The iPad For Photographers

Sure looks like Spring.

Sure smells like Spring.

Then I step outdoors ~ We're not quite there yet.

Think I'll stay indoors a little longer. Since you're here, are you interested in learning something new?

A few favorite stylists and photographer friends have inspired me to look at my photos in a different light. Question ~ like me, do you ever find that when you take a photo, you sometimes miss the details that can make or break a great shot by simply looking through the viewfinder or squinting at the LCD panel on the back of your camera?

Here's the something new ~ I recently discovered that I can instantly view the shot that I just snapped, on the 9.7-inch screen of my iPad!

All you need is Apple's $29 iPad Camera Connection Kit and you're on your way to saving time & shooting like a pro!

Now, whether I'm "on location" or at my kitchen table, my iPad is right there as well showing me all the details!

Are you thinking that I figured this out on my own? Hardly.

I downloaded Jeff Carlson's book, The iPad For Photographers. In very plain English, he discusses this and many other clever uses for iPads including triggering the camera shutter remotely, using the screen as a fill flash, calculating depth of field, tracking outdoor light conditions, and most important, storing camera manuals as PDFs for quick reference when you're out on location, or at your kitchen table.

If you love your iPad and enjoy taking pictures with your digital camera, you'll find the book to be a fun and informative read. It doesn't teach you how to use an iPad or how to be a great photographer but it does cover many ways to use your iPad to streamline and make photography more fun. Thank you, Jeff Carlson!

See! Things are already looking brighter!

Might be time to go outdoors now ~

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

The iPad for Photographers

Mother & her nature.

Every morning bright & early my feathered friends begin their bird song and I'm reminded ~

the birds call

the day begins

and I am alive

                                                               Maori proverb

Every spring I find myself on my knees doing what I suppose most gardeners at some point do – help a youngster whose outgrown the warmth & security of their nest.

It’s my nature to nurture at least for a little while & if they chose to stay I would absolutely offer up fine residence.

Something along the lines of this charming birdcage that I spotted in Country Living at home in an Ohio farmhouse.

I will gladly listen to their chattering warble, twittering high notes & conversational sounds every day!

Perhaps an assortment of shapes & sizes would be best like this garden variety that my friend Brooke Giannetti found while antiquing up in the bay area.

Belgian decorator Natalie Haegeman shelters her feathered friends in this gorgeous aviary in her Antwerp Orangerie!

So, are you interested in learning more about the lyrical nightingale or does your idea of the typical field guide have you running for your life like Tippi Hedren in The Birds?

Well, I have discovered two delightful books that will have you twittering like a modern-day ornithologist!

One is ‘Birdsong’ by Madeleine Floyd.

The book includes both delightful drawings of birds with their specific eggs & details of the songs and sounds they make along with amusing anecdotes. 

I discovered the book & read a delightful review at the blog Atticus and Finch.

Be sure to visit the website of Madeline Floyd. I promise she’s not your ordinary ornithologist!

No binoculars needed when you take a field trip through The Birding Life: A Passion for Birds at Home and Afield 

“In the form of bird-themed art and décor, the beauty of winged creatures informs the “nests” and working spaces of the birders, artists, collectors, and conservationists featured in the more than twenty delightfully written stories in The Birding Life.” Amazon

I discovered this fascinating & gorgeous book over at The Skirted Roundtable where the ladies had a chat with one of the authors, Carol Sheehan.  A great interview!

  I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. Time now to go outside & play.