This is the first part in a multi part blog article about the Ipad as a photographers toolkit. I’ve been a convert to the Ipad platform for a couple of months now.  I used to love my Acer NetBook on the road, it was the perfect tool for being out and about doing landscape photography. 


Surfing the net, doing research and tying that back into where to go next based upon the results.  If you’re away from home doing landscape photography over a couple of days and being at the mercy of the weather meant that if you didn’t have up to date information you may be in a situation where you are under grey cloud, in pouring rain and really wishing you could go somewhere else, with the right tools you can make that informed decision on the go and it may only be 20 miles between you and glorious sunshine, but you have to be able to make that call. With my trusty NetBook and a wireless internet connection I was able to make that call easily. 


The downsides associated with the NetBook was  only have around 2 hours of life, even running Ubuntu instead of Windows 7, a small screen and  restrictive resolution.  This combined with badly coded applications not fitting on the screen properly makes the NetBook annoying at times.


With my switch to the Ipad I thought I would check out apps out there and see what applications are available on the platform to assist with the being out on the road doing photography.


My first step for doing a landscape shoot is research, research, research and then a bit more research. The things that I am normally looking for are:

As I said, research, research, research and then more research.  If you ensure that you check all of these factors before you set of on your photography journey, your chances of success are going to be significantly higher than if you set off on a whim.  Research can definitely turn that frown upside down… 

Now, you’re wondering how this all fits with the title. Over the next few blog posts I’m going to discuss the research that I have done on various iPad apps from a photographers perspective and how the apps address each of my points of research…

Tune in tomorrow for my first suggestion of applications for researching weather.

TTFN
Paul Stoakes
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