Technology Explained, Practice
Daniela Bowker
Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! ...

When you hear the term 'high-res' thrown about with such abandon when it comes to images for web use, have you ever stopped to think just how big or how high quality and image meant for the web needs to be?

Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! Saving images for the web
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring

There's an assumption that high-contrast images are more dynamic, more compelling, more inviting. Have a go at some low-contrast photography. You might surprise yourself with the results.

Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring
Feature Articles, Theory
Daniela Bowker
Seeking balance in your photos

Balance doesn't mean symmetry; it means an internal consistency and tension within your photos. And it's a vital element of composition. 

Seeking balance in your photos
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Training your photographic luck

Great photos might be down to a little bit of luck, but most of that 'luck' you make yourself. Don't believe us? Read on...

Training your photographic luck
Feature Articles, Practice
Daniela Bowker
The ups and downs and ins and outs of ...

Photographing buildings doesn't have to mean wide-angle lenses and fretting about correcting for the keystone effect. Any lens, and angle. Don't believe us? Let us show you!

The ups and downs and ins and outs of photographing buildings

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Use #3,194 for your iPhone camera - calorie counting

Meal Snap

And now for something completely different, Ladies and Gentlemen: an iPhone app that tells you how many calories there are in your chicken and salad sandwich, or your macaroni cheese, or your handful of dried apricots. You snap a picture, send it off to the magical world of Meal Snap, and they respond giving you an approximation of how many calories it contains.

They don’t enlighten us as to exactly how they calculate the calories in your bowl of porridge or roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. It’s all down to magic. And the photo from your iPhone.

Did I ever think that there were so many uses for an iPhone camera. Nope! Will I be using it myself? Not a hope in hell. I’ve never counted a calorie in my life. But I bet I know some people who’ll be falling over themselves to try it out.

£1.79 or $2.99 from the App Store.

(Headsup to TechCrunch.)