iPad For Dummies, 10th Edition

Chapter 9

Photography on a Larger Scale

IN THIS CHAPTER

Shooting pictures

Viewing, admiring, and editing pictures

Hamming it up in Photo Booth

Throughout this book, we sing the praises of the iPad’s vibrant multitouch display. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more appealing portable screen for watching movies or playing games. As you might imagine, the iPad you have recently purchased (or are lusting after) is also a spectacular photo viewer. Images are crisp and vivid, at least those you shot properly. (C’mon, we know Ansel Adams is a distant cousin.)

What’s more, you can shoot some of those pictures directly with your prized tablet. The reasons, of course, are the front and rear cameras built into the device. If you read Chapter 8, you already know you can put those cameras to work capturing video. In this chapter, you get the big picture on shooting still images.

Okay, we need to get a couple of things out of the way: The iPad may never be the most comfortable substitute for a point-and-shoot digital camera, much less a pricey digital SLR. As critics, we can quibble about the fact that some models have no flash and shooting can be awkward.

But we’re here, friends, to focus on ...