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This morning, cool 7 am air tempted me out for a morning beachwalk. The temptation was strengthened by a looming deadline for a piece of writing I’ve know about for a year: I’m the matriarch of procrastination. I’ve had my iPhone since November and have only just begun to use it, thanks to the tutelage of the Tamborine mob (more procrastination.)
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Intrigued by the writing, Meg 🙂 Will we see some evidence of it?
Since my Nokia drowned I’ve played about a little bit with my Samsung mini but I could use any tips you have. Are you going to start Instagram-ing?
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Get the behind me. NO instagramming. I’m getting email tips from a site that includes this video – a bit slow, but some excellent tips and photos. The same site has a lot more.
http://iphonephotographyschool.com/video-11/
The writing? I’ll post eventually. It’s a couple of pieces for a family history publication. Today’s job is getting 2500 precious words to become 800. Wish me luck! At least I can blog the whole 2500.
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I thought it must be something like that (the history) 🙂 Thanks for the link- I’ll give it a whirl! You don’t need luck, Meg- you’re a whizz 🙂
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Mind you, you probably know all these tips already, given your splendid photos. Especially shadows.
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It is sea weed Meg? It catches the light so well. I used to be the mistress of procrastination but now I can’t makeup my mind 🙂
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Sea weed it is. Usually the gleam defeats me but this was OK. Now I need to go and reduce 3500 words, not of which are not worth while (they’re my great uncle’s, not mine), to 800. That could well defeat me!
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Those photos are nice and sharp Meg. I find I cannot hold the phone steady enough and the photos I took came out blurry, but then I only have the iPhone 4 and it has a very basic camera function. So I prefer my lovely Cannon sx40 with image stabiliser. I must admit I am tempted to get a better iPhone, now the new ones are out the previous model may be a better price…
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I think mine’s only a 4 – where’s my grandson when I need him? He knows! I’ve just ditched my old mobile number – I’ve had the phone since 1998 – so I’m now committed to the iPhone.
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All this new technology keeps the old brain cells active…
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Well now, they don’t look at all bad do they? I refuse to get an i-phone (I get irritated by apple fanatics) or even a smart-phone mainly because I don’t use a phone often enough to warrant the expense, but some day I shall need to replace my old Nokia as the battery is dying…
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I’ve had my mobile since 1997. I got the iPhone for its portability, and my son had to overcome his apple aversion to get it for me. For me, it’s easy to use, because it’s really a mini mini iPad, and you know my relationship with my iPad! My granddaughter’s photos in the museum in Brisbane ran rings round mine – although she has a quirky eye too.
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I’m with you Jude on i phones! If you must get a smart phone at some point, check Sony, I’m on my third and I still think thy have the best cameras.
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I like the golden leaves in the second shot. I find mobile phone camera can often highlight colours a regular camera misses.
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I’m looking forward to playing a bit, although I can’t hang it around my neck and tie it safely and undroppably to its case.
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I know that feeling. It is a slippery object. I’ve dropped mine more times than is good for it
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