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There Is A New GLIF, Now An Adjustable Stand For The iPhone

The team over at Studio Neat are at it again. You may remember them as the folks that brought us the GLIF via Kickstarter. The small bit of plastic that held our iPhones at any angle on a desk and served as a way to mount the iPhone on a tripod. Later, came a GLIF for the iPhone 5. The reason for needing a new GLIF for the iPhone 4 vs iPhone 5 was that the solid plastic was exactly machined to the edge of an iPhone. The GLIFs wouldn’t work with any kind of case or other smartphone.

Yesterday, I learned that Studio Neat is introducing a new version of the GLIF, this time it is adjustable. With the included allen wrench, just twist open/close the clamp to match the outside edge of whatever smartphone is being used. The newer GLIF still makes it fast to mount an iPhone onto a tripod for long shots and videos. As well, it comes with a keychain ring to securely fasten the GLIF when not in use (in a bag or your pocket). Lost is the super simplicity perfection of the original GLIF, found is a usable tool for anything I may be tossing at it in one device. When mine shows up, I will post if the new GLIF lives up the hype I have built up in my head.

01 New Glif iPhone

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Interesting app for photographing historical landmarks using the iPhone

When on photo walks, I come across buildings and landmarks that I recognize from photos taken by others. Generally, the photos are memorable. Sometimes it is fun to get a photo of the area as close to the more famous photo as possible for people to relate to the impact.

There are also times that I will be taking a photo of an area as I pass it, day after day, capturing a series of photos to show the changes over a period of time. For this, I try to find a non-changing location ID that I can use to stand on or at when taking the photo.

Both situations may have gotten some help with an app I just stumbled upon called PhotoRemake Pro. The app is a couple dollars so it won’t be a no-brainer free download, but it really solves several problems so it can pay for it’s self pretty quickly is curing headaches.

The app is simply a super imposing solution where you use the historical photo or a photo you took previously as an alignment tool. With the image showing in PhotoRemake Pro, you adjust the transparency till you can see through the precious picture to a live view for alignment. Then, snap the photo. There is no filtering or trick enhancements done through the app, it is just for getting the shot to align with a previously taken photo. Simple, but an effective way of lowing the amount of alignment editing needed later.