Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews » How To http://lifeinlofi.com iPhone Photo App Reviews, News, Showcases, and Musings Sun, 20 May 2012 18:35:26 +0000 en hourly 1 Cool Links: How to photograph today’s annular solar eclipse http://lifeinlofi.com/2012/05/20/cool-links-how-to-photograph-todays-annular-solar-eclipse/ http://lifeinlofi.com/2012/05/20/cool-links-how-to-photograph-todays-annular-solar-eclipse/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 18:23:42 +0000 Marty Yawnick http://lifeinlofi.com/?p=16152 Today, the western United States gets treated to a rare astronomical event, an annular eclipse of the sun. Depending on where you are, the show starts around 5:00 PM Pacific Time and runs to almost 8:00 PM.

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]]> http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/12/27/best-iphone-photo-starter-apps/feed/ 25 Cool Link: iPhoneography Central – Masking & blending techniques using an iPhone http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/12/26/masking-blending-techniques-using-an-iphone/ http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/12/26/masking-blending-techniques-using-an-iphone/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:37:30 +0000 Marty Yawnick http://lifeinlofi.com/?p=14163 Nicki FitzGerald's iPhoneography Central blog has just posted a new step-by-step tutorial written by throughtheiphonelens where you can learn just how these amazing images were created using only an iPhone using masking and blending techniques.

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]]> http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/12/12/iphone-image-sizes-2007-2011/feed/ 9 Updated: Mobile photo prints: How big can you go? http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/12/03/updated-mobile-photo-prints-how-big-can-you-go/ http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/12/03/updated-mobile-photo-prints-how-big-can-you-go/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:52:15 +0000 Marty Yawnick http://lifeinlofi.com/?p=13662 With all the recent improvements, Life In LoFi's definitive iPhone/Mobile Photo Print Sizes guide has been updated to reflect the larger file sizes of iPhone and mobile cameras as well as the increased processing power of some of the new photo apps.

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]]> http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/09/20/photoapplink-openin-why-more-iphone-photo-apps-are-talking-to-each-other/feed/ 4 Very Cool Link: Instagram Photoshop Actions http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/07/22/very-cool-link-instagram-photoshop-actions/ http://lifeinlofi.com/2011/07/22/very-cool-link-instagram-photoshop-actions/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:25 +0000 Marty Yawnick http://lifeinlofi.com/?p=12373 Daniel Box created some Photoshop actions which let you recreate the look of some of Instagram's filters, letting you add the look of Instagram's filter set and save the processed image in full resolution.

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