Happy Father's Day to iDads: Free Redeem Code Giveaway

To celebrate Father's Day (a few days early), my app developers/friends/dads (Dr. Dave Wilson and Juan Pons) and I are giving away free redeem codes for two of our apps.

Here are the codes for 24/7 Photo Buffet (iPhone app):

W7KPRXRH9JHA
W7TTHRP69NLM
LNX6YN3W7TFT
W96644XT9MXE

That's all we have for now. We gave away our total. More codes to come with the launch of the iPad version.


Here are the codes for Life Lesson We Can Learn From Mother Nature (iPad app):

ERHWL9E4ANNF
M6JY3A6FP3H3
9FHE99K7RNRP
3ATEF369P6P9
76JT4H93N3AP
X44TNFLALWY9
9MHJ34N63PPP

We'll be giving away more codes in the future. Stay tuned.

Good luck to all the iDads (and iKids of great iDads) who have iPhones and iPads. :-)

Happy Dad's Day,
Rick

Rainbow Photo Tips

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The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. – John Vance Cheney

Moab, Utah
Canon 1Ds Mark II
Canon 17- 40mm lens @ 17mm
Aperture Priority Mode
ISO 100
f/5.6 @ 1/125 sec.

Photo Tips:
• Never underestimate the importance of cropping. It's the first thing I do after I open an image.
• Look for rainbows after it rains. Sounds like a simple tip, but looking helps you find rainbows.
• Use the Saturation tool in Photoshop to increase the colors in the rainbow. Select a soft-edge brush and "paint" over the rainbow.
• Slightly darkening the image in Photoshop can add drama to an image.

Life Lessons We Can Learn from Mother Nature, my latest iPad app, was recently released on the iTunes app store. The concept: On each page of the e-book-type app you’ll find an inspirational or motivational quote accompanied by one of my wildlife or landscape photographs. I tired to match each photograph to the quote, which was a challenging but rewarding process.

The photographs are from my travels over the years; the quotes are gathered from a lifetime of looking for inspiration from others.

To celebrate the iPad app, co-developed with Juan Pons (the dude who started the Digital Photo Experience with me), I’ll be posting a picture and quote from time to time here on my blog – pictures and quotes that are not in the app. I’ll also include the location in which each photograph was taken, as well as the camera data – as I do in the app.

To order the app, which also features my favorite Photoshop techniques for wildlife and nature photography, click on the iPhone/iPad photographs on the right.

If you have an inspiration quote you’d like to share, please share it here via a Comment.

Explore the light – and explore the iPad!
Rick

Close-up Photo Tips

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To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Coconut Creek, Florida
Canon 1Ds Mark II
Canon 50mm Macro Lens
Aperture Priority Mode
ISO 400
f/9.0 @ 1/80th sec.

Close-up Photo Tips:
• Use a true macro lens for close-up photography. It will get you closer than a zoom with a macro setting.
• Pay extra attention to depth-of-field, because depth-of-field is limited.
• Use a ringlight for even illumination.
• The background can make or break the photograph.

Life Lessons We Can Learn from Mother Nature, my latest iPad app, was recently released on the iTunes app store. The concept: On each page of the e-book-type app you’ll find an inspirational or motivational quote accompanied by one of my wildlife or landscape photographs. I tired to match each photograph to the quote, which was a challenging but rewarding process.

The photographs are from my travels over the years; the quotes are gathered from a lifetime of looking for inspiration from others.

To celebrate the iPad app, co-developed with Juan Pons (the dude who started the Digital Photo Experience with me), I’ll be posting a picture and quote from time to time here on my blog – pictures and quotes that are not in the app. I’ll also include the location in which each photograph was taken, as well as the camera data – as I do in the app.

To order the app, which also features my favorite Photoshop techniques for wildlife and nature photography, click on the iPhone/iPad photos on the right.

If you have an inspiration quote you’d like to share, please share it here via a Comment.

Explore the light – and explore the iPad!
Rick

Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature – iPad App Now Available

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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln

Kenya
Canon 1Ds Mark II
Canon 1000-400mm IS lens @ 340mm
Aperture Priority Mode
ISO 125
f/8.0 @ 164th sec.

Photo tips:
• Check your histogram to make sure that your highlights are not washed out.
• Don't look directly into the sun at sunrise and sunset.
• Wear sunglasses at sunrise and sunset.
• Have fun in Photoshop creating the mirror effect, as I did here.
• Note that polarizing filters are not effective when shooting directly toward or away from the sun.

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Life Lessons We Can Learn from Mother Nature, my latest iPad app, was recently released on the iTunes app store. The concept: On each page of the e-book-type app you’ll find an inspirational or motivational quote accompanied by one of my wildlife or landscape photographs. I tired to match each photograph to the quote, which was a challenging but rewarding process.

The photographs are from my travels over the years; the quotes are gathered from a lifetime of looking for inspiration from others.

To celebrate the iPad app, co-developed with Juan Pons (the dude who started the Digital Photo Experience with me), I’ll be posting a picture and quote from time to time here on my blog – pictures and quotes that are not in the app. I’ll also include the location in which each photograph was taken, as well as the camera data – as I do in the app.

To order the app, which also features my favorite Photoshop techniques for wildlife and nature photography, click on the iPhone/iPad photos on the right.

If you have an inspiration quote you’d like to share, please share it here via a Comment.

Explore the light – and explore the iPad!

Rick
P.S. Click here to see all my apps.