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Steven Frischling, aka: Fish, is globe hopping professional photographer, airline emerging media consultant working with large global airlines and founder of The Travel Strategist. Fish has racked up more than 1,000,000 miles since he started to track his mileage in 2005.

Fish's travel tends to be less than leisurely, including flying from New York to Basrah, Iraq, for six hours; Hong Kong for eight hours, Kuwait City for two hours and traveling around the world in 3.5 days to shoot a series of photo assignments in 4 cities and 4 countries on 3 separate continents.

Fish grew up at the end of New York's JFK International Airport's Runway 4R/22L, which probably explains his enjoyment of watching planes, fly overhead. When not shooting photos or traveling Fish designs camera bags, hones is expertise on airline security and spends his time at home cheering for the Red Sox with his 3 kids 102 yards from the ocean.

iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : A Free Level

09.25.2008 | Author: flyingfish | Posted in A Free Level, iphone app, photography iphone app, travel photo tips, travel photography, travel photography tools, travel technology

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25/09/2008 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : A Free Level

This week’s iPhone ‘App’ of the week, A Free Level, may seem whimsical at first, but for a photographer in the field this ‘App’ can be a fantastic tool!

Many photographers use tripods or heads with a level built into them, however on the road I don’t know any ultra compact tripods that have a level integrated into them. To get around my hatred of an uneven horizon in certain architecture photos I downloaded “A Free Level” for my iPhone.

A Free Level is just that….a completely free ‘App’ that turns your iPhone into a level! Now whenever I am struggling to line up a straight horizon, especially when working with tilt-shift lenses, I whip out my iPhone, place it against the hot-shoe of my camera and get my camera straight and level.

This tool may not be ideal for general travel use, but you can always place it on the tray table in front of you and find out what direction the plane is leaning.

Happy Flying!
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2 Responses

  1. Karen Lisa September 28th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    That’s a really neat app. I definitely will have to look into downloading it!

  2. Steven Pam September 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Cool toy. The HTC Touch Diamond phone has a level, too.

    Just one thing…

    “you can always place it on the tray table in front of you and find out what direction the plane is leaning.”

    If the plane is being flown properly, the only way you’ll be able to tell which way it’s leaning, is by looking out the window! A plane in a coordinated turn is just like a bucket of water being swung around on the end of a string – the water stays level with the bottom of the bucket, and just gets “heavier”.

    I bet you’re glad we got that straight now :-)

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