Category: Photography

The Verge’s Vlad Savov:

The iPhone’s lead as the smartphone to beat has rarely been defined by just one thing. At one point, the biggest advantage was the simplicity and speed of its interface; at another, it was down to the diversity and quality of available apps; and most recently, the iPhone has distinguished itself with the quality of its 8-megapixel camera. Today, the combination of all these things — simple and fast operation, strong optics and image processing, and a wide app ecosystem — is helping people create the best possible images with the least possible hassle.

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Dan Provost:

On Apple’s website, they claim that in time-lapse mode, “iOS 8 does all the work, snapping photos at dynamically selected intervals.” When I first read this, I thought they were doing something super fancy, like monitoring the frame for movement and only snapping a picture when something changes. On deeper reflection, this would be a bad idea. Time-lapse videos look best when they are buttery smooth, and dynamically selecting intervals in this fashion would create a jittery and jerky video. So what does Apple mean by “dynamically selected intervals”?

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For a while now, I’ve been using Dropbox as my photo management solution.

It’s not the cheapest thing on the planet, but it works for me. However, with Photos for OS X coming soon, I’m re-thinking my long-term strategy.

Apple has to prove to users that it can sync and stream photos, but if the system will work the way the company says it will, it looks compelling. So compelling, in fact, that I’m already thinking about my migration strategy.

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How marvelous is the tiny marble on which we live and die.

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I first discovered photography in high school, but got more serious about in college. Flickr was a huge part of that experience; I could upload a photo and have comments on it almost immediately. I interacted with people who had similar interests in groups, and learned a ton by asking questions of other users.

The community that I once enjoyed on Flickr is no longer there – Twitter has replaced most of it — and at one point I closed my account. While I later re-joined the service, it’s just not the same, sadly. My 2013 Project 365 wasn’t nearly as fun as my previous two projects just because fewer people saw them.

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I just came across this photo set from 2012 of the eMac, iBook and iMac, but man, is Andrew Kim right about these designs.

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If you need me, I’ll be wandering around these archives.

via The Verge

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Any regular reader of 512 will know that I’m a huge fan of Apple history. From old software to weird, now-obsolete hardware, I find the company’s past to be fascinating.

Back in April, I got to visit the Apple Pop-Up Museum, getting a behind-the-scenes tour of what would prove to be a successful — yet sadly temporary — look back at the Apple of old.

Enter Iconic. Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation is a hardcover, 330 page book that walks readers through 35 years of Apple history using high-resolution, stunning product photography. With chapters on Desktops, Portables, Peripherals, iDevices, Prototypes and Packaging, there’s something for everyone. Editor Jonathan Zufi’s love and care shines through on every page.

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My buddy Bradley’s article on smartphones and photo management has been making the rounds this week. Here’s his premise:

If you grab a co-worker’s iPhone and they have 2500 photos on the camera roll, then you know they don’t. They’ll just keep taking photos and assume “the cloud” or whatever is backing it up. For a time, it is. That is until their backup hits the mythical 5GB mark and iCloud starts pestering them to remove data or buy more space. Some people buy more space, but most just continue to ignore it and hope Apple has their back. I hate to break it to them after their iPhone takes a swim in the lake, but they don’t. Multiple companies are stepping up and trying to solve this problem in different ways, though.

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John Carey at Fifty Foot Shadows, on Instagram and Flickr:

Instagram is built for casual, mass consumption and sharing mostly lifestyle photos. The reactions to these shots of day to day life and “look what I’m doing now” moments are decidedly more quick, friendly, ah ha! sorts of moments. Those using it to share more serious work simply have to come to terms that its a mixed bag of educated reactions within the service (same goes for using Tumblr as a means to share photographic work).

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Mr. Blanc:

At the end of the day, Flickr is the only place I’ve got to put my best photographic work. And as much as I love the service, it’s just not cutting it — it doesn’t feel like the right place for my best photographic work. And I suspect I’m not alone.

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Earlier today, Nokia took the wraps off its newest Windows Phone 8 phone. ¹ The new phone sports a 4.5-inch 1280 x 768 display, and comes in white, black or yellow.

Oh, and a 41-megapixel camera sensor coupled with a new imaging SDK. On yesterday’s episode of The Prompt, we spoke about the gap between our iPhones and “real” cameras. (In my case, the Olympus E-PL5.) What would it be like to have Instagram or VSCO Cam built-in on my camera?

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