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Back Up Your Phone Photos! I hate to think what could have happened if a phone failed after 2000 miles, if I hadn't been backing them up the whole way! Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Campsite Photo Backup and Recharge I carry external batteries like this to charge phones and other USB devices wherever I am. To protect my PC data, I back up my hard drives (having lost 7 hard drives in recent years). For my vehicle I carry a roadside assistance plan to get my vehicle towed when it breaks down. But what if your phone fails? The most common cause of failure is dropping it in water, which I've done. I'd rather upgrade to the latest model than carry an insurance plan on the phone itself, but when traveling I don't stop to sync the data enough, or even just back up photos, so how can you avoid losing data? On my September road trip, SanDisk offered me their new Wireless Memory Stick to use with my 2 phones: the old iPhone 5S I still had on a 2-year contract and an LG G4 th...

Campsite Photo Backup and Recharge I carry external batteries like this to charge phones and other USB devices wherever I am. To protect my PC data, I back up my hard drives (having lost 7 hard drives in recent years). For my vehicle I carry a roadside assistance plan to get my vehicle towed when it breaks down. But what if your phone fails? The most common cause of failure is dropping it in water, which I've done. I'd rather upgrade to the latest model than carry an insurance plan on the phone itself, but when traveling I don't stop to sync the data enough, or even just back up photos, so how can you avoid losing data? On my September road trip, SanDisk offered me their new Wireless Memory Stick to use with my 2 phones: the old iPhone 5S I still had on a 2-year contract and an LG G4 that I use for photos. Fortunately I didn't lose a phone on this trip, but when my SUV suffered a catastrophic failure, that underscored the fact that you just never know what's going t...

Story and More Photos from Lake Bafa in Turkey I figured that a blog post would tell the story better with multiple photos:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/06/08/story-and-more-photos-from-lake-bafa-in-turkey/ I uploaded additional photos to the new  #dripthat  app as well: http://bit.ly/1dhaequ #travel   #travelphotography   #travelblogger   #sponsored    #photography   #noblog   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

New DripThat Storytelling App Shares Experiences There's a new sharing paradigm coming. like mixing the best elements of messaging with social media.  Consider the new app dripthat, released a few days ago.  On one hand it's like messaging on steroids, with strong distribution control, so everyone on the distribution won't get notified for every single response.   You can seamlessly mix photos and video clips, and publish over time, "dripping" out the moments you're sharing over a certain time period.  Existing social networks often seem to demote the  distribution of album posts, which sucks for anyone trying to tell the story of their day, and what percentage of your audience will actually click through to an album?  On DripThat they don't have to, the moments you share are seamlessly shown to them. By the way, do you like the pictures of Bodie on this new app announcement?   ;) Here's the app, on IOS now (Android coming soon): https://itunes.apple.c...

DripThat App Releases on IOS Nice pictures of Bodie on that new app!  ;) App: https://itunes.apple.com/app/dripthat/id982911292 Corrected link to find me there once the app is installed: https://dripthat.com/pr?id=jeffsullivan   An Android version is coming soon as well. I was #sponsored to try out the beta, will share my thoughts in the coming weeks now that it's out. Originally shared by Mobile Nations Dripthat is a new social network and app that lets you easily share photos and videos with family and friends. With Dripthat, you share little "drips," small collections of photos and videos. You can choose to share drips publicly, or with a specific group of friends and family. Dripthat makes it… http://www.imore.com/dripthat-lets-you-share-your-favorite-moments-friends-and-family

No Unicorns, but Plenty of Rainbows! My fun with the new LG G4 continues with these rainbows last night.  I've added seven more photos to my LG G4 album, and there's a new write-up on my blog: At the End of the Rainbow: More LG G4 Sample Photos http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/05/rainbow-lg-g4-sample-photos.html #landscapephotography   #travelblogger   #sponsored   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

At the End of the Rainbow: More LG G4 Sample Photos New sample images from the LG G4 in my latest blog post: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/05/rainbow-lg-g4-sample-photos.html   The phone was sent to me to raise awareness for the #G4Preview  tour across the U.S. this month.  See the tour schedule here and enter for a chance to win one:  https://explore.t-mobile.com/lg-g4.html?cmpid=SOC_SM_LNLGG4PRRG_Z0J8OEPHRYR9427&003=6642122 #landscapephotography T Mobile LG USA Mobile #sponsored   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Exploring an American Ghost Town I received a preview unit of the new LG G4 smartphone last week, just in time for a workshop I was leading last Wednesday in Bodie.  The first photo is an unedited HDR mode photo, the rest went through my usual workflow of making a few minor adjustments in Adobe Lightroom.   These were some of my first photos taken on the phone, so I mainly used Auto and HDR modes.  The HDR mode was critical to eliminating blown out skies and evening out the uneven lighting indoors.   Over the following days I started exploring the option to shoot close-ups, work with RAW file output.  The RAW output offers increases quality when you have time to post-process it, and a matching JPG for when you don't: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/05/18/new-lg-g4-smartphone-review-raw-file-output/ I have 34 samples in my LG G4 album so far, mostly from the afternoon walking around Bodie:  https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/6150346956545894305 I...

Sample 4K video, LG G4 smartphone. Crisp, high resolution, good color, great image stabilization.  One 4K video created nearly 150MB in roughly 40 seconds, so the ability to add microSD internal storage up to 2TB is important. On YouTube: https://youtu.be/AmhhGI4d0zA   #LGG4 #G4Preview   #android   #sponsored https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmhhGI4d0zA&feature=autoshare

Another LG G4 Sample Photo LG G4 smartphone photo, shot in RAW and adjusted in Adobe Lightroom.   More Samples:  http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/05/new-lg-g4-smartphone-raw-file-review.html There is a ‪#G4Preview‬ Tour underway to introduce people to this phone hands-on. Follow @G4Preview on Twitter for the latest Tour locations. #landscapephotography   #sponsored   #LG   #LGG4

The New LG G4: RAW Files From a Smartphone? Here's my first impression of the new LG G4 after a few days use, and the RAW output in particular is really impressive... http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/05/18/new-lg-g4-smartphone-review-raw-file-output/ There is an LG G4 Preview Tour underway to introduce people to this phone hands on.  Follow @G4Preview on Twitter for updates on the latest #G4Preview Tour locations. #review   #LGG4   #smartphone   #sponsored   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

The New LG G4: Does RAW Matter in a Smartphone? Here's my first impression of the new LG G4 after a few days use, and the RAW output in particular is really impressive: The New LG G4 Review: RAW File Output! http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/05/new-lg-g4-smartphone-raw-file-review.html #review   #LGG4   #sponsored   #smartphone   #tmobile   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com