Are too many Kodak moments slipping away while you’re frantically trying to turn on your iPhone’s camera? I know the feeling. Get ready for a trio of tips that’ll help you launch the iPhone’s camera app in a flash, hit the shutter button with...
Terri writes: Whenever I go to take a photo on my iPhone, little green and blue squares start popping up on the screen. What’s going on? Am I supposed to do anything? Hi Terri! Yep, those pulsing green and blue boxes that appear in the iPhone’s camera...
Snapping photos of my little girl at the precise moment when she’s a) sitting still, b) smiling and c) looking directly into the camera is more a matter of luck than skill—and indeed, I’ve got hundreds of blurry, scrunchy-faced outtakes to prove it. Having...
Anne writes: I know a budding photographer who posts the most beautiful photos to her Facebook page. How do I download high-quality versions so I can frame them for her as a present? Hi Anne! So, first the good news: downloading photos from Facebook is incredibly...
Nope, you don’t need a fancy smartphone app to post snapshots to your Facebook timeline while you’re on the go. All you need, in fact, is a camera phone that can send e-mail. The trick? Getting a custom “post-by-e-mail” address, which you can find in...
One of the most interesting features in Apple’s new iCloud service is Photo Stream, which automatically shares the latest photos from one iCloud-connected device (say, your iPhone) with all your other iCloud-enabled gadgets (like your iPad, your Mac, or even...
With a single tap, you can launch a slideshow on your iPad that pulls pictures from any photo album you choose. The secret? A little button in the bottom-right corner of the iPad’s “lock” screen. Tap the button, and your slideshow will begin—perfect...
You just snapped the perfect family photo on your iPhone—well, almost perfect, save for that stranger lurking in the background. Well, guess what? You don’t need a PC to crop that interloper out of the image. Instead, you can crop and polish your snapshot right...
Angela writes: Once in awhile I’ll come across a picture on the Internet that I’d like to copy and paste into my iPhone’s photo album. I know how to copy & paste text, but what about photos (or can you)? Hi Angela! Good question—and yes, you can...
Liz writes: So I turned on Photo Stream on my iPhone and it’s filling up with pictures, but I read that the photos in my Photo Stream get deleted after 30 days. What’s the best way to save them before they get deleted? Hi Liz! Yes, you’re right: the...
