Foodie is a camera app designed to help users take better photos of food. The app is quite simple to use. After launching the app, the user chooses a filter -- there are 24 from which to choose -- and snaps an image. Each filter is designed for a particular food type; e.g. YOU for breakfast items like egg and RO for alcoholic beverages. That's how I have interpreted the hard to see icons. The Foodie camera has an auto-blurring…
I started on my photography journey with film back in college when I took a winter course. I spent a lot of time trying to capture artistic images of the architecture of the Drew University campus using Kodak Ektachrome film on my Pentax P3. While I didn't enjoy the smell of the darkroom chemicals, I sometimes miss the film look. For over a year, I've used VSCOcam film simulation filters on my iPhone, and more recently VSCO Lightroom high-end film…
This is an app review done with screenshots. In brief, the 500px Release app provides an easy way for photographers to create model and property releases.…
John Saddington worked on his new OS X publishing app, Desk, for about 250 days. I was priveleged to be invited to test the app for a few months so when it was released in the Mac App Store today, I immediately installed a copy. John designed Desk to remove the distracting clutter from your mind and help you focus on what matters most: Your thoughts. It’s designed to be simple and intuitive, yet powerful and fast. Desk supports a…
The Lumy app does on thing and one thing only but does it with style. The apps help photographers find the magic hour. Magic hour (sometimes known as golden hour) is a period around sunrise or sunset at which the light is often soft, warm and perfect for taking photographs. Professional photographers swear it as the time of day with the best lighting. Upon launching the app, Lumy uses the iPhone's GPS location to find the magic hour for that…
