Camera Obscura app

Get on this free offer ASAP! JoEllen found this gem hiding in the Apple Store app. (Not in the App Store!)

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Update: Obscura 2 was created by Ben Rice McCarthy, an independent developer in Dublin, Ireland. If you get the free app, then consider buying one of the in-app Filter Pack purchases. After reading the manual, exploring the app and absorbing the respect for user privacy, supporing this small developer is on my radar.

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"Obscura, is available free if you follow these steps in the Apple Store App: Go to Apple Store App, tap Discover, Scroll way down till you find Obscura 2, tap Download now for free, Tap on Redeem in the upper right hand corner. The code will automatically be entered then Viola! You have it."

Thanks for a great new app. Especially for a great new FREE app!

Do we really need a new camera app? This app is powerful and includes many views of image details. There are filters that can be applied when shooting or by opening images in All Photos (Camera Roll). Obscura shoots in RAW and utilizes both lenses if your iPhone has them. Play. Experiment. Delete. Laugh. Then let's talk in September.

Read All About It

Too Late! This Free Offer has expired! Please check the website periodically - (if you snooze, you loose).

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Posted on July 22, 2018 - Hot tip from Sandy Gleeson about Tony & Chelsea Northrup's Stunning Digital Photography book is available as a free download (PDF or ePub). This is a great way for them to celebrate exceeding the 1 million subscriber mark for their YouTube channel. Congratulations to them, Yea! for all of us.

Reboot your home router

In May there were several headlines online and in newspapers about rebooting your router to block new malware. Take a few minutes to unplug your router, wait 1 minute and then plug it in and power it on. It is important to unplug, not just turn it off. Unplugging and waiting a minute before plugging it in again allows the router to drop all connections and start fresh. Read more at PC World. You might also see improved speeds when opening web pages.

Fall 2018 Seminar description

We are ready for Fall Semester:

iPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO (A/S) 10:00 A.M. – Noon
Six Thursdays beginning Sept. 6
Online registration only - contact leader first once registration opens
Fair Oaks Library Community Room

This seminar has evolved from leader-led demonstrations to participant-led demonstrations where experienced photographers use multiple iPhone apps to create print-ready multi-layered artwork. In-class demonstrations and online shared albums are our critique and learning platforms. Anyone can visit/follow our website for activities, demonstration videos, additional information and examples of our artwork at http://rsiphonephotostudio.blogspot.com. New photo artists should expect to purchase $25 in apps. Requirements: iPhone 6, 7, 8 or X; iOS 10 or 11, AppleID. An iPad is helpful for editing photos. This is NOT a beginner photography seminar. We continue socializing at lunch after session. 

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I hope you are up stretching and sharing your creativity.

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Printing - Beginning Notes

I've struggled with recording new videos for two weeks. Last night it hit me - do a hard reset on iPad to see if that clears out the gremlins. Yep. Too late for today's class. A good lesson when apps are not behaving as you expect (different from not getting the result you want), a "hard reset" is to power off the device and power it up again. Most of the time I put devices into sleep and rarely power off. 

My preferred printing operation is Costco. Convenient and very reasonable in cost. Phillippe Callioux, a member of the Palo Alto Camera Club, wrote a blog post in 2009: Getting Good Prints at Costco that is a good link to read now and re-read often. Even if you are printing at home or through another service bureau.

In reading the comments to this post this gem screams out to me:

BrandonBarrett says:
September 28, 2015 at 12:03 am
"I would highly recommend saving any photo you want to print out as a PNG file, preferably from a RAW file that was edited in photoshop. When you save to JPEG, you lose a lot of detail. If you save as a PNG you keep the full resolution. I was able to upload my PNG image at Costco and have a 20×30 printed out. The file size was 51Mb. I gotta say, the print looks amazing! Very detailed with no noise."

So much to learn ...

Updated added 8/31/2018
Printing chart for 8 MP and 12 MP iPhone Cameras (MP = megapixel). This chart was posted in our Shared Album for Spring 2018, but that reference will soon be closed. Jill Emmer article https://iphonephotographyschool.com/print-iphone-photos/ > How big can you make a print.

Faith Ringgold @ Crocker Museum

If you get a chance, stop by the Crocker art Museum to see the Faith Ringgold's exhibit, here through May 13, 2018. You will see her vision expressed in quilts, tapestries, oil painting, drawings, masks books and more. Dramatic use of color to tell stories. Reminds me that combining images is a powerful way to inspire others. Visit her website for more information.

Online Tutorials and Classes

Day 5 class was pretty intense! Lots of Leonardo, Snapseed, organizing Folders and Albums in Photos and Photo Manager Pro.

Remember YouTube is your friend! Linda recommended Timothy Brown's free Leonardo tutorial. There are other classes that will extend your creativity, and they cost money for lifetime access. Feel free to explore social media resources using the app name for a keyword search. And our libraries offer Lynda.com online classes with your library card and PIN.

Go to our Videos page for details.

Build your cloud album now

The weather this week is varied and the skies have been dramatic!

Now is the time to take pictures of skies with clouds. Here are suggestions:

• Horizontal frame
• Vertical frame 
• Panoramic 
• Be sure to get detail in the whites 
• Get some blue sky 

Make an album and add your photos. Or better yet, make a Folder in Photos and then add albums there that are good source material for ... clouds, patterns, textures, shapes, shadows, lettering and other visuals that interest you. 

Making a Folder inside Photos Albums is not intuitive! Or "obvious" for that matter. You can Google this hidden feature "how to make a folder inside an iOS Photos Album" or ... touch every button. Touch is not the complete answer, as a Tap gesture will not produce the option for a Folder or an Album. But in the Album > Edit view, Press and Hold the + button to see the New Folder option.