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Top 10 iPhone Photo Apps

Honeysuckle Lunch — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:15:19 +0000

Since the introduction of the Apple iStore, the iPhone has become a much more valuable commodity than just a simple phone. It is a device with which users can organise their lives, network with friends and store precious memories in the form of photographs. With the high-resolution and easy to use interface that the in-built iPhone camera offers users, even the most amateur of photographers can shoot photographs of the highest quality.

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Tripod Flexibility in the Outdoors

Emma Butler — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:30:57 +0000

Tripod Flexibility in the Outdoors

Cameras with inbuilt image stabilizers are increasing effective, but for optimum stability and noise prevention one needs a good tripod. My first tripod cost me thirty dollars. Needless to say, it was secondhand and fell apart during its second run. I later opted for a sturdier, more expensive tripod and have never had to replace it. Recently, however, I have researched a few varieties of tripod on the market and there is a lot more out there than simply a stand with three legs

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Top 20 Photography Books

Henry Langam — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:20:40 +0000

Top 20 Photography Books

A very powerful camera would be useless if the photographer lacks knowledge, skills and experience in photography. A well versed photographer can convey message on their photographs and depict emotion on their subjects – that depends on the skill, knowledge and experience of the photographer. For Professional Photographers earning new things about their profession is a lifetime journey. They learn things from their experience and read books as well. To guide you in the right path, this post will provide you the top 20 must-read books when you are inclined to enter the dynamic world of photography. This will help you to be Pro and be more Pro

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Top cloud hosting providers

Michael Garmahis — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:34:48 +0000

Top cloud hosting providers

Cloud hosting is a great choice for web projects which experience traffic spikes or are growing very fast. In comparison with traditional hosting, cloud hosting provides greater scalability, security and reliability. You can obtain additional cloud hosting resources in the matter of minutes if you need them. Since cloud hosting providers usually mirror your data to several data centers it guarantees availability of your site and higher security. There are also very affordable cloud hosting solutions which are suited for those on a shoestring budget. I picked up 3 biggest and best cloud hosting providers for this review

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Shipito – shop in US and forward your packages overseas

Henry Langam — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:17:25 +0000

Shipito – shop in US and forward your packages overseas

So you’re photographer or designer and want to buy a gear such as camera, tablet or lens which is only shipped within US? Shipito is mail forwarding service which will help you to deliver your online purchases anywhere in the world. You will just shop online and mail it to the nearest Shipito US Address and Shipito will ship it to your home overseas. Many shoppers prefer to purchase products online at US stores such as Amazon or BestBuy because there are whole lot more quality and less expensive items. However, some of these online stores don’t ship internationally because their policy is just to ship to US addresses only. This post will explain how to use Shipito to solve this problem.

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99 Designs review

Ana-Gabriela Stroe — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:48:37 +0000

99 Designs review

99 Designs is an increasingly popular design contest website and #1 marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design services. In 2010 99 Designs was awarded Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Web Service & Application of the year. 99 Designs has hosted more than 75,000 designs already and claims to have paid designers $19 million to-date. Its Design Contest Marketplace enables businesses to quickly and inexpensively source custom logo design, web design, business cards or any other graphic design work by launching design projects to a global community of over 100,000 designers.

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Topaz Lens Effects review

Ana-Gabriela Stroe — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:23:13 +0000

Topaz Lens Effects review

Topaz Lens Effects is a new Photoshop plugin from Topaz Labs. It can easily simulate a wide range of realistic lens, filter & specialty camera effects. Within minutes you can create very realistic effects from a list of 18 popular options, including bokeh, vignette, motion, fisheye, old school, miniatures, color balance, color enhancement and color subtraction, tilt shift and many other adjustments to your pictures. Topaz Lens Effects make it easier and faster than ever to achieve selective focus and get a wider range of effects to apply during post processing.

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5 must have lenses for photographers

Emma Butler — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:49:25 +0000

5 must have lenses for photographers

If you stand in a field, focus on a tree half an acre away, and slowly walk forward, thinking of your focal point, adjusting your settings, stopping at intervals to take a series of photographs, effectively covering your depth of field, you’ll only need one lens! For a more professional photographer a variety of selected lenses serves as the only professional option. I’ve heard photographers say ‘it is all about the lens’ and not so much to do with the body. Do they not consider AF, this auto focusing is done in the camera body not the lens, it is electromagnetic not optical.

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How to choose lenses for your camera

Top 20 iOS development blogs to follow

Ana-Gabriela Stroe — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:13:06 +0000

Top 20 iOS development blogs to follow

Whether you are just starting up with developing applications for Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, or you’ve been doing this for a while now, it’s imperative that you keep yourself updated constantly with what’s going on when it comes to the Apple world. The best way to do this is by reading a few blogs that are specialized on this subject. Here’s a list of some of the most recommended iOs development blogs of the moment, so make sure to check them out!

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Best Illustrator books

Michael Garmahis — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:06:38 +0000

Best Illustrator books

Best Illustrator books in this review will help you to master standard of vector software from Adobe. These books feature tons of useful tips, tricks and techniques to use Illustrator in a real world projects. You will not just learn all the new features of Illustrator CS5, discover new ways to use the well known Illustrator features but also learn about the most efficient and fast Illustrator workflow. Some of the books also includes projects and explanation of their Illustrator techniques from world known Illustrator artists. Video tutorials included with some of the books will help you to quickly learn Illustrator even if you never used it before.

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20 cool gadgets gift ideas

Michael Garmahis — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:05:35 +0000

20 cool gadgets gift ideas

We picked best gadgets gift ideas for this post. Cool gadgets in this review are different in price and purpose. They include cameras, laptops, phones and many others. You can find a gift idea in this list for everyone among your friends, family and kids. You can also find a gift idea for professionals: designers, photographers, managers. What is your favorite gadget in this list? What is in your wishlist? Please speak up in the comments

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7 best sites to send free Christmas Card

Almagreta — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:24:04 +0000

7 best sites to send free Christmas Card

Do you want to send a free Christmas Card? We listed for you best sites to send Xmas eCards to your friends and family. It’s up to you to send ready to go animated Christmas cards with audio effect or customize your Xmas greeting with faces of your family members or just drag and drop celebrity faces. You can also add a message and schedule send date, rate Xmas cards and leave a comment. There’s an option to send Christmas cards to your friends on Facebook or post on Twitter. Will you go paperless for this Christmas

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Top 20 Gimp plugins

Michael Garmahis — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:26:05 +0000

Top 20 Gimp plugins

Most popular and useful Gimp plugins are here to enrich your experience using Gimp. This would be a nice addition to Gimp workflow and Gimp tutorials. Gimp plugins will help to sharpen and restore focus of your photos, apply creative effects, fix color and contrast, delete unwanted objects and reduce noise, batch process images in Gimp and use Photoshop plugins in Gimp, optimize images for Web. If you’re having troubles to find proper Gimp plugin installers for your OS, search for it on Gimp plugin registry which is central repository of Gimp plugins. If you have a favorite Gimp plugin, please speak up in the comments

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Top 10 premium WordPress plugins

Michael Garmahis — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:45:17 +0000

Top 10 premium WordPress plugins

Premium WordPress plugins provide extended features and customer support not available in top free WordPress plugins. Most of the premium WordPress plugins are used for commercial projects (check out also ecommerce WordPress plugins). This review includes premium WordPress plugins which are used to increase number of blog subscribers, manage ad sales and display, operate affiliate programs, flexibly customize every page or make it look as native iPhone app, optimize the content for SEO and increase Google traffic. The cost of these premium plugins varies but it will pay off very quickly. If you need a powerful custom solution, you can rely on one of these great plugins for WordPress

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Best Photoshop books

Michael Garmahis — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:26:01 +0000

Best Photoshop books

Best Photoshop books will help you to master your Photoshop skills and become a Photoshop guru. With the help of these books you’ll get eye-popping and jaw-dropping results. These Photoshop books are written by worldwide renowned bestselling authors such as Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski, Dan Margulis, Steve Caplin. Photoshop books in this review include advanced Photoshop tips and tricks, shortcuts and workarounds, techniques used by professionals, clearly explained theories for practical use. The books can be of great help to photographers, designers and digital artists. Most of these Photoshop books have multiple editions available which proves their value and the most recent ones are included in this post

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