trained in photography to help us hone our picture taking skills. But don’t worry, if you own an iPad you can now use Scott Kelby’s Photo Recipes Live: Behind the Scenes: Your Guide to Today’s Most Popular Lighting Techniques to learn great photo techniques from a professional.

Best selling author Scott Kelby, has taken “Photo Recipes” from his The Digital Photography Book, and turned them into a powerful teach app for the iPad. The app is a whopper, weighing in at over 1.2GB in size, it is chock-full of over two hours of useful video tutorials spread over 16 different chapters. The chapters cover a range of photography topics including shooting portraits, landscapes, product shots, food, flowers, etc. Each chapter teaches you how to get that professional look by using the right gear, camera placement and the proper lighting for your photographs.

In the app, Kelby takes you behind the scenes and shows you how photographers put together those “special” shots you see in magazines. The step-by-step guide shows you how to recreate the look and gives you tips on dealing with scenes in various indoor, outdoor and studio lighting conditions.

By Bill | June 18, 2010 | No comment yet

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If you’re a photography enthusiast, there’s a good chance you have used a glass filter or other accessory from Tiffen. Tiffen has been in the photography business for over 70 years and is well known for their creative camera filters and more recently for their powerful digital filters. I have had Tiffen filters on my Nikon and Canon glass for over 20 years and have always been happy with the variety and quality of their filters.

Tiffen made the jump to digital years ago with their Dfx product set and introduced a large number of digital filters for the PC and Mac. Tiffen has taken these great Dfx filters and integrated them into their new Photo fx Ultra iPad application. This isn’t Tiffen’s first iOS app, they previously released Photo fx and Cool fx for the iPhone and their iPad app builds on this success. The iPad app is simply stunning.

Photo fx Ultra takes full advantage of the iPad’s larger display and touch screen capabilities. When you start the app, you can pull-up any photo from your iPad’s Photo Library and get to work applying creative filters and effects. Photo fx Ultra can handle photo’s up to 2048 x 1360 which is perfect for online use or smaller prints up to 5” x 7”. (Update: version 1.0.1 now supports resolutions up to 3072 pixels)

By Cristi | June 8, 2010 | 1 comment

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Although I’m not a professional photographer, I’m a mom who takes lots of pictures throughout the year. I often manipulate the photos I’ve taken and was immediately interested in the Color Splash for iPad app when I saw it listed as one of the top paid apps and in the New and Noteworthy section on iTunes.

Color Splash for iPad is an awesome app that allows you to create dramatic effects without much effort. I began the app by watching the in-app tutorial. Color Splash is not complicated to use, but I found the tutorial informative and a must for first time users. Watch it and within a matter of minutes, you’ll be creating stunning photos to share with family and friends.

First, upload photos to your iPad using iTunes and then launch Color Splash. After watching the tutorial, select Images to choose a photo and get started. Your photo is converted to black and white and appears on the screen with the Color tab selected at the top of the screen. Next, begin adding color back into the picture by “painting” with your finger. Color Splash incorporates a number of features which allow the user to easily manipulate their photo, some of which include: adjusting brush size and intensity, undoing accidental brush strokes and pinching to zoom in and out in a photo to ease coloring. Continue painting until you’ve created just the right amount of “Wow!” effect in your your photo.