Comments on: Favorite iPhone Apps for Photographers

By: Joe Decker

Joe Decker — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:02:57 +0000

Lars: I don’t have a hard and fast rule. For parts of my trip through East Greenland I’m not entirely sure it ever ended… ditto northern Iceland in June. And of course, what I’m shooting might want one sort of light or another. And weather conditions can change it quite a bit.

Still, if I put my first out at arm’s length, and if when I do this I see that the sun is less than “the height of my first at arm’s length above the horizon”, more often than not the light will be pretty warm (and creating a lot of interesting shadows as well due to the low approach angle.)

The MagicHour app is great when I drop into a new location and wonder what things are going to be like the first day, but … really, it’s only a starting point.

By: Lars Clausen

Lars Clausen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:46:27 +0000

As an inhabitant of a Very Northern Country [TM], I’m curious what you consider “magic hour”. I’ve heard some say a rule of thumb that when your shadow is as long as you are tall, it’s time — which means it’s all magic hour in the winter around here. How far does the magic hour extend for you?

By: howi

howi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:21:34 +0000

Thanks, Joe, for this post. I also use “PhotoBuddy” and “DoF Rechner” on the iPhone. Both support German as well as English language.
PhotoCalc would be great if it would support the metric system.