Articles tagged with: How to
Black & White 101, by Sid Peña
There is something magical about a great black & white photograph. The tools have simplified the process but knowing when to process for color or for black and white isn’t always apparent. Photographer Sid Peña’s tutorial on shooting black and white photographs and getting the best results.
Cool Tip: Using LensFlare Studio With Photoshop
Here’s a cool tip recently posted to the LensFlare Studio Facebook page. It’s a quick and slick tip for using LensFlare Studio to add great-looking lens aberrations with Photoshop.
Firm Favourites: Getting the most out of your Hipstamatic, by Fiona Christian
It’s no secret that Hipstamatic app has many thousands of happy users the world over. Many of them however, are a little mystified by some of its features. The ‘Favourites’ feature is perhaps, the most useful and yet the most under-used of all. Here’s how to get the most out of it.
Cool Link: Dilshad’s Story
iPhoneographer Dilshad Corleone is featured in this great, inspirational, well-shot video with some great advice for shooting, composing and telling a story with an image.
A Photographer’s View of Jailbreaking IOS6 Devices
If you want super quick access to your iPhone camera, to add amazing spot metering to the generic camera or to take pictures without anyone knowing, as well as some cool non-photographic tweaks, then ‘Jailbreaking’ your iPhone or other device may be for you.
What Exactly Does Cortex Camera Do?
We get questions. “What exactly does Cortex Camera do?” Cortex Camera is actually a pretty cool app to have in certain situations, including low-light situations and others where reduced noise is desirable.
IncrediBooth Outside the Booth, by Fiona Christian
The rapid-fire, four image strip was designed for facial portraiture. However, for photographers who think outside the booth, some forethought can produce interesting results.
How To Make a Real (c) Copyright Symbol on Your iPhone and iPad
Many iPhoneographers prefer to watermark their images with photographer and copyright information. In the name of simplicity, the © symbol is nowhere to be found on the standard iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch keyboard. Here are a few quick and easy-ish ways you can make a real one instead of the alternate and less attractive (c).
Using Squaready to Crop Instagram Pics
Squaready is an easy to use utility that crops a photo into square format, then lets you easily share it straight to Instagram. It not only crops down, but lets you shrink full landscape or portrait photos into the frame.
What Can You Do With Geló? We’ve Got Tutorials!
The developer of Geló has created some online tutorials to illustrate some of the capabilities of this simple, yet versatile photo app, including sunrise and sunset enhance as well as a killer duotone effect. They’ve allowed us to reprint several of them here.
iPhone 101: How to Restore Deleted Apps to Your iPhone
If you accidentally delete any of your favorite apps from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you now have more options than ever to at least get the app itself back. Here are a few of our favorite app restoration tips.
Instagram: Recreating Gotham Using Camera+
Instagrammer @wilburtheant, along with @darren2112 and @dudettewalnuts, have been circulating a recipe to recreate the look of Instagram’s old Gotham filter using Camera+.
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