BLORGE » PHOTO.BLORGE http://blorge.com Top technology news today Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:40:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 If you are into photography why not enter a contest http://blorge.com/2011/08/24/if-you-are-into-photography-why-not-enter-a-contest/ http://blorge.com/2011/08/24/if-you-are-into-photography-why-not-enter-a-contest/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:40:03 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/08/24/if-you-are-into-photography-why-not-enter-a-contest/

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There are three photography competitions that are accepting submissions until September 30th of this year.  Two of them allow you to enter your photographs into specific categories like Wildlife, Friends and Family, Architecture and Food.  Each contest has different rules and requirements for submissions. The Aerial America Photo Contest is sponsored by The Smithsonian Channel.  [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/08/24/if-you-are-into-photography-why-not-enter-a-contest/feed/ 0 Here are ways to dress up your Android photos http://blorge.com/2011/07/30/here-are-ways-to-dress-up-your-android-photos/ http://blorge.com/2011/07/30/here-are-ways-to-dress-up-your-android-photos/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:20:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/07/30/here-are-ways-to-dress-up-your-android-photos/

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There are times when carrying around a lot of photo equipment is neither appropriate or convenient.  During those times, you can still use your Android phone to take and create some amazing photographs and effects.  You can find an amazing number of photo apps that turn your camera into something more.  While some of these [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/07/30/here-are-ways-to-dress-up-your-android-photos/feed/ 0 Rephotography is a great way to look at the past http://blorge.com/2011/07/17/rephotography-is-a-great-way-to-look-at-the-past/ http://blorge.com/2011/07/17/rephotography-is-a-great-way-to-look-at-the-past/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:20:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/07/17/rephotography-is-a-great-way-to-look-at-the-past/

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Rephotography involves finding the subject matter or place of an earlier photograph and taking an updated shot today.  Usually the earlier photographs are from a significantly earlier period in your life or the existence of your subject matter. During the Great Depression, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Resettlement Administration employed photographers to document the [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/07/17/rephotography-is-a-great-way-to-look-at-the-past/feed/ 0 iPhone 4 gains ground on Flickr http://blorge.com/2011/04/20/iphone-4-gains-ground-on-flickr/ http://blorge.com/2011/04/20/iphone-4-gains-ground-on-flickr/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:40:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/04/20/iphone-4-gains-ground-on-flickr/

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While none of us were watching, the iPhone 4 has become one of the most popular cameras used to take photos that end up on Flickr, and is in fact about to take over the top spot from the Nikon D90. Flickr, the popular photography showcase Web site, has just published a graph showing the [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/04/20/iphone-4-gains-ground-on-flickr/feed/ 0 Seamless wireless photo transfer from your camera http://blorge.com/2011/04/14/seamless-wireless-photo-transfer-from-your-camera/ http://blorge.com/2011/04/14/seamless-wireless-photo-transfer-from-your-camera/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:20:01 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/04/14/seamless-wireless-photo-transfer-from-your-camera/

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Many of us, especially iPhone and Android users, have become addicted to being able to upload photos to the net directly from our phones. Did you know that here was a device that would allow you to do that from your camera? With smartphone cameras in the 5 megapixel range and up, and all those [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/04/14/seamless-wireless-photo-transfer-from-your-camera/feed/ 0 Another Facebook photo scam http://blorge.com/2011/04/12/another-facebook-photo-scam/ http://blorge.com/2011/04/12/another-facebook-photo-scam/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:20:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/04/12/another-facebook-photo-scam/

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Photo tagging, like so much on Facebook, seemed like a cool idea at the time, but is now showing its ugly side as the practice results in increased malware and spam for users that participate in it. The fellow who heads up Facecrooks, Tim Senft, has a warning for us all (again) and this time [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/04/12/another-facebook-photo-scam/feed/ 0 iPhone apps let you do time-lapse photography http://blorge.com/2011/04/11/iphone-apps-let-you-do-time-lapse-photography/ http://blorge.com/2011/04/11/iphone-apps-let-you-do-time-lapse-photography/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:40:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/04/11/iphone-apps-let-you-do-time-lapse-photography/

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The iPhone continues to amaze, with more and more interesting apps coming out every week. A couple of recent ones make it easy to take time lapse photos with your iPhone to amaze your friends. All of us have seen time-lapse photography but only a few of us have ever done it. Now, thanks to [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/04/11/iphone-apps-let-you-do-time-lapse-photography/feed/ 0 Do cameras on iPads – tablets make any sense? http://blorge.com/2011/04/08/do-cameras-on-ipads-%e2%80%93-tablets-make-any-sense/ http://blorge.com/2011/04/08/do-cameras-on-ipads-%e2%80%93-tablets-make-any-sense/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:20:03 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/04/08/do-cameras-on-ipads-%e2%80%93-tablets-make-any-sense/

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Smartphones with decent cameras seem to be one of the better ideas to insure that you always have a camera close at hand. Does the same thing apply to cameras on the iPad 2 and other tablets or are they just dumb? This space has mentioned [...] Related Posts: Cameras come to the iPad 2 [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/04/08/do-cameras-on-ipads-%e2%80%93-tablets-make-any-sense/feed/ 0 FX for the iPad 2 is an effects photo arsenal http://blorge.com/2011/04/06/fx-for-the-ipad-2-is-an-effects-photo-arsenal/ http://blorge.com/2011/04/06/fx-for-the-ipad-2-is-an-effects-photo-arsenal/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:00:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/04/06/fx-for-the-ipad-2-is-an-effects-photo-arsenal/

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Even though the camera on the iPad 2 is not exactly at the top of the heap, there is at least one app for Apple’s new tablet (FX Photo Studio) that gives the user a lot of tools and a great gesture interface for photo editing. [...] Related Posts: Web-based photo-editing coming for Mozilla’s Ubiquity [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/04/06/fx-for-the-ipad-2-is-an-effects-photo-arsenal/feed/ 0 ‘Color’ iPhone – Android app has no modesty http://blorge.com/2011/03/28/%e2%80%98color%e2%80%99-iphone-%e2%80%93-android-app-has-no-modesty/ http://blorge.com/2011/03/28/%e2%80%98color%e2%80%99-iphone-%e2%80%93-android-app-has-no-modesty/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:20:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/03/28/%e2%80%98color%e2%80%99-iphone-%e2%80%93-android-app-has-no-modesty/

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A new smartphone app and Web site named ‘Color’ are based almost entirely on the photograph, but it does not seem to have much to offer except someplace to display photos that the entire world can see. All photographers like to share the photos that they [...] Related Posts: Multicolr Search Lab lets you search [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/03/28/%e2%80%98color%e2%80%99-iphone-%e2%80%93-android-app-has-no-modesty/feed/ 0 Android Phones get bigger cameras http://blorge.com/2011/03/24/android-phones-get-bigger-cameras/ http://blorge.com/2011/03/24/android-phones-get-bigger-cameras/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:00:03 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/03/24/android-phones-get-bigger-cameras/

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If your motto is ‘The best camera is the one you have with you” and you have one of a small group of Android smartphones, you may be very close to right, except for your good camera. How many times have you driven or walked by [...] Related Posts: Aussie Kogan Android smartphone mystery The [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/03/24/android-phones-get-bigger-cameras/feed/ 0 Cameras come to the iPad 2 http://blorge.com/2011/03/22/cameras-come-to-the-ipad-2/ http://blorge.com/2011/03/22/cameras-come-to-the-ipad-2/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:40:04 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/03/22/cameras-come-to-the-ipad-2/

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Cameras were the “missing ingredient” pointed out most often when the original iPads were launched this year. Perhaps to make up for that, the new iPad 2 comes with two cameras, one front and one rear. A lot of people were disappointed when the original iPad [...] Related Posts: iPad 2 camera has less resolution [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/03/22/cameras-come-to-the-ipad-2/feed/ 0 iPad 2 camera has less resolution than display http://blorge.com/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera-has-less-resolution-than-display/ http://blorge.com/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera-has-less-resolution-than-display/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:40:03 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera-has-less-resolution-than-display/

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Apparently, the better of the two cameras in the new Apple iPad 2 has set a record of sorts, although not one that is likely to make anyone proud. Still, it is a first and should be recognized as such. All digital cameras have a maximum [...] Related Posts: Photo news for the iPhone 5 [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera-has-less-resolution-than-display/feed/ 0 How to use the camera flash on the iPhone 4 http://blorge.com/2011/01/30/how-to-use-the-camera-flash-on-the-iphone-4-2/ http://blorge.com/2011/01/30/how-to-use-the-camera-flash-on-the-iphone-4-2/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:40:03 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/01/30/how-to-use-the-camera-flash-on-the-iphone-4-2/

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Not only does the new iPhone 4 have two cameras, but the one which should be thought of as the “main” camera has a flash! Read the rest of the post to find out how to control it and how well it works. The flash function [...] Related Posts: How to adjust white balance on [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/01/30/how-to-use-the-camera-flash-on-the-iphone-4-2/feed/ 0 gyroCam makes the iPhone 4 much less jittery. http://blorge.com/2011/01/27/gyrocam-makes-the-iphone-4-much-less-jittery/ http://blorge.com/2011/01/27/gyrocam-makes-the-iphone-4-much-less-jittery/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:20:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/01/27/gyrocam-makes-the-iphone-4-much-less-jittery/

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Speaking of the iPhone 4 camera, as we have a bit lately, one of the things you don’t get as a feature is anti-shake. Developers have tried before, but a new app called gyroCam does the job and makes the iPhone 4 steadier. There have been [...] Related Posts: iPhone 4 adds enhanced screen, second [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/01/27/gyrocam-makes-the-iphone-4-much-less-jittery/feed/ 0 How to zoom and focus the iPhone 4 camera http://blorge.com/2011/01/26/how-to-zoom-and-focus-the-iphone-4-camera-2/ http://blorge.com/2011/01/26/how-to-zoom-and-focus-the-iphone-4-camera-2/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:40:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/01/26/how-to-zoom-and-focus-the-iphone-4-camera-2/

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The camera on the iPhone 4 is more than just the camera you always have with you. It is a very nice photo device in it own right. Tap to focus and zoom are two of the major improvements in this camera. When Apple decided to [...] Related Posts: iPhone 4 adds enhanced screen, second [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/01/26/how-to-zoom-and-focus-the-iphone-4-camera-2/feed/ 0 Photo news for the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 http://blorge.com/2011/01/22/photo-news-for-the-iphone-5-and-ipad-2/ http://blorge.com/2011/01/22/photo-news-for-the-iphone-5-and-ipad-2/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:40:02 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/01/22/photo-news-for-the-iphone-5-and-ipad-2/

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The iPhone camera is one of the handier ways to take photos anywhere, any time and the iPad is also slated to get one or more cameras. What all can we expect in the near future from Apple mobile devices? The aphorism that the best camera [...] Related Posts: Apple’s iPad could be a great [...]

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]]> http://blorge.com/2011/01/22/photo-news-for-the-iphone-5-and-ipad-2/feed/ 0 How to adjust white balance on the iPhone camera http://blorge.com/2011/01/20/how-to-adjust-white-balance-on-the-iphone-camera/ http://blorge.com/2011/01/20/how-to-adjust-white-balance-on-the-iphone-camera/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:40:03 +0000 admin http://blorge.com/2011/01/20/how-to-adjust-white-balance-on-the-iphone-camera/

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Although there is not a formal setting for white balance on most cell phone cameras, including the iPhone, it turns out that there is nonetheless a way to indirectly set the white balance on the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 has more features than do a [...] Related Posts: iPhone 4 camera review- pros and [...]

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