Which Version of Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite is the best?

     I have not been able to work with all of the versions of Photoshop, but out of CS6 and CS5, the two that I have had the pleasure of working with I think that CS6 is the better one. They are always adding new things to these programs and CS6 has the most updated features which I like. Some people however like older versions because of they have become comfortable with them, they don't want to make the change, or maybe it costs to much to upgrade. I would be curious to know what your favorite version is. Leave a comment explaining why you like a certain version of Photoshop Creative Suite.

Which Phone Has The Best Camera?

So you want to buy a new camera and a new phone, but you don't have enough money to get both.

It is possible to get a phone with a decent camera in this day in age however a physical camera will always be better. Today we will compare phone cameras from 5 different carriers. The first phone on the list is the best and the rest aren't in any particular order.

Verizon Wireless

1. Samsung Galaxy S4/Note 3

Camera: 13MP

2. Motorola Droid Ultra/Maxx/Mini/Moto X

Camera: 10MP

3. LG G2

Camera: 13MP

4. HTC One

Camera: 4MP

5. Nokia Lumia 928

Camera: 8.7MP

Sprint

1. Samsung Galaxy S4/Note 3
Camera: 13MP

2. Moto X

Camera: 10MP

3. LG Optimus G

Camera:13MP

4. HTC One

Camera: 4MP

5. iPhone 5S

Camera: 8MP

AT&T

1. Nokia Lumia 1020

Camera: 41MP

2. Moto X

Camera: 10MP

3. Samsung Galaxy S4/Note 3

Camera: 13MP

4. Nokia Lumia 925

Camera: 8.7MP

5. HTC One

Camera: 4MP

T-Mobile

1. Samsung Galaxy S4/Note 3

Camera: 13MP

2. LG G2

Camera: 13MP

3. HTC One

Camera: 4MP

4. Moto X

5. iPhone 5S

Virgin Mobile

1. Virgin Mobile Awe

Camera: 13MP

2. iPhone 5S

Camera: 8MP

3.Samsung Galaxy SIII

Camera: 8MP

4.  Samsung Galaxy SII

Camera 8MP

5. iPhone 5c

Camera 8MP

All of these companies have great phones to offer but the best is definitely the Nokia Lumia 1020. The only problem with this phone is that it is only availale through AT&T. If you have a different carrier you should look into either the Moto X or the Galaxy S4. We hope you found this helpful in choosing your phone.

Phone Cameras Through the Ages

The first camera phone was invented in 1997 and ever since then cameras in phones have gotten more and more popular. Personally I don't like most phone cameras but they are very handy at times. Today we will compare the cameras of several different mobile devices.

Using 5 different devices I took a photo of the same thing. The phones date from 2009-2013. Unfortunately we could not get are hands on some older phones to compare.                                                                                     

Device: iPod Touch 4th Generation
Release Date: September,20,2010
Main Camera: 0.7 Megapixels
Front Camera: VGA 0.3 MP
Flash: No

Phone: LG Cosmos 3
Carrier: Verizon
Release Date:  April,16, 2013
Main Camera: 1.3 Megapixels
Front Camera: No
Flash: No

Phone: Motorola Droid Ultra
Carrier: Verizon
Release Date: August, 20, 2013
Main Camera: 10 Megapixels
Front Camera: 2 Megapixels
Flash: Yes

Phone: Nokia 6350
Carrier: AT&T
Release Date: October,4,2009
Main Camera: 2 Megapixels
Front Camera: No

Flash: No

Phone: LG Optimus Slider
Carrier: Virgin Mobile
Release Date: October,17,2011
Main camera: 3.2 Megapixels
Front Camera: No
Flash: No

The clear winner is the newest phone the Droid Ultra. Megapixels aren't everything however the 10MP camera was obviously better than the 0.7MP camera.

                                                                                     

Camera Techniques

HDR

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and it adds more dynamic range to your photographs which is the ratio of light to dark. To make an HDR photo you take several pictures at different exposures. I usually take 5 pictures one very bright, one bright, one just right, one dark, and one very dark. I then merge the pictures together using the merge to HDR feature in Adobe Photoshop. This can also be done using apps on your smartphone although I would recommend using a physical camera and editing the photos in Photoshop, Lightroom or another photo editing software for the PC or Mac.

An HDR image of Rhododendrons that I took.

An HDR image I took of a Radio Flyer wagon.

A picture of a boat captain figure I took in my digital design class with a Canon Powershot SD780IS.

New Section Coming Soon!

I'm going to be adding a new guest photography section. Everyone that subscribes will be able to display one of their photos in this section.

Today we are going to talk about a camera setting called depth of field. Depth of field controls the clarity of the background of your photo. You can adjust depth of field by changing your cameras aperture settings.
The lower the value of your aperture the more blurry your background will be.

Here is a photo with a shallow depth of field with pool balls on a pool table.

Aperture-F3.4  Shutter Speed-1/13  ISO-800   

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