PodJam.tv Now Live!

Yesterday marked the beginning of a new adventure for me.  After a month and a half of planning and preparation for a site designed to be a hub for people to jam, my partner and co-host @mistygirlph have launched PodJam.Tv.  We started out with two posts here on my site.  We had so much fun writing and sharing with our audience that we pushed ourselves to move forward and create a place for people to learn, and share with our passion.   Our goal is to be able to post videos, audio podcasts and written  articles full of helpful tidbits of information that deals with different aspects of a person’s digital life.

L to R: Misty Belardo and Marty McPadden

We hope to bring our personal views, reviews and tips about photography, social media, technology and life. Take you to our travels and  allow you a peak into our online and offline life.  What will happen to my site you may ask.  Well, it will still be here, please feel free to browse around and share if you like.  But my efforts and concentration will be on PodJam.Tv, creating content for the new site is now my priority.  I invite you to check out PodJam.Tv, come and have fun with us, engage and learn with us.  

You can also find PodJam.Tv on Facebook and please follow us on Twitter for updates, cool contests and giveaways.

Snapture - A Better iPhone Camera

 If you haven't guessed, I'm a big iPhone fan. I started with the iPhone 3g and this past June upgraded to the 3G-S. Along with just being faster, the iPhone 3G-S sports a video camera as well as a much improved still camera. I've noticed a definitely bump up in quality namely due to a three megapixel sensor, autofocus feature and improved low light performance. Unfortunately, one of the things that hasn't changed is the camera app itself. It's still quite basic in it's functionality. To try and remedy this, there have been many camera apps developed and made available for download on the iTunes App Store. In my search to find a good camera app, I recently came across Snapture from Snapture Labs, LLC. Snapture is a major upgrade to the built-in camera app and is loaded with a ton of much have features.

 

 Snapture exceptional feature list includes:

• High speed multishot - capture three shots in rapid fire succession to insure getting the perfect shot. This is especially handy when shooting action scenes.
• Easy Snap - enbles you to touch anywhere on the screen to take a picture. No more hunting for that tiny shutter button. Great for self portraits.
• TouchZone - Enables you to hold your finger on the screen, compose your shot and simply release your finger to grab the shot.
• Multiple Image Sizes - Enables image capture at mutiple file sizes including full resolution. Most other camera apps don't allow full resolution photos.
• 5x Digital Zoom - Using the pinch gesture, you can zoom in on your subject up to 5x
• A2 Autofocus - Automatic auto focus. Works with the pinch and zoom feature on the iPhone 3G-S
• On Screen Level - aide to help composition

The photos above give you an idea of the 5x digital zoom feature. Even though it is a digital zoom and not optical, it does come in handy when shooting distant subjects even though some detail quality is lost due to the zoom. A small trade considering you've got a three megapixel image to work with. I've been using Snapture for the better part of a month and it has completely replaced the built-in camera app on the front page on my iPhone 3G-S. Snapture is available in the iTunes Store is is priced at a very reasonable $1.99 which is a great value for all the additional functionality it brings to the camera.

Here's a link to the Snapture app available for download in the iTunes App Store.

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Posted via email from Marty McPadden