4 iPad Camera Tips

The iPad is one of true wonders of the world when it comes to viewing photos.

1) When using the camera, tap the screen where you would like to focus. A small blue square appears showing the area the camera is now focused on.

2) You can even zoom in by doing the pinch out motion. Be aware that the quality of the picture degrades as you zoom in farther.

3) Another tip is that the camera doesn't actually take the picture until the shutter button is released. Therefore you can press down on the shutter button, steady your frame and then release the button to take the picture. This helps avoid blurry pictures.

 

Credit: iPad User Guide

4) From the camera screen you can get to your recent pictures by swiping the screen from left to right with a single finger. Keep swiping to see previously taken photos. You can get back to the beginning by tapping the screen and choose Done to return to the camera to begin the process again.

Check out this great article called Six easy tips for taking great photos on your iPad by Lou Hattersley.

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Smart Phone Charging Tip

There is nothing worse than discovering your smart phone battery is below 10% or worse, shuts down because the battery is dead. Don't fret much.

To more quickly charge your smart phone or tablet follow these 2 steps

1. Put your phone or tablet in Airplane Mode
2. Close all running apps in the background

Airplane mode stops battery draining things like Wifi and GPS while stopping all background apps will take care of anything else and get that phone completely stable. This way the charge goes in 100% and nothing in the background drains while it charges.

I'd love to hear tips you might have too. Please write a comment or two.

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Need a Bathroom Break During a Movie, Try RunPee

 

RunPee provides one or more places during a movie where you can, somewhat safely, miss unimportant portions of the movie to go to the restroom. Brilliant! RunPee even provides a brief summary of things you may have missed during your break. (sorry, I can't stop laughing)

The RunPee folks (smile) do their best to find bathroom break spots during the most recent and popular movies. Here is a screen shot of recent movies.

I particularly like the timer feature within RunPee to remind you when an appropriate break begins. (still smiling (-:)

 

I learned of RunPee from iPad Today on the Twit Network of podcasts and found it amusing. But, after thinking about it for a while, I think the app is wonderful, powerful…even welcoming.

RunPee is available for iPhone, Android or Windows Phone and it's FREE.

But wait…there's more.

RunPee even shares if there is interesting stuff after the movie credits. 22 Jump Street for example.

 

 

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