iPad/iPhone Photos

Taking photos with the Camera App The Camera App comes loaded on all of Apple’s mobile devices. With a simple interface, it gives you the ability to compose and capture great photographs (and videos). Apple’s newest mobile devices have two cameras: the front-facing camera found above of the touchscreen and the standard camera found on the back of the device.

Keep in mind that photos taken using the front-facing camera will be of lower quality (resolution) than those taken with the rear camera. These photos typically will not make good prints, but are of high enough quality to view and share digitally.

Alternate methods for releasing the shutter . Use the volume controls found on the side of your iPad/iPhone. . If you have a newer set of Apple’s earbuds plugged in to your headphone jack, you can use the volume controls on those to release the shutter (similar to using a cable release on a traditional camera). . Burst mode - this is a useful feature when you’re trying to capture an exact, perfect moment, but perhaps your reflexes are a little too slow. Pressing and holding the shutter button down will begin to take rapid-fire shots until you release your finger.

Aim the camera at your subject, tap on the screen where you would like the focus of the photograph to be, and release the shutter. Photos are automatically saved into your Camera Roll (in the Photos App).

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Snapseed for photo editing Snapseed is an easy-to-use, free photo editor that allows you to make enhancements and small edits to your photos to improve their overall look. It’s a bit of an art to create photos that look great to you—there’s no exact formula for it. Just play around with different adjustments until you’re satisfied!

The gestures you will be using to make the menus appear within the various modules are: . Swipe up or down to choose which adjustment to make (i.e. Contrast correction or color correction) . Swipe left to right to increase or decrease the effects of the chosen adjustment

Modules Automatic - adds contrast and auto- Details - enhances the details and corrects the white balance of the selected improves the sharpness of your photo. image. Sharpening Contrast correction Structure Color correction Black & White Selective Adjust - uses Control Points (tap to Presets set) on an object in a photo and selectively Neutral adjusts the color and distribution of light (or Contrast tonality) in an image. Useful for correcting Bright exposure problems. Dark Film Tune Image – use to improve the tonality, or Darken Sky distribution of light, and overall Color Filter appearance of any image. Brightness Contrast Brightness Grain Ambiance Constrast Vintage, Drama, Grunge, & Retrolux – use Saturation these to apply preset artistic filters to your Shadows images. Warmth HDR Scape - uses an advanced - Straighten & Rotate - makes it possible to edge contrast method in order to create straighten a photo with an uneven horizon amazing High Dynamic Range photos or to rotate a photo 90° left or right. from a single image. Straighten Rotate left/right Center Focus & Tilt-Shift - useful for changing the depth of field in your Crop images, or selectively softening the foreground or background of your photos.

Frames – adds a frame to your image.

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Using the Photos App for viewing & sharing photos The Photos App is where all of your photos automatically get saved. You are also able to organize the photos from your Camera Roll into albums (helpful if you take lots of photos!) Note: Any photos that you edit & save in the Snapseed App can be found in both your Camera Roll and Snapseed album (in the Photos App).

The Photos tab is organized into a hierarchy: Year > Collection > Moment. Collections are grouped by date & location where the photo was taken.

The Shared tab shows you any Shared Photo Streams you have created, as well as any Photo Streams created by others that you have been invited to.

The Albums tab will always have at least two albums existing: Camera Roll & Photo Stream. Additional Albums can be created to personalize your photo organization or they may be automatically created when you start using various photo apps (i.e. Snapseed creates a folder for all your saved, edited photos).

My Photo Stream is only visible and available to you on any of your devices that you have signed in to iCloud. It is a running count of your most recent 1000 photos that you’ve taken on your various iOS devices. IT IS NOT CREATING A BACKUP OF YOUR PHOTOS. If you delete a photo from the Camera Roll on your device, it will be taken out of My Photo Stream. The best/easiest way to back up your photos is onto the hard drive of your home computer through iPhoto (Mac) or iCloud Control Panel (Windows).

Shared Photo Streams are created by a single person who can curate what photos are added and who it is visible to. Consider it a folder where you can curate what photos are in it and your friends/family with iCloud accounts can add their photos to it, as well! This is great place for people to bring together photos taken by multiple people at weddings, sharing photos of your dog, or your recent vacation! To start using this feature, make sure you have an iCloud account set up, and under your Settings app – iCloud – Photos, have Shared Photo Streams turned on.

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Shared Photo Streams Why use this little-known feature? It’s almost like setting up your own personal social network—you can choose to share your photos with only select family & friends (that have iCloud accounts), or even publish the photos so they are accessible via a website (for anyone).

Shared Photo Streams do not count towards your iCloud storage limit and you can add up to 5000 photos per photo stream you create. You can store a total of 500,000 photos through Shared Photo Streams (5000 photos per stream, 100 streams) and each stream can be shared with up to 100 people.

(Via apple.com) With iCloud Photo Sharing, you can share your favorite moments with your favorite people when you create a shared photo stream. Friends and family can post their own photos, videos, and comments to your streams, and changes appear automatically on everyone’s devices. You can quickly and easily see the latest updates from all your shared streams in the Activity view on your device.

How it works . Select photos and videos on your iOS device or computer. . Select a shared stream you want to add to, or create a new one. . Invite people to subscribe to your stream. . Your friends who use iCloud can view, like, and comment on your shared photos and videos from their iOS devices, Mac and Windows computers, or even Apple TV. (They can read but not add comments on Apple TV.) . Friends who don’t use iCloud can view your publicly shared streams on the web. . You and subscribers to your streams can add more photos and videos. (Subscribers need an iOS device, Mac, or Windows computer set up for iCloud Photo sharing.)

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Useful links & recommended Apps to download Snapseed Help & FAQ – http://www.snapseed.com Official Apple Support page – extensive FAQs and searchable instructions to help you with your Apple devices – http://www.apple.com/support

To download any of the apps below, open the App Store on your device and search for the title of the app you want

Camera Apps with more advanced options Camera+ (iPhone) – Set manual exposure and focus, editing features - ($1.99) ProCamera HD – allows for greater manual control over the photos you take – ($0.99) ProCamera 7 – even more control over your photos, plus nighttime capabilities, anti-shake, and manual shutter speeds - ($4.99)

Cloud Storage – each of these are free, but require signing up for an account DropBox – 5GB of cloud storage free. Easily move items into the cloud from your home computer, work computer, mobile device. Auto-backup of Camera Roll. Flickr – 1TB of free photo storage! Can set photos to private so they are not accessible by the general public. Auto-backup of Camera Roll. + - Easily share photos with other Google users, auto-backup of your Camera Roll.

Photo editing iPhoto - Featuring an all-new, streamlined design that’s more beautiful and simpler than ever, iPhoto gives you powerful yet easy ways to browse, organize, edit, and share your photos - ($4.99) Photoshop Touch - Transform your images with core Adobe® Photoshop® features in an app designed for tablets. – ($9.99)

Backing up to a Windows computer iCloud Control Panel - http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1455

Miscellaneous WiFi Camera – download to both your iPhone and iPad, connect them to the same wireless network, and it turns your iPhone into a remote shutter release ($0.99) PhotoJoJo – http://photojojo.com/store/ - Great website that sells silly/fun iPad/iPhone/iPod accessories for the camera lover.

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