Dorchester — Mar 12th 2024

David gave us a very pleasant surprise for the third and final part of our iPhone photography by reviewing some non-Apple apps for photo processing. But rather than look at the famous i.e. high end editing and filing apps e.g.Adobe and Affinity, he focused on half a dozen iPhone apps, most free, which enable all sorts of additional capabilities to the iPhone as a camera, an eye opener for everyone present. Mirroring his iPhone to his Mac connected to the projector, David gave a demonstration of each app in turn.

Spectre enables you to take a photo of say a building and removes any object i.e. people moving around in front of the object. Ideally the iPhone will be held very still or best not hand held. The free version allows up to 3 seconds of exposure, upgrading to the Pro version 30 seconds. Spectre will also “turn a highway into a river of light and make water go all soft and milky.”

Lens Buddy - Self Timer Camera allows you to put the iPhone and set it to take photos at a preset time intervals. David described using it for a family party but reminded us that you should seek the consent of all present at a gathering where you are using a camera in the background.

Photo Split Lite enables you to combine images as a collage in a number of various shapes and to combine layers which can be blended.

Slow Shutter Cam @ £2.99. enables, motion blur, light trails and low light photography, a stable iPhone best.

PhotoSpiralysis enables the Droste effect explained in Wikepedia …The Droste effect (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdrɔstə]), known in art as an example of mise en abyme, is the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself, in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear. This produces a loop which in theory could go on forever, but in practice only continues as far as the image's resolution allows.
The effect is named after Droste, a Dutch brand of cocoa, with an image designed by Jan Misset in 1904. The Droste effect has since been used in the packaging of a variety of products.

KaleidaCamviews views images is if through a kaleidoscope with plenty of adjustment to make stunning pictures.

To complete the first half of the evening, Mick ran through the benefits of using the AugWessex website and the importance of keeping profiles up to date specifically email addresses and, assuming you do wish us to keep in touch, making sure that you have “Opt-in to Receiving Communications” and “Receive Weekly Bulletin” ticked.

After the break, Ian recounted parallel experiences he had selling used kit to both webuy.com (Trading as “Cex”) and John Lewis. Whilst Webuy were efficient and fair, the John Lewis experience was a total disaster. Having declined their ridiculously reduced price, they only returned the basic watch without straps or any of the ancillary equipment, hiding behind lengthy terms and conditions when he objected. Other members joined in recounting experiences with Apple kit not very complimentary of John Lewis. A lively discussion on the general subject filled the remaining time, so we missed David M showing how to copy music from an iPod.

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