Earthquake
I got a chance to see my NEW Earthquake iPhone app working in real-time. Had a short 4.1mag earthquake around 10:30am today. I powered up the Earthquake app and after a refresh or two the info started rolling in. In addition to the size of the quake I can see the exact GPS location on a map as well as a direct link to the USGS for more info. After scrolling through the list of recent quakes (past 2 days) I’m shocked as to how many quakes this area gets on a minute by minute basis…..wow!
Updating Apps in iTunes v9.0.2.25 has become …Janky!
I have 182 downloaded apps. With iTunes v9.0.2.25 the list of apps needing updates refuse to clear after downloading the updates. Now this doesn’t happen all the time, but it’s at least once after every 3rd or 4th round of app updates and it’s starting to bug me. This also happened on my iPhone 3Gs recently too. I had to uninstall then reinstall 3 apps on my 3Gs just to get the update notification to finally go away. Is there some issue with Apple’s servers not recognizing when I’ve downloaded my app updates?
The Nikon Festival
Create a 140 second video that simply shows a day through your lens….and you could win $100K in the Nikon festival.
Work-Flow-FAIL!
Here’s another letter I sent to the Best Camera team about potential features in a future release of the Best Camera app.
Hello again,
Just recently I’ve taken a liking to the square crop filter in my Best Camera app. But because I shoot most of my photos in landscape, I loose the side portions of my subject when applying the crop plus it seems to zoom in a little too….yikes! Since I already do a lot of post processing before importing images into Best Camera I figured I could just pre-crop the photos myself, but as it turns out cropping wasn’t my problem…..composition before capture was!
I went on the hunt for an iPhone app that would let me compose photos in a square crop format before capture. I found an app called “1X1 Camera” that lets you shoot, apply a 1X1 Square or Circle crop, then save to the camera roll. Applying the square crop with 1X1 Camera still trimmed the photo but it seemed minimal. I imported these images into Best Camera and tested the Best Camera square crop filter on them….the filter had no effect thus no loss of subject.
So, would you say that I successfully solved my problem? I would say yes…and no. Yes because I kinda took a picture in square format (not really), and “no” because I spent another $0.99 on another app and added more steps to the process just to get a simple photo to look the way I want…..Work-Flow-FAIL!
So I’m suggestion yet another feature for a future release of Best Camera. Add the ability to compose and capture images within the Best Camera app in square format. I dare you to add that feature. In fact…I double dog dare ya!
Thanks
Dred242
www.BokehImage.com
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Just before bed last night I setup and took this shot using all 4 of my strobes. One on a small hand-held softbox, one with a snoot attached, and two others with gel’s. All strobes were set to manual mode as well as wireless triggers attached. My camera was also set to full manual mode (focus, shutter, aperture, and ISO).
The hardest part of this shot was getting the distance between all three toys and my camera just right…took about 15-20min’s of test shots before I nailed it.
I think I found the right balance between DOF (bokeh), color, composition, and subject.
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I’m totally enjoying my iPhone 3Gs camera and the collection of image editing apps I’ve installed on the device. I’ve kind of slacked off a bit on uploading photos to my moblog in favor of sending them to TheBestCamera.com and sometimes flickr. I guess it’s all about audience. TheBestCamera.com and flickr offers the best chance for my photos to be seen, on my moblog….not so much. I could link them all together with fancy RSS feed trickery sprinkled with email shenanigans, but pulling together flickr, JpgMag, Facebook, Twitpic, Twitter, my moblog, and TheBestCamera.com breaks my promised to cut back on cross-posting.
I’ve been feeling like my iPhone needed something fresh. The Griffin hard-back shell (called Elan Form) is a great way to protect the iPhone, but was starting to feel a little dated against all of the other slick looking iPhone cases. Plus I had the same case on my iPod touch (before I got the iPhone)…so it just didn’t feel new any more. This new Elago skin was the perfect fit for my new found love of taking photos with my iPhone. It’s vinyl (premium grade) with an ultra-clear scratch resistant coating. I also snapped on a clear hard-shell back for a little added protection.
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Just noticed tha Amazon is selling the Black 5th Gen iPod Nano for $9,999.00! Or you can get the bundle ( Nano, Car Kit, and Case) for only $10,002.05! I shit you not.
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Starbucks wishing me a Happy Birthday. I bet this is Starbucks way of reminding me that my Starbucks Gold Card is about to expire.
AT&T has announced that it has dropped prices on its stock of refurbished iPhone 3G units. 8GB iPhone 3G units are now available for $49, while 16GB models—available in black or white—are priced at $99.
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Setting up my Starbucks app. Is this a useful app….I’m not sure. So check this out! A test program has started at select Starbucks in Seattle and the Bay Area that will allow customers to pay by scanning a barcode viewable on the screen of the app. Being able to check the balance of my cards is really useful but paying for drinks with my phone…not so sure I’m buying into that. I realy like whipping out my Uber Special, Super Sexy, Members Only, Black & Gold Starbucks Card. Flashing a barcode is way too nerdy which is a big step backwards from highly sought after tech-centric style!
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