We weren't planning to buy an iPad but when we found out about the "Kudos"system for accepting credit cards with an iPad or iPhone, we happily discovered that we could pay for an iPad in a year with the savings in banking fees from our present set-up. "Kudos" is the equivalent to the "Square" in the U.S. where small business owners can accept credit cards on their mobile devices without having to sign contracts or pay huge minimum monthly fees.
Great justification for getting an iPad for our business!!! It truly is a magic box with so many wonderful apps to choose from. There are books to read, interactive magazines to enjoy, games to play, music to listen to, movies to watch, and we are discovering more and more all the time. This past week, I decided to try out some great photography apps and I'm having SO much fun! Now I am realizing there is just as much creative play after the picture has been taken as there is in taking the picture in the first place. The app I am enjoying the most is called ColorSplash. It's a great little app that turns your photo into a black and white photograph and then you can bring back the color is specific parts by painting with your finger! For example, I took this photo....
...and turned it into this....
I took this photo of a door in Carmel...
...and turned it into this....
By taking away the background color, the color you put back in really "pops"!
The only thing I have against this app is that it is totally addictive! I spent most of the day yesterday coloring! Here are just a few more more examples of ColorSplash with jewelry photos that Angie took...
I really didn't like the blue tinge on the white background of this jewelry photo I took, so I "ColorSplashed" it and like it a lot better!
Here are some photos that I took this summer on Little Cranberry Island in Maine, the home of Barb Fernald...
...and California poppies in Ruth Baillie's garden...
...and a maple leaf here in Ontario.....
O.K. I'll stop now. What it so much fun about photo editing on the iPad is that the process of editing is just as fun as seeing the final product. A whole day of coloring...mmmm...brings back good memories even if I didn't get anything on the "list" done!