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How to use PhotoPills Augmented Reality

As we come to the end of Milky Way Hunting Season, the Galactic Center is close to the horizon. In my area, the galaxy stands pretty well straight up. That doesn’t mean it’s not time to head out for night sky image creation. I took my PhotoPills app out in

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Photo of photo-sharing apps, including Lyrak and Instagram. The darker photo on either side courtesy of Shyam Mishra from Unsplash.

Lyrak: Can it replace your Insta habit?

Lyrak is a new photo-sharing app. Unlike Instagram, Lyrak does not have incessant ads and videos. Also, no data collection or AI training of your photos. Can it replace your Insta habit? Lyrak is a photo-sharing app Rishi Siva, founder of Lyrak, contacted us recently. He described Lyrak like this:

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A first look at Luminar for iPad

If you’re one of the people waiting for Luminar to be available for iPad, the day has finally come! Skylum has just released its first official Luminar app for Apple iPad, which also works with the Vision Pro. If you’re curious, read on for a quick introduction and a first

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Mobile Mondays: How to scout a location

When you are planning for a photo or video project, do you wish you had an app that could help you with anything from location scouting to sun placement? There are a multitude of iOS and Android apps that do just that. In this ThinkTAP Learn video, instructor Richard Harrington

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Mobile Mondays: Finding your way outdoors with ViewRanger

Do you want to find your way outdoors using topographical maps, trail guides and offline GPS navigation in the palm of your hand? Of course you do. And so do I. My old GPS navigator, X-Motion GPS, is no longer supported. After trying several new apps, I found ViewRanger. ViewRanger

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Mobile Mondays: Find stars for less than a cup of coffee

Are you interested in finding stars, photographing the night sky, peering through a telescope, or laying on a blanket and gazing at the heavens? The Sky Guide app makes it effortless to find various stars, planets, constellations and the Milky Way.   What is Sky Guide? It’s a star and

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Mobile Mondays: Identify nature with mobile apps

Do you identify what you are photographing when you are actually taking the image? How many times when you get back home, start uploading images and add keywords (you are adding keywords, aren’t you?), do you wish you knew what type of bird, plant, tree, etc. you had a photograph

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Mobile Mondays: Communicate on-site with the Zello Walkie Talkie app

While us photographers are scouting locations, on the road or photographing, sometimes, we love to communicate. However, texting while driving is not safe and typically illegal. And continually calling or texting while photographing or setting up would be inconvenient.  A great alternative that addresses these issues is Zello Push-to-Talk (PTT)

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