Contents in Detail

Introduction ...... xv iPhone Basics...... xvi What This Book Covers...... xvii

Chapter 1: iPhone Camera Essentials...... 1 Reasons to Love Your iPhone Camera ...... 2 Simplicity—and Limitations...... 4 The iPhone’s Duo of Photography Apps ...... 5 Taking Photos with the Camera App ...... 5 QQ The Evolution of the iPhone Camera...... 7 Focus, Exposure, and White Balance (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4) ...... 8 Zoom...... 10 Macro (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4)...... 11 HDR (iPhone 4)...... 11 Flash (iPhone 4)...... 12 Front-Facing Camera (iPhone 4)...... 12 Viewing Photos on Your iPhone...... 13 Up Close and Very Personal...... 13 Photo Albums ...... 14 The Camera Roll...... 15 Controls for Emailing and Sharing a Single Photo...... 15 Emailing, Deleting, and Copying Multiple Photos...... 16 Watch a Slide Show...... 17 Places...... 18 Faces and Events...... 18 Transferring Your iPhone Photos to Your Computer ...... 18 Using iTunes to Sync Photos to Your iPhone...... 19 QQ iTunes, Photo Albums, and Image Resolution...... 21 Accessories for Your iPhone Camera Bag...... 21 The iPhone Photography Credo ...... 22

Chapter 2: Customize Your iPhone Camera...... 23 Building Your Dream Camera...... 24 A Crash Course on Photography Apps...... 25 Downloading Photography Apps...... 25 What to Consider When Buying Apps...... 27 QQ Resolution, Resolution, Resolution...... 28 Understanding Photography App Controls...... 28 Settings and Options in Photography Apps...... 29 Organizing Your Photography Apps in Folders...... 31 Using Apps to Add “Missing” Features to Your Camera...... 32 Self-Timer...... 33 Burst Mode (Continuous Shooting Mode)...... 33 Zoom...... 34

PHOTO_02.indb 9 12/10/2010 10:39:39 AM Low-Light and Flash Apps...... 34 Better (and Bigger!) Shutter Button...... 35 A Print Button for Your Phone...... 35 Replacement Camera Apps...... 36 QQ Avoiding Blurry Photos with an App and a Steady Hand...... 37 Camera+...... 38 ProCamera...... 39 Camera Genius...... 40 Camera Plus Pro...... 41 Also Worth a Look...... 42 The Big Decision: Use the Camera App or Another App?...... 43

Chapter 3: Photoshop in Your Pocket...... 45 Your iPhone Is Your Darkroom...... 46 Enhancing—and Fixing—Your Photos with Image Editors...... 46 Adobe Photoshop Express...... 48 Saving Mediocre Photos from Oblivion...... 49 Other Image-Editing Options with Photoshop Express...... 53 Photogene...... 53 Using Levels to Correct Image Woes...... 54 Adding a Custom Frame...... 55 PhotoForge...... 56 Understanding PhotoForge’s Controls and Options...... 57 QQ Changing the Aspect Ratio...... 58 Editing Images with PhotoForge Filters and Effects...... 58 Retouching an Image with the Clone Stamp and Smudge Tools...... 62 Iris Photo Suite...... 64 Using ColorSense to Highlight a Color...... 64 Using Layers to Blend Images...... 65 PerfectPhoto...... 66 Tools and Effects...... 66 Sharpening an Image...... 68 Automatic Adjustments—and Improvements—with a Few Taps...... 68 PerfectlyClear...... 68 QQ Transferring Full Resolution Photos to Your iPhone...... 69 Auto Adjust...... 70 You’ve Only Just Begun...... 70

Chapter 4: Filters, Effects, and Recipes...... 71 Powerful Filters and Effects with Photo fx...... 72 Using Photo fx Filters...... 72 Adding Layers...... 74 Masking Images for Complex Effects...... 75 Painting, Retouching, and Special Effects with Paint Brushes...... 78 Quick and Easy Filters with FX Photo Studio...... 80

PHOTO_02.indb 10 12/10/2010 10:39:39 AM Blur, Selective Focus, and Fake Miniature Effects...... 82 Creating a Background Blur...... 82 Fake Miniature Model Effects...... 84 Selective Focus...... 85 Panoramas...... 86 AutoStitch Panorama...... 86 Pano...... 88 You Gotta See This!...... 89 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging...... 90 Color Adjustments and Effects with Mill Colour...... 91 Double Exposures...... 92 Adding a Border or Frame to Your Photo...... 93 Taking Things to the Next Level with App Recipes...... 94

Chapter 5: The Retro Look...... 97 Step into the iPhone’s Photographic Time Machine...... 98 To 1974—and Beyond...... 98 CameraBag...... 99 Lo-Mob...... 100 PictureShow...... 102 Polaroids and Instant Cameras...... 105 ShakeItPhoto...... 105 Polarize...... 105 ClassicINSTA...... 106 The Wonderful World of Hipstamatic...... 107 Quick Start with Hipstamatic...... 108 Selecting Your Lens, Flash, and Film...... 109 Taking Things to the Next Level...... 112 Re-creating the Darkroom Experience...... 116 The Fantasy Darkroom World of SwankoLab...... 116 CameraKit...... 120 Use Cross Process to Create Beautiful Mistakes...... 121 Messing Up Your Pristine Images with Pic Grunger...... 122 Black-and-White Images...... 123 OldCamera...... 123 Spica...... 124 MonoPhix...... 124 Vint B&W...... 126 Resurrecting Films of the Past with Film Lab...... 126 From App to the Desktop...... 128

Chapter 6: Fun and Offbeat Effects...... 129 Toy Cameras...... 130 Plastic Bullet...... 130 CAMERAtan...... 131 Andigraf...... 131

PHOTO_02.indb 11 12/10/2010 10:39:39 AM Photo Booths...... 132 IncrediBooth...... 132 Photo Booth Classic Plus...... 133 Multiframe Constructions with Diptic...... 134 Selective Color with Color Splash...... 136 3D Photos with 3D Camera...... 138 Build a LEGO Construction with LEGO Photo...... 139 Comic Strips with Strip Designer ...... 139 Monet and Picasso, via ArtCamera...... 141 Ransom-Note Lettering with Ransom Letters...... 142 Digital Glitches and Off-the-Wall Artworks with Satromizer...... 142 Graphic Novel Sketches with ToonPAINT...... 143 Photo Mashups with Juxtaposer...... 144 A Psychedelic Look with PhotoTropedelic...... 145 Share the Love (and Laughs)...... 146

Chapter 7: Snap—and Share...... 147 Crafting Your Social Networking Strategy (or Not)...... 148 Flickr...... 148 Flickr Terminology...... 149 The Flickr App...... 150 Flickit Pro...... 151 Facebook...... 152 Twitter...... 154 MobileMe...... 156 Sharing at Photo Printing Services...... 158 Geotagging and Location-Based Sharing...... 158 Location-Based iPhone Photography Apps...... 159 Turning Off Geotagging...... 162 Animoto...... 163 Photo Postcards...... 164 Bill Atkinson PhotoCard Lite...... 164 Postage...... 165 SodaSnap Postcards...... 166 Go Postal with a Postcard Sent by the USPS...... 167 No End to Sharing...... 168

Chapter 8: Your Photoblog...... 169 Deciding on a Look for Your Photoblog...... 170 Blogging Tools...... 171 Photoblogging with Tumblr...... 173 Getting Started with Tumblr...... 173 Setting Up Your Blog...... 175 Posting to Tumblr...... 176 Using the Tumblr iPhone App...... 176 Customizing Your Blog...... 178 Exploring the Tumblr Community...... 179

PHOTO_02.indb 12 12/10/2010 10:39:39 AM Using WordPress for Your iPhone Photoblog...... 180 Using Posterous for Your iPhone Photoblog...... 181 Using Blogger for Your iPhone Photoblog...... 182 Seven Tips to Get People Looking at Your Photoblog...... 183

Chapter 9: For Inspiration...... 185 Peter Belanger...... 186 Jeremy Edwards...... 189 Gus Gusbano...... 190 Stephanie Chappe...... 191 Tony Cece...... 192 MissPixels...... 193 QQ (Not Just) for Photo Professionals...... 194 The iPhoneography Community...... 195

Index...... 197

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