25 Free iPhone Apps for Travelers and Bloggers
Looks like some nice recommendations. I’ll have plenty of time to try these out on my Chengdu/Tibet trip next week.
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East Coast Trip
In the last 3 months I made 2 trips to the East Coast of Malaysia, and that’s twice as many times as I’ve been in my life. Never one to think much about it, I’m now completely sold on the many beautiful locations and unique experiences to be had on this quiet side of Peninsular Malaysia. I’ll be making trips there again in the near future that’s for sure. Time just seems to slow down just a little when I’m there. This recent trip over 4 days and 3 nights were organised by Gogolions, we visited some unique spots (for this East Coast newbie, at least) and even more unique were the places we stayed.
With my Nikon D300, I brought along my Casio Exilim FC100 point and shoot, having just bought a few weeks back to test some cool features, most interestingly its high speed video capabilities and boy was it fun to see everything in slo-mo! The Exilim allows for high speed video capture of 210fps, 420fps and 1000fps! The video resolution gets progressively smaller as the speed goes higher, with 1000fps producing a tiny 224 X 64 pixel resolution. I find that the best quality to shoot in is 210fps, at 480 X 360 pixel, though I’d love to be able to shoot at a higher speed than that. Here’s a video made with the camera, and I just love how everything looks just a bit cooler when viewed in slow motion. A note on shooting high speed mode: this beast requires tonnes of light in order to produce great results. Anything less and you’ll come up with a grainy clip.
There are a couple more preset features on the Casio that produces interesting results when used er… incorrectly, such at the High Speed Anti Shake, as sampled below:
I can see some unique photos being created in this mode and will definitely explore more.
Read MoreGalleries added
In addition to the Flickr feed link on the right, I’ve put up some selection of my work on dedicated pages on this site. These galleries will be constantly updated as I find more time to work on my back log of images. In the mean time, head on over to Photographs section to take an early sneak preview.
Read MoreEarly Impressions of iPad
Got myself an iPad 2 weeks ago with the intention of using it as a multiple-purpose tool: one which I’ll bring on the road on short trips, and also to be as a training tool. With proper app/slides/images, I see this as a great tool when conducting one-on-one photography classes, negating the need for cumbersome projector and notebook. Mostly though, I’ll be using this mainly as a photographer’s tool and if you’re reading this, I assume you’ll want to know if it’s a good photographer’s companion.
Read MoreQuickTip: Quick zoom your image after shot
On a recent photography roadtrip, I learnt of a new trick that the D300 is capable of: when reviewing your shots, pressing the multi-selector button on the center will enable you to quickly view other files in thumbnail mode (default setting), histogram, zoom (my favourite) or choose a playback folder. To set how the button behave, go to f1 in your Custom Setting menu, choose f1 and select Playback mode option. With zoom option selected, you can choose the magnification level too. This is real handy shortcut to check image sharpness after every shot, especially for the pixel-peeping sorts. (Thanks Chew!)
Read MoreThere is nothing wrong with your computer…
Do not attempt to refresh your browser… And so it began, a new fresh (and currently slightly broken) look on seanliew.com. Please bear (and bare) with me for a moment while I tame this beast called Wordpress theme (all hail WSOD). So do not be alarmed to see broken images, randomly appearing blog post snippets everywhere, and duplicate posts, especially ones about me (I’m not that narcissistic, yet).
This new outlook will also mark the new direction I’ll be taking in my life. Exciting times ahead, and I can’t wait to share it with you guys.
Cheers.
-Sean
Read MoreGeotagging Your Photos On The Cheap
Geotagging photos is the latest and trendiest way of showing off not only your nicely captured (and captioned) photos, it allows viewers to know just exactly where you took them. Software such as Apple’s iPhoto and Aperture supports geotagging (aptly called Places), allowing you to add GPS information to your photos in very simple ways. The resulting images, when viewed in Places mode, will show push pins on Google map where clicking on these pins will reveal photos taken at the spot. Very nifty indeed.
Read MoreEarth Hour Photos from Boston Globe
It’s as if your mouse is a giant light switch when you visit this page. Earth Hour 2010 – Boston Globe Big Picture.
Free PhotoMaster Class from BBC
BBC Wildlife is making their PhotoMaster Class tutorial PDFs for free to download. Quality and excellent guides for new and seasoned photographers alike. Get ‘em now before they’re gone.
Read MorePhotonica font admited to Softpedia’s DB
Softpedia Photonica page
Photonica, a font I created for fun many years back and made available for download and use for free, is now part of Softpedia’s collection. What’s this means then? Don’t know, probably means more people will be using it for free, which is cool. For the past years I’ve been getting emails from users across the globe, asking for permission to use it in their marketing materials and logo designs (all of which I wholeheartedly agree, of course). Not quite sure if the description of the font is correct but I like it: “Photonica is a TTF character that was designed in order to help you change the ordinary appearance of your digital papers.” (emphasis added). Inspired by the Proton logotype, Photonica is also freely available for download at dafont.com. Here are some of Photonica’s applications that I know of so far:
Maxis Fast Tap logo
BNP Paribas Marketing Materials
Team 229 Robotics website graphics and elements
Midwest Sprint Series T-shirt design
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