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iOS Photography*

Allison SheridanNovember 2012

* I had MASSIVE assistance from Steve Stanger in producing this talkFind him at stevestanger.com

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What We’ll Cover TodayTips for ShootingTips for ProcessingPhoto WorkflowMoving Photos from One Device to Another

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Tips for ShootingBig, heavy cameras are easy to hold stillLight iPhones are hard to take a steady photoUse Two hands for stabilityRemember iOS takes the photo when you release

Avoid pushing the button and jiggling the phoneiPhone volume + button also takes a photo

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iPhone Likes LOTS of LightiPhone 5 is better than 4S but the camera’s sensor just isn’t big enough to let in a lot of lightIf you have to shoot in low light find a way to stabilize the camera

Set it on something (something stable)Maybe even get a case that stands up easily

Lean yourself against the wallTurn on lights in the room, or turn people so they’re facing the available light - no backlighting!

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Other Ways to Help in Low LightSome camera apps offer a steadying option

Camera+ has a Stabilizer modeYou tell it to take the picture butit waits until you (or your subjectstops moving

Another option is a Timer mode,gives you a chance to set the iPhonedown to stay steadyiPhone 5 camera has less grain inlow light than previous iPhones

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How About Digital Zoom?Digital zoom is the zoom slider in most camera apps

Don’t use it. Never. Never Ever.

If you want the photo zoomed inTake the shot at full resolutionCrop the photo in a secondary app

I’m not kidding

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HDR PhotographyHDR = High Dynamic Range

Your eyes can see shadows in white clouds and shadows in dark mountains at the same timeA camera sensor can’t

HDR photography is taking one or more photos at different exposures and combining them into oneiPhone has HDR built into the camera as an optionDoesn’t work on moving objects (weird effects)Can sometimes save bad lighting

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Tips for ProcessingGreat apps out there for post-processing on iOSDon’t go crazy with post-processing - be wary of going wild with effectsGood apps have sliders for intensity of effects

0 -100% but you don’t have to use 100%Try doing multiple saves so you can roll back

Often these apps erase ALL of your effects if you hit undo (example Snapseed)iPhoto and Touch ReTouch allow multiple undos

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Even More Processing TipsConsider processing in multiple apps

Set contrast and vibrance in oneAdd a border with another app

Remember all the filters in the world won’t save a poorly shot photo

Try to frame and get lighting right before shooting

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Shallow Depth of Field Digital SLRs have lenses that can get that beautiful shallow depth of fieldThe iPhone camera cannot produce this effect because the lens isn’t fast enough (doesn’t have a large enough aperture)You can fake the effect with Tilt-Shift applications

Designed to make objects look like small toysDone right can blur the background Snapseed and Instagram have Tilt-ShiftDemo Time - Finally!

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Demo Time - Camera AppHDR - be cautious on movementEmbrace the gridPanorama

How to change direction to right/leftHUGE files - can be up to 28MP!

Turn on VoiceoverHow it shows 1 face, 2 faces

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Demo Time - Camera+Camera+ $1 http://campl.us/

Normal operationTwo-fingered tap for focus & exposure/white balanceDon’t touch zoom!Stabilizer, Timer, Burst (lower quality)Store in Camera Roll, Lightbox, or bothQuick edits - scenes, adjust, crops, FX, BordersShare

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Demo Time - SnapseedSnapseed snapseed.com $5 iOSInterface explanation

Drag up/down to change toolDrag right/left to change intensity

Crop & Straighten firstSelective Adjust

Add control point, pinch to change selection areaDetails - sharpening - loupeTuning - brightness, contrast, saturation, white balanceGrunge, borders, vintage - fun but overused

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Demo Time - SnapseedTilt Shift - also for depth of field

Drag to change the point that is in sharpest focusStyle Star to change whether effect is linear or elliptical Pinch to change the radius of the blur(elliptical not just circular)Two fingered rotate to change the tilt and thickness on linear blurChange transition width with one finger

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Demo Time - Transferring filesPhotostream

Kinda hard to demo...and great whenit works...

Use the Camera Connection Kit $29 apple.com/store From “Real” Camera to iPad for backups and editingiPhone to iPad for backups and editing

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Transfer Photos Over the AirPhoto Transfer App $3Requires network connection but NOT Internet

Bluetooth between iDevicesTransfer between iDevices, Macs andeven PCs and AndroidsLaunch Photo Transfer App

Select Send or ReceiveOn Mac navigate to web addressOn iDevice tap on appropriate device

Transfer for backup or to give to someone

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Secret App for Photo TransferHidden secret - there’s a built-in app for transferring photos to your Mac

Image Capture FTW!Want to move all videosoff your iPhone? Want to clean up thosephotos you didn’t mean totake, or the 2nd HDR?Import into iPhoto,Aperture, or to a folderImport selectively or import all

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Ooh - Aah!Touch ReTouch HD - $2 iPad, $1 iPhone from Handy Photo LabErase things you don’t like from your photosPeople, outlets, lamppostsUse your finger to paint over what you want to eraseUse brush or lasso or clone stampYou have to see it to believe

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Giant Link Farm of DoomSteve Stanger http://stevestanger.com Camera+ http://campl.us/Snapseed snapseed.com $5 iOS, $20 Mac/Windows

Bought by Google recently...iPhoto $5 in the iTunes StoreTouch Retouch iphotomania.com $1 iOS/AndroidInstagram instagram.com/ Free iOS/AndroidiPhone Connection Kit apple.com/store $29Photo Transfer App phototransferapp.com $3 iOS/AndroidTouch Retouch handyphotolab.com $2/$1 iPad/iPhone

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Email: allison@podfeet.comTwitter : @podfeet

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