Reviews

Top 10 Sporting Apps for BlackBerry

July 3, 2011

Having a BlackBerry is ideal for any sports fan because of all of the great sporting apps that are available to download for all cell phone plans. The BlackBerry app world has hundreds of great sporting apps to choose from, but there are 10 apps that every sports fan must have downloaded on to their [...]

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Photo eBook: “A Deeper Frame” by David duChemin PLUS the Deepest Discount Ever!

June 28, 2011

David duChemin’s first eBook in over 6 months, A Deeper Frame, is an introduction to the discussion about re-introducing the illusion, or perception, of depth that is removed when the camera flattens the three-dimensional world into two. This insightful and inspirational eBook will help you understand principles that artists have understood for centuries, but that [...]

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Flixlab’s iPhone app makes video editing social – without actually editing

June 22, 2011

Flixlab, a brand new iPhone application, is “social video & photo editing” without the need to actually edit anything, you can create and share great movies automatically, add transitions, titles, music etc., all with just a few taps on your iPhone display. The app basically works by sharing pictures and videos with your friends and [...]

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(micro)STOCK: From Passion to Paycheck by Nicole S. Young

June 8, 2011

New eBook Available: (micro)STOCK: From Passion to Paycheck by Nicole S. Young is a jam-packed guide to producing, managing, and marketing your photographs for digital distribution on the micro-stock market. There is a lot more to stock photography than uploading a bunch of pictures and hoping for the best. Nicole shares her industry experience and [...]

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Nikkor 24-120mm f4 (vs Nikkor 18-200mm VR in quick lens sharpness comparison test)

June 6, 2011

I’ve been a happy user of Nikon’s 1st generation Nikkor 18-200mm VR f3.5-5.6 DX lens since I got it for my Nikon D5000 shortly after I purchased the D5000. However, I quickly learned that a fast prime was a must so I also purchased the Nikkor 35mm f1.8 AF-S, which is an amazing (and cheap) [...]

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“Streamago” – new free interactive live broadcasting by Tiscali

May 31, 2011

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to share an unforgettable or interesting event you’ve experienced while outside? How nice it would be to be able to easily and instantly share it the minute you catch it on video! Introducing Streamago, powered by Tiscali, the latest free interactive social networking iPhone application that [...]

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Nikon 70-200mm lens thermos bottle [review]

May 16, 2011

Last year I reviewed the Nikon 24-70mm lens thermo cup, which I think was pretty cool (and I still use it sometimes when I’m out and about). This time I got something even better to review; a Nikon 70-200mm thermos lens bottle from LensMug.net, a 1:1 model of the real Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 lens. Specifications: [...]

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“Extreme Perspectives” – An Introduction to Mountain Photography

May 12, 2011

A new ebook has just been released by my favorit photography & ebook website, Craft & Vision. Extreme Perspectives, An Introduction to Mountain Photography by Alexandre Buisse is a collection of amazing stories and beautiful photographs from some of the most breathtaking and remote places in the world. This ebook will inspire and excite photographers [...]

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Is the NYT iPad App Really Worth the Monthly Fee?

April 24, 2011

It’s no doubt that the iPad is extremely popular. Like a notebook computer, it can access the Internet and run a wide variety of programs and applications. Its touch screen features are perfect for reading PDFs and other documents since the user can easily scroll up and down and zoom in to text in detail [...]

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Easynews – the new & easy approach to usenet

April 20, 2011

Easynews offers a simple and straightforward solution for accessing literally petabytes of audio, video, image and text files posted to over 100,000 topic-specific groups (more specifically called “newsgroups”). Plans range from $9.98/month for 20 gigs of downloads to $29.94 for 150 gigs of downloads. They are also offering a 14 day/10 gig free trial (you [...]

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The Collection – a revolutionary trendy ‘appazine’ for iPad

April 18, 2011

Have you ever thought about reading on your iPad the latest and hottest topics that only the top magazines can offer? The Collection Introducing the new iPad application called the “The Collection” – an appazine (a combination of app and magazine) – which was created to take journalistic apps to an entirely different new level. [...]

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Home improvement – making it easy with mobile apps

April 13, 2011

Just as rapid as the growth in sales of the iPhone (see How big a data plan do you really need for your iPhone, March 21 2011) has been the explosion in the number of apps you can download. From games and entertainment, through business productivity to planning your travel itinerary, the breadth of the [...]

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New eBook available: The Power of B&W in Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A Masterclass)

April 12, 2011

The Power of Black & White in Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A Masterclass) by Piet Van den Eynde is an exceptional course on creating black and white photographs in Adobe Lightroom. For the emerging photographer, digital black and white seems like it’s simply a mouse-click away but the process to create exceptional monochrome images requires [...]

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Free Applications for iPhones

March 28, 2011

Apple amazes everyone, mainly the gizmo freaks owing to its superb features and iphone apps which are fairly easy to install. The huge demand for the iPhones arises owing to its well integrated set of applications. The free iPhone applications can be found across wide categories namely news, entertainment, utilities and social networking etc. What [...]

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Best Wireless Routers for Mac Users

March 22, 2011

There are dozens of wireless routers in the retailers’ electronics departments that infamously claim to be “Mac compatible.” If you or one of your friends has ever purchased one of these routers, they either own a PC or know that compatible is used quite loosely. So what router should you buy if you have a [...]

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“The Evocative Image” – A Photographer’s Guide to Capturing Mood

February 24, 2011

A new ebook has just been released by Craft & Vision, titled The Evocative Image, written by Andrew S. Gibson. The Evocative Image is an inspiring introduction to the processes and techniques specific to making photographs that express what we feel. With great examples, creative exercises, and insightful comments Gibson offers up his unique perspective [...]

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Samsung release Galaxy S II with Android 2.3 Gingerbread

February 21, 2011

It is no wonder that Samsung would release the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II as its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S, has been a great success in the past year. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what you will get with the new Samsung Galaxy S II. When you get to hold [...]

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7 iPad Apps That Can Save You Money

February 19, 2011

Your iPad is capable of much more than gaming, browsing the web, checking email and staying up to date with everything on the social web. In fact, come to think of it, there’s not much that it can’t do – including helping you to stay on top of your personal finances. Hand picked from the [...]

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Review: Kata “Reflex-C” Camera Strap

February 15, 2011

You’d be surprised how hard it is to review a camera strap. I mean, it’s a strap. It holds your camera. What else is there? Actually, there’s more to it than that, and if you’re still shooting with your branded original camera strap, I’ll let you in on a secret: It sucks and it was [...]

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Review: Sony Walkman E450 (E453, 4GB)

February 9, 2011

The Sony Walkman E453 is a budget friendly MP3 and video player that comes in five different colors (red, green, black, blue and pink) so you should be able to find one that fits both your style (color) and your bank account (it’s not that expensive). Sony sent me a pink NWZ-E453 4GB to play [...]

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Using Visual Similarity In Image Searching on Your Mac

February 2, 2011

Some amazing developments in Mac software continue to come from both research centers and private developers. We are well aware of applications like Spring Cleaning from Smith Micro Software. This software will perform a large variety of functions, such as finding archives, disk images, empty folders, font files, superfluous help files, music, podcast and even [...]

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New eBook from Craft & Vision: Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wigget

January 18, 2011

Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wiggett is the newest ebook to be added to the Craft & Vision library and the latest in The Print & The Process Series. Darwin captures the spirit of Canada’s most striking mountain range in this monograph of breath-taking landscapes. Photographers of all levels, and geographic persuasion, will [...]

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Amazon Kindle revolutionizes reading habits

January 16, 2011

While we are all busy tracking earth shattering inventions and gadgets, there is a silent revolution taking place in the book publishing world. Ebooks have entered the domain which techies feared to enter – e-publishing. The pioneer in this field is once again Amazon which brought out the first real, paper-like ebook reader – The [...]

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Photography: What’s drawing the eye (visual mass)?

December 15, 2010

If you like taking pictures, then you’d probably prefer taking pictures that people like to look at as well. Sometimes we get lucky and capture a great shot, but often it takes a little bit of thought or planning to get it just right. Remember, don’t just take pictures – make them! One thing you, [...]

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