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by Heather Shimmin

Apple has just launched its MobileMe Gallery App for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Easily view your movies and photos in your MobileMe account on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the click of a button. Simply enter your name and password and you’ve got instant access to your published albums and movies

The MobileMe Gallery App remembers which images you’ve viewed in the past, so you can view them again – without an internet connection. A nice time saver when you’re anxious to show your buddy the footage of the trip to Aspen while you’re kicking back at the bar with no WiFi.

Flick right or left to view the next or previous image, pinch to zoom, and turn sideways for landscape view.

Instantly view your friends’ public MobileMe Galleries by selecting them from your address book or entering their user name.

FEATURES

• View your entire gallery, even password protected and hidden items
• See your friends’ galleries
• See previously viewed images without going online
• Easily share albums and images with friends directly from your iPhone

To install, make sure you’re running OS 3.0.1 and download the app from the iTunes Store.

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by Heather Shimmin

The Gorillacam App for the iPhone will elevate your picture-taking abilities to the next level, allowing you to do things you never dreamt of doing with your iPhone (well, maybe you did but were frustrated that you couldn’t.)

Before I delve into all the fabulous things you can do this app, I will say that in order for these features to work the best, I recommend getting the Gorillamobile, a tripod with bendable legs which attaches to your iPhone.  This allows hands-free photography, as well as a sturdy and safe place to station the IPhone, a must in low-light, group photos (where you’re in that group photo), and time lapse photography.

Here are some of the Gorillacam’s amazing features:

SELF-TIMER:  You can set a custom delay time in the self-timer mode.  Perfect for group photos.  There is also an audible countdown option.

CONTINUOUS RAPID FIRE:  Shoot as many continuous, rapid fire shots as you want at 1.6 frames per second (that’s really fast).  Hold down the shutter as long as you want, and it’ll keep shooting and you won’t miss the action.

TIME LAPSE:  Whoo hoo!  This is my favorite features.  Set the camera to take one picture every second up to one image every two minutes.

AUTO SAVE:  No need to stop after each image and save it. – Gorillacam saves each and every image automatically, so you don’t have to stop shooting.

3-SHOT BURST:  At the click of a button, take three photos in rapid succession.

GRID OVERLAY:   A Rule of Thirds Grid is placed over the screen, helping you to improve your composition.  It’s also great for lining up structures and the horizon.

BUBBLE LEVEL:  Yes, it even comes with a level, which works in both vertical and horizontal shooting modes.

PRESS ANYWHERE SHUTTER:  The entire screen is the shutter release, so you can press anywhere on the screen to take the picture.

SHARE:  Easily share and upload your images directly from the app.

Now go out there and create something wonderful!

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In the words of the Hipstamatic itself, “Digital photography never looked so analog.”

And it’s true.  The Hipstamatic iPhone app brings back the look and feel of those great, plastic film cameras of the good ol’ days.

If you don’t know an instamatic camera is or even how to load film into a camera, that’s okay.  This app is still cool.  For those of us who do  remember, it’s even cooler.  With the high film prices and even harder to find film types, the Hipstamatic is a great remedy for the film camera blues.

Here’s a run down of this baby can do:

Change your lens, flash, and film. With a little swipe of your finger, mix and match lenses, flashes, and film types.

Share your creations with your hip friends.  Email prints or share your images right from the application on Facebook and Flickr.

Mod out your camera. Browse the HipstaMart and mod out your camera with new lenses, flashes, and film.

Standard equipment. The Hipstamatic comes with the John S Lens, the Jimmy Lens, the Kaimal Mark II Lens, the Standard Flash, the Dreampop Flash, Ina’s 1969 Film, and Kodot Verichrome Film.

Enter the Hipsta show.  Every month, sometimes more, a contest is held for the best HipstaPrint.  Win cool prizes, such as an iTunes gift card.

The Hipstamatic iPhone app is available on iTunes for $1.99, less than a roll of film!

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If you’re on a budget and can only buy one iPhone photography application (or if your wife has put you on a budget and will only allow you to buy one photo app for your iPhone), this is the one to buy.

The Camera Plus Pro ($1.99) is an all-in-one photo and video app.  Does both video and photography. Capture, edit, organize, share, and tweak your images from one, simple application.

This very functional, user-friendly application holds the tools both amateurs and enthusiasts need to produce high quality images.  Aside from the basic crop and rotate features,  you can Geo-tag your images, as well as adjust the brightness, contrast, curves, colors, and levels.  Amongst other things, images can be dated, copyrighted, and even password protected.

Unlike other iPhone photography apps, Camera Plus Pro lets you capture an image at various resolutions:

Resolution settings for an iPhone 3GS:
Original: 2048 x 1536
Medium: 1024 x 768
Low: 512 x 384

Resolution settings for an iPhone 3G:
Original: 1600 x 1200
Medium: 800 x 600
Low: 400 x 300

FEATURES

• Record Video
• Geo-tag images
• Save images automatically
• Tap the display to focus
• Full-screen slide show
• Self-timer
• Anti-shake
• Grid lines
• Flash
• Crop
• Adjust
• Rotate
• Password protection
• Copyright
• Date images

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