LATEST FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (part 1)

Greatest Artist and Photographers Tool Since Photoshop?

When was the last time you stepped into a Starbucks and didn’t see someone doodline on an iPad? Lets face it, they’re all over the place. Yuppies, professionals and regular folks likes us playing with their iPads. How does cool new tool help the photographer? Think of the future, cloud computing. Its coming, and its the next-step of the web. The iPad is more than a glorified iPhone with a few apps.

Its gaining steam. For photographers, look for more and more image editing and display options in the future. At the size of a magazine, there isn’t an excuse for not having one.  Let me put it this way, as a photographer, I’ll be hooked on this thing first day I get mine home.  No, its not going to replace what I can do with Lightroom, Photoshop and Elements, but I can do just about anything I want to most photo’s on the fly, and its great to display my work to others, video included. Its a web app notebook, eReader and photo display/editor all built in for me in a small package. Put this on your holiday list, you’ll want one

Advantages for photographers include:

• A lightweight image processing platform you can carry everywhere, especially while traveling
• Hundreds of apps developed for the iPhone and iPad, continuously growing
• Manage your online photo libraries without the use of a laptop or computer
• Light enough to take in your camera backpack
• 9.7″ Backlit display is world-class. You’re photos are going to look great
• Import SD cards with adapter or plug in your digital camera directly and download your images (shoot JPEG+Raw, and just import your JPEGs..)
• Other accessories are available and growing – The iPad Keyboard Dock combines a dock with a full-size keyboard. You can import photos from a digital camera or SD card with the iPad Camera Connection Kit. The iPad Case not only protects your iPad, it lets you use it in various positions. And different adapters let you connect iPad to TVs, projectors, and displays.