I’m Glad You’re Here!
Briefly.
That’s what 5 Minute Photos is all about. A bite-sized, tasty tip, insight, or observation about the amazing new world of photography. It’s the iPhone. The Apple Photos’ ecosystem. World class photo and video making available to everyone.
I love it.
The Photographer In Us All
Photography has become our second language. The way we bookmark life’s special moments. How we share our experiences with friends and family. Documenting the world around us.
But here’s the thing.
We learn a lot of skills growing up, but photography is rarely one of them. I’ve found that most people never thought much about photography until they got a mobile phone.
Maybe they just took some family shots on a disposable camera at holidays, or had a film SLR when it was fashionable. Compact digital cameras were better, but then there was downloading files to a computer, organizing the files, uploading, emailing, backing up somehow.
And you still had to have the camera with you.
It was a lot.
Mobile Photography IS Photography
The iPhone changed everything.
A decent camera in your iPhone.
A great display to view and edit on.
Built in photo organizing and sharing.
When iCloud syncing came along you no longer had to copy photos to your computer. A whole system - creation, photo management, and sharing - in one integrated system.
We are all photographers now.
Clear guidance to cut through the overwhelm
What four-and-a-half years at Apple taught me is that people love photography but are often overwhelmed by the technology. A simple tip or a few minutes of hand-holding can get them from uncertain to ecstatic.
That’s why I launched 5 Minute Photos.
Engaging, easy-to-understand tips and techniques.
Real life explanations that inform and entertain.
Short enough to read anywhere.
Long enough to understand.
Interesting enough to remember.
Photography has become a part of our modern lifestyle. I want you to love both the photos and the experience of creating them.
In 5 minutes or less.
Why Subscribe?
Because you’d love to enjoy a single, reliable, expert source about creating, managing, and sharing your digital photos. That’s it.
Your photos have become a daily part of your life, whether you look at ones you receive or the new ones you create. It is an amazing, heartwarming, powerful, and sometimes confusing journey to navigate.
I’m here to help.
Social media is the Wild West. You are stuck on some task, go there looking for help and the answers you get are either overcomplicated and technical or terse and incomplete. And you don’t know who these people are or even if they have first hand experience. You want reliable, up-to-date answers from someone you trust.
Subscribe to 5 Minute Photos if you want to:
Have decades’ of experience distilled and translated for digital photography newcomers.
Stay up-to-date on how to use the current Apple Photos tools.
Get tips that affect every-day users, not just wannabe pro photographers.
Connect to someone Apple trained and tested with thousands of Apple users.
Stop spending hours searching social media for quick answers
It’s all about the photos. How to take them. How to use them. How to protect them. For me, Photos aren’t just one more thing stuffed into the larger Apple experience, they ARE the thing.
Look forward to topics like:
Camera App settings
Using iCloud Photo Library
Best ways to share your photos
Making at photo book
Adding captions to a photo
Using the People & Pets Collection
Retouching tools in Apple Photos
Creating a photo story of your vacation
Removing Duplicates in your Photos Library
How to improve your photos by cropping
When to use Live Photo
Quick ways to search for your photos
The importance of Locations
And more.
What You’ll Get
A Free subscription offers:
Weekly posts about every day photography on the Apple platform
Using the Apple Photos ecosystem
Access to 50+ archived posts about every day photos tasks
The Chat community for comments and questions
If you become a Paid subscriber, you’ll also get:
5 Minute Photos Toolbox Primers with step-by-step guidance
Direct Messaging to me for feedback and short Q&A’s
A 10% discount on course content from Bluewater Imaging Photo Workshop
A yearly subscription at 20% off the monthly rate
If you become a Supporting Member, you’ll also get:
A 25% discount on digital products, courses, coaching, and live workshops
Who I am.
I wear a lot of hats.
For more than a decade I’ve helped people enjoy their photography experience. I’ve learned how photos connect us and preserve the comfort of a familiar face, a special moment, and help us keep track of this crazy, wonderful, surprising journey of ours called life. My mission is to help everyone master the technology and the process to use their pictures and keep them safe
Long before that I was in the printing industry and helped hundreds of clients navigate the transition to desktop publishing and digital photography. Setting up software and Macs. Working out production workflows. Storing and organizing digital photos. The whole thing.
My time at Apple was life-changing. Working with thousands of customers. Seeing the technology and processes downsized and made accessible to everyone. Teachers, mothers, travelers, photographers, businesspeople, kids. Photos, video, music and voice. It was a creative melting pot and inspired me to start my own business making these mediums as user-friendly and empowering as I could.
I’m glad you’re here, too.
How can I help?
Paul Einarsen
Founder, Bluewater Imaging LLC
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