Tag Archives: Photography

Apple patent reveals multiple iPhone scene lighting

When it comes to photography, lighting is everything. A patent published today shows an Apple initiative that involves using multiple iPhones, and their flashes to illuminate a dark scene. The patent, named “Illumination system”, would involve remotely controlling several iPhones, tablets, or device with a flash, built-in or otherwise. The primary…

Paper for iPad update brings gallery and pinch-to-zoom

Paper for iPad, a popular iPad drawing app made by FifteeThree, released a major update today. In version 1.3.1 of Paper, developers finally added true pinch-to-zoom functionality that allows users to zoom in on a specific region of a drawing. This is a much-needed improvement over the old zoom feature, which just zoomed in on the whole…

Carson Optical launches LensMag ML-515 for iPhone

Optical specialist Carson Optical has today released its LensMag ML-515 for iPhone 5. The ML-515 is a set of 2 high-powered magnifiers that fit magnetically to your iPhone. Each set provides you with a 10x and 15x magnifier. What’s awesome, is that the magnifiers are magnetic, and can be attached, swapped and removed almost instantly. The ML-515…

New iPhone ad aims focus at camera (and your heart)

A new iPhone ad is making rounds online, and for good reason. The minute-long commercial features a montage of happy iPhone customers the device’s camera in just about every setting you can imagine. There’s a single piano playing throughout most of the commercial. In fact, there’s only one spoken line of audio: ”Everyday, more photos are taken with the…

Take pictures like a pro with Fast Camera for iPhone [Review]

Now that the weather is getting nicer, you’ll be spending more time outside with friends and family. Chances are you’ll want to capture some of these moments with your iPhone. But while your iPhone’s camera is capable of amazing things, it can be a challenge to capture fast-moving targets, like your dog, toddler, or even your best friend racing by during…

iOgrapher is a professional camera mount for your iPad mini [Video]

This Kickstarter project would go perfect with Google’s YouTube Capture app that was released for iPad yesterday. The iOgrapher iPad mini mount is a case made specifically for filming video. It even has a 36mm lens mount where you can attach lenses for effects like fisheye, wide angle, and more. Need to put it on a tripod instead of using the built-in…

My case against the Point-and-Shoot: the iPhone 5 [Editorial]

When you think of the iPhone 5, what are some of the first things that come to mind? For me, near the top of that list is how great the camera is. I use my iPhone’s camera all the time – but I also have a dedicated point-and-shoot camera from Sony. One thing I’ve noticed is that, recently, I’ve been neglecting to use the point-and-shoot in favor of simply…