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February 1, 2010 in Featured, Quicktips by David John

If you have been anywhere near a computer in the last few weeks you will be well aware that Apple have just announced their first tablet offering. The $400 device is apparently going to revolutionise our lives and how we interact with technology for ever.

One of the application showcased was an art package allowing you to draw and paint directly via “multi-touch” and create your own digital masterpiece. It made me consider the fact we have actually been doing this in schools for quite some time all thanks to the versatile Wacom Bamboo series. (Full review of the Bamboo Fun).

January 1, 2010 in Quicktips by David John

Despite having a bit of a play with Apple Aperture I have found myself returning to iPhoto again and again. Perhaps it is the way it easily integrates with iLife and iWork or the fact the photo books offer more option who knows but I use it on more or less a daily basis.

December 30, 2009 in Quicktips by David John

As the next decade swiftly heads our way I thought I would take a quick look at the top ten posts for 2009. TotalApps has really only be around since the summer so the list covers from September to 30th December. A massive thanks again to everyone who is following by RSS, Facebook or Twitter.

December 6, 2009 in Quicktips by David John

DSLR cameras are becoming more and more affordable. The Canon 500D even enters multi lens High Definition video capabilities but it is very easy to be “All the gear and no idea(r)” Steffan Hill is one of Belfast’s top professional photographers focusing on portraiture, film stills and reportage.

Steffan has taken time to offer up his top tips for those learning the art of photography.

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In this very special guest post freelance music photographer Ramsey Cardy of Shoot to Thrill guides us through the art of shooting at a live concert.

I get quite a lot of emails from people wanting to get into music photography, so i’ve decided to create a guide. There are many ways to set up your camera to get results at a concert, these are the ones that work for me. Hopefully this will help everyone and let me know if there are any other topics you would like covered.

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There is nothing more motivating (and exciting) as digital creativity in the classroom. I personally think you would be hard pushed to find a teacher who doesn’t love offering their pupils digital creativity opportunities yet we all face the age old problem of having little TIME to learn new technologies and even less time to freely experiment in class.

November 29, 2009 in Quicktips by David John

As many of you know I am big fan of Adobe Lightroom and I use it to manage my libraries as well any post production work that needs done. Generally I export the images as jpg files and upload to my photo blog or use flickery to add the images to flickr.

Over the last few weeks though I have found myself creating web galleries via Lightroom’s web export feature and if you find you are bored with all the usual templates then you might be interested in “BragIt HTML Slideshow”.

The application targets users who want to publish a collection of photos to the web like a slideshow, telling a story. Visitors to the website can scroll through thumbnails of all photos, and then start the slideshow to see large photos sequentially with annotations below each photo.