Camera Phone Obsession
by Aitken, Peter G.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-30
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary
Imagine your family getting to see your baby's first picture-in real time from the delivery room! Or imagine capturing a cool shot of a street vendor in Venice while you are on vacation and uploading the image to instantly share with your friends back home. Camera phones are quickly taking over the world, and users are in need of a guide that shows them not only how to take great pictures but how to share them in different ways. Camera Phone Obsession is a unique guide that marries the technology of camera phones with the emerging culture. Author Peter Aitken shows readers how to purchase the best camera phones, how to best shoot and print photos, what the best services are for sharing photos, and how to use their camera phones with their PCs.
Author Biography
Peter Aitken has been writing about computers, programming, and technology for over 15 years and has some 40 books and hundreds of magazine and Web articles to his credit
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| The Camera Phone Revolution | p. 1 |
| Digital Photos for the Masses | p. 3 |
| Hey, You're a Photographer! | p. 6 |
| But Is It Art? | p. 9 |
| Bad Specs = Art? | p. 10 |
| In the Field: Is It Art? The SixSpace Gallery Says Yes | p. 11 |
| Join the Avant-Garde | p. 12 |
| Artistic Journalism | p. 13 |
| The Camera Phone Culture | p. 14 |
| Digital Shopping (and Shoplifting) | p. 14 |
| Moblogs | p. 16 |
| Camera Phone Postcards | p. 16 |
| Cellcerts | p. 17 |
| News Photos | p. 18 |
| Fighting Crime | p. 18 |
| Scavenger Hunts | p. 19 |
| Invasion of Privacy | p. 19 |
| Your First Projects | p. 20 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 22 |
| Getting the Camera Phone Setup That Meets Your Needs | p. 23 |
| Not Your Father's Digital Camera | p. 23 |
| Pixel Resolution | p. 24 |
| Display | p. 27 |
| Video Clips | p. 28 |
| Zooming | p. 29 |
| Flash | p. 29 |
| Night Mode | p. 30 |
| Picture Capacity | p. 31 |
| Form Factor | p. 32 |
| Connectivity Options | p. 32 |
| Service Providers and Plans | p. 33 |
| Making Your Decision | p. 35 |
| Coverage | p. 40 |
| Service Plans | p. 42 |
| In the Field: Camera Phones--A Threat to National Security? | p. 43 |
| Going Shopping | p. 45 |
| Wrapping it Up | p. 46 |
| Photography Basics for Camera Phone Users | p. 47 |
| Simple Is Good When It Comes to Phone Camera Photography | p. 47 |
| Features You Can Use | p. 48 |
| Focus | p. 48 |
| Exposure | p. 50 |
| Blur and Motion Effects | p. 52 |
| In the Field: Is There a Doctor on the Camera Phone? | p. 53 |
| Camera Phone Photography Dos and Don'ts | p. 54 |
| Move In Close | p. 55 |
| Watch the Lighting | p. 56 |
| Use Your Zoom--Not! | p. 57 |
| Movement and Blurry Photos | p. 57 |
| Pay Attention to Composition | p. 58 |
| Use the Highest Resolution and Quality | p. 61 |
| Avoid Backlight | p. 62 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 64 |
| Processing Your Photos with Software | p. 65 |
| Manipulating Your Photos | p. 65 |
| File Formats | p. 69 |
| Understanding Resolution and Image Size | p. 71 |
| Changing Image Size | p. 73 |
| Resizing by Resampling | p. 74 |
| Resizing without Resampling | p. 76 |
| To Resample or Not--That Is the Question | p. 77 |
| Cropping | p. 78 |
| Color Balance | p. 80 |
| Brightness and Contrast | p. 83 |
| In the Field: Camera Phones and Barcodes | p. 84 |
| Other Adjustments and Manipulations | p. 85 |
| Converting an Image to Monochrome | p. 86 |
| Rotating Images | p. 87 |
| Framing a Photograph | p. 88 |
| Special Effects | p. 90 |
| Specialized Graphics Programs | p. 95 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 96 |
| Printing Your Photos | p. 97 |
| The Do It Yourself Approach | p. 97 |
| Selecting a Printer | p. 97 |
| The Printer Buyer's Checklist | p. 102 |
| Paper | p. 103 |
| Settings for Printing | p. 106 |
| In the Field: Camera Phone Photos Used in Racism Charges | p. 110 |
| Using an Online Print Service | p. 111 |
| Using Ofoto | p. 112 |
| Using Shutterfly | p. 113 |
| Other Print Services | p. 114 |
| What, No Computer? | p. 115 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 116 |
| Sharing Your Photos | p. 117 |
| Sharing Photos from Your Phone | p. 117 |
| In the Field: Calling all Paranoids | p. 120 |
| Moving Photos to Your PC | p. 121 |
| Sharing Photos from Your PC | p. 123 |
| p. 124 | |
| Websites and Online Albums | p. 126 |
| Distribute Your Photos on a CD | p. 132 |
| Online Photo Sharing Services | p. 133 |
| An Online Sharing Tutorial | p. 134 |
| Specialty Sharing Software | p. 139 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 140 |
| Moblog Madness | p. 141 |
| Why a Moblog? | p. 141 |
| The Culture of Moblogging | p. 144 |
| How Do Moblogs Work? | p. 144 |
| Public versus Private | p. 145 |
| In the Field: Moblogs and Activism | p. 146 |
| Choosing a Moblog Service | p. 147 |
| Roll Your Own? | p. 150 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 153 |
| Moblogs Step-by-Step | p. 155 |
| Using Textamerica | p. 155 |
| Creating Your Basic Moblog with Textamerica | p. 157 |
| Customizing Your Moblog with the Control Panel | p. 162 |
| Interacting with Other Users | p. 164 |
| Working with Favorites | p. 165 |
| Using Templates | p. 167 |
| In the Field: Receiving Webcam Pictures on Your Handset | p. 169 |
| Using Yafro | p. 169 |
| Using Mlogs | p. 173 |
| Using Flickr | p. 178 |
| Setting Up Your Own Moblog System | p. 180 |
| Promoting Your Moblog | p. 181 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 182 |
| Camera Phone Legal Concerns and Etiquette | p. 183 |
| What Are the Legal Concerns? | p. 183 |
| Where Can You Take Photos? | p. 184 |
| What (and Who) Can I Photograph? | p. 186 |
| What Can I Do with My Photos? | p. 189 |
| Private Use | p. 189 |
| First Amendment Use of Images | p. 190 |
| What about Model Releases? | p. 190 |
| In the Field: The Ban Marches On | p. 191 |
| Camera Phone Etiquette | p. 192 |
| Privacy Concerns | p. 194 |
| Digital Stealing | p. 197 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 198 |
| Cool Projects You Can Do with Your Camera Phone | p. 199 |
| Camera Phone | p. 199 |
| Personalized T-Shirts | p. 201 |
| Using a Commercial Printer | p. 203 |
| Using Transfer Paper | p. 203 |
| Panorama Shots | p. 204 |
| Framing the Photos | p. 205 |
| Using Panorama Factory | p. 206 |
| Creating a Panorama with Paint Shop Pro | p. 208 |
| Refrigerator Magnets | p. 213 |
| Fund-Raising | p. 216 |
| Create a Photo Diary | p. 217 |
| Greeting Cards | p. 218 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 224 |
| Camera Phone Resources | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 245 |
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