This is the first of a what I hope will be a regular series on the technology I use as part of my photography, it will extend beyond cameras and lenses to cover software, computers and studio kit. Today I am going to say a few words about the latest love of my life, my iPad. I’ve had my iPad around three weeks now, I couldn’t wait for them to become available in the UK so managed to get one from the states. My wife, Helen, has nicknamed it my iBitch because it goes everywhere with me and currently gets all my attention.
At this point, I have to say despite my Apple centric name, I am not one of those blinkered Apple fans, partly because I was a Microsoft Solution Provider in a previous life. I decided against and iPhone in favour of a Blackberry styled Nokia E63 because I found it worked better as a phone and I like the keyboard. I currently run a quad core Windoes Vista PC for editing because every time I get round to upgrading the total cost of moving to an iMac is just prohibitive. I do have a very early iPod which spends it’s life sitting in a dock in the studio, the musical content is legendry amongst the models I work with! It’s one of the 40gb ones and must be over 6 years old, which is ancient in technology terms. I never intending buying an iPad as I bought a Samsung Netbook for carrying my portfolio around and checking mail etc on the road.
Me and my iBitch
My decision to get the iPad was greatly influenced by the guys I listen to in a number of photography related podcasts, Continue reading »
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