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Apple Watch: here’s what’s in store for iPhoneographers

Apple’s new smartwatch sure is a thing of beauty and it’s packed to the rafters with nifty features, but you wouldn’t necessarily make the leap from smart watch to photography – and that is exactly where you would be wrong.

While the primary function of the smart watch is to easily convey messages and applications to your wrist from your phone, the latest piece in Apple’s technological arsenal has a host of features that will hugely benefit iPhone photographers – affectionately known as iPhoneographers.

By connecting the watch to the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus (or any of the models from the iPhone 5 range for that matter), you will be able to browse through your iPhone’s photo library as it synchronizes with your phone to display your complete Camera Roll.

Using the Digital Crown on the right-hand side of the smart watch or tapping the screen, you can pan or zoom into pictures in your Camera Roll, which also lets you see an overview of your images.

“Apple Watch keeps your favourite photos on your wrist. You can zoom into photos with the Digital Crown, then swipe to scroll through them. And even choose one to display on your watch face,” Apple explains on its product page.

As PetaPixel points out, one of the features that wasn’t shown off during the live keynote is the fact that you can use the watch as a remote for the iPhone’s camera. “Apple Watch doubles as a remote for the iSight camera on your iPhone. Use Apple Watch to display a live preview of what your iPhone sees, snap the photo, or set the timer on the camera.”

This is actually great news for photographers who like to explore different photography techniques and angles, as it allows you to place the camera in an otherwise awkward position to get some new and interesting shots.

Apple also announced that the WatchKit SDK will be released at the same time as the watch, which should be somewhere next year. The SDK will allow photographers “to leverage its unique form-factor and capabilities to add even more functionality to the device. This essentially means its uses for photographers are only limited by the imagination of developers,” PetaPixel wrote.

[Source – Apple]

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