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When Apple first announced the iPad, I reserved mine the day they open up the reservation/pre-order site.  As a photographer I saw the iPad as the perfect device to show potential clients my work.  Up until that point I had been using my iPhone to show off my work.  The iPhone is a great tool, but to use it as a photo viewer for clients is like showing them a bunch of 4x6 prints (only smaller).  When I finally got the iPad I saw it as much more.  I now find myself reading more of my trade magazines and sites.  I have also used it to show current clients work that was actually being done at that very location and know of several other photogs doing the same thing.  One thing I never considered was an idea that a company by the name of Flipboard is doing,  Social Media as a magazine.  Imagine seeing all your social networks in one place but not like TweetDeck and HootSuite do it.  I’m talking about actually flipping pages on your iPad as if you were reading a magazine in Zinio.  The only difference is this magazine is full of live feeds from your friends, trade associations and anything else you may follow on Facebook and Twitter.  They are also linking other forms of social media and allowing people to added connect of their own.  I thought this had to be one of the best ideas since the iPad itself and I wasn’t alone.  Flipboard had so many people trying to sign up for their service they couldn’t keep up.  They actually had to go to a reservation system just to get a slot to sign up.

I have been using Flipboard for about a week now and I have to say it’s better than I was expecting.   I have always hated scrolling through my facebook feed, and don’t get me started on the twitter feeds.  Flipboard takes these feeds and pulls them in to a visually pleasing display of everything you follow.  Photos from your friends in Facebook show up like they would in a Magazine.  Stuff your friends say show up like quotes in an article.  Now Twitter….. when someone posts a link to a website it actually pulls the first bit of that article so you can start reading it.  Ever clicked on a link only to find you have no interest in the article?  I sure have, and this gives me a quick glance without going anywhere.

Because Flipboard uses your network feeds, the news is filtered to what you like.  If your like me you’ll find you have more news than you have time to read.  Best of all…… Flipboard is free and you can download it now from the App Store.  Go check it out and let me know what you think.

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Tomorrow is December 12, 2009.  Photographers from around the world will be coming together to find people in need and take their photograph.

Watch the follow videos to see what it’s all about.

It’s not too late, find the group in your local area and get involved tomorrow.  Help give back.

If your in my area, drop me a line.

Chase Jarvis says “The Best Camera is one that is with you” and I completely agree.  In the age where digital has made taking a picture just another button, where did the art go?  I can remember not too long ago,as a photographer, you were very specific of what you took photos of.  Film and development are expensive. You wanted to make sure the shot was what you were looking for and that your camera settings were correct.  There was no screen to look at to see if you set it correctly. I have talked before about the time I spent with my grandpa developing pictures and learning the basics of photography, and never once did he go out and “just hope” he got the shot.  Yes, even with film photography there was post production work that was done and adjustments you could make to correct for highlights and lowlights but photography was photography.

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It has been a long time in the making, but the new website is finally online.  It will always be a work in progress, but for all practical purposes it’s up.

As some of you know, I took a trip down to the Florida keys to do some diving and take some pictures. The weather didn’t exactly cooperate for diving. I got to take 2 dives the second day I was there. On the 2nd dive myself and another photographer came across a Nurse Shark. I happened to be shooting video, so what you get to see is the shark head right at me when my dive buddy scared it. I will try to get some of the picture I took up on the site as soon as I go through them. The water was cloudy with a lot of sand from the approaching storm, so not many pictures turned out the way I would have liked them to. Hope you enjoy the video.

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Welcome to my new blog. Well, I changed the name of the company so I figured I should change the blg too.  As you can see from below, I have moved all the old post (I guess there are that many) over to the new server.  As I think I mentioned in a previous post, one of the things I hope to do with this blog is share my knowledge of photography with you.  I hope to virtually take you along on some of my photo shoots, and possible on a few trip!!  So come back often, I hope to have something new for you.

Clear Reflection Studios is now Ryan Andreas Photography. We’re still the same people offering the same quality work. We hope you continue to check back and see what we’re up to.

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Thanks for stopping by.  We have a lot of exciting things coming in the next few weeks.  Please check back often.