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Why You Should Stop Taking Multiple Photos

PSafe Newsroom — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:00:54 +0000

Family events and social outings can be awesome times to take out your smartphone and start snapping away. Our photos allow us to look back and enjoy a moment once again. But, in our effort to preserve past events, are we killing our device’s future?

Taking photos in rapid succession not only fills up your phone’s storage, but you’re most likely not taking the opportunity for the perfect shot. Instead of waiting for that one well-shot photo, we take half a dozen that is half the standard.

Clear Out Your Duplicate Photographs
Begin to declutter your phone by removing the duplicate photos you’ve been storing on your device. Use something such as dfndr performance’s Duplicate Photos feature to identify and remove duplicates. And the best part? You get the choice to pick which pics to keep.

Don’t forget to empty the trash once your excess photos have been deleted – otherwise, they will just be sitting around continuing to take up space. Here are some additional tips on how to manage your smartphone photos.

Understand Cameras Better
Before you dive into a move zen approach of capturing the world around you, it’s important to remember that more modern up to date Android smartphones such as the Google Pixel 2, Samsung Galaxy Note 8, LG G6, and Huawei Mate 10 Pro, all deliver superb photographic performance. Mobile photos have received the short end of the stick in the past with poor sensors and slow lenses. These days, as long as you have sufficient light, you shouldn’t have to worry about your photos coming out blurry or full of digital noise.

Take a Breath Then Take The Shot
Set aside the rapid-fire approach that we have all become accustomed to in the digital age and think back to when, and if, you ever used a film camera. We took our time, we lined up our shot, and we took one photograph — why? Because we were always afraid of running out of film! We recommend carrying over the technique of concentration and trust within yourselves to capture more meaningful moments with better methods.

When you’re trying to capture your next photo, hold up your device and wait a moment. Look through the viewfinder, see where the edges of the photo lineup, and where your subject is. By using basic photography techniques, and a bit of patience you can take better photos while saving gigabytes of space on your smartphone.

The Best Apps You Should Use at Music Festivals

PSafe Newsroom — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:00:35 +0000

Music festivals are already a great time, but they can be so much better with the rights apps on your phone. You’ll be able to capture more of the festival experience, relive parts of it later, and improve your phone’s functionality so you can get the most out of it. Take advantage of the duplicate photos feature while at a music festival. Click here to remove repeated photos on your phone to free up space for new photos:

duplicate photos can help improve your music experience in many ways. How often do you accidentally hit the camera button twice while frantically snapping shots at concerts? It can add so much unnecessary time when you sort through your pictures later to show off on social media. Why not save some time while also boosting your battery and phone functionality?

There are many other apps besides the dfndr app that you can use to improve your festival experience. Check out some of the best apps to use below.

Bandsintown
Before you even get to the concert there’s an app you have to have and it’s called “Bandsintown.” You can’t enjoy the best concerts and festivals if you don’t know about them, after all! Bandsintown helps to keep you informed of the artists that will be heading your way so you can make it.

Instagram
Don’t forget to snap a few signature pics and edit the pictures after so they look perfect before you upload them to all your friends and followers. It’ll be a great way to show off. You may even be able to convince friends who stayed home to come with you to the next concert!

Twitter
What’s a live event without some live tweets? Not only can you share your thoughts on a particular show, but you can always be a part of the conversation before, during, and after the big festival. You were there, after all! You know what’s what and you can share it with the world.

Last.FM
You had a great time checking out all of the music you already loved, but maybe you want to keep the party going and continue to check out some new music that is similar to the stuff you already love. Why not throw on some Last.FM for the drive home so you can branch off, discover new music, and plan your next music festival or concert?

How to Remove Location Data from Android Photos

PSafe Newsroom — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:00:14 +0000

Smartphones have revolutionized the way we take and share photos. While this is undoubtedly a fun and convenient tool to have at our disposal, the increasing use of mobile devices has left many a user (understandably) paranoid and skeptical of releasing more data than they absolutely have to. One of these data points is Location. Most of the time we don’t even realize it’s on and working, whether through GPS or Wifi, and only later when we see that it’s been recorded do we get weirded out. Here are some ways to remove location data from the photos you take.

Disable Location Settings Universally

The easiest thing you could do to ensure your photos won’t have your site stamp is to simply turn off location tracking on your Android. If you’re the type of person who prefers privacy and doesn’t want to be bothered on any app or in any scenario, doesn’t use maps, and so on, then skip the hassle and just go this route.

Click the settings icon from the “all apps” section
Scroll down to “Personal,” then select “Location”
Toggle the On button to Off

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Disable the Camera’s Location Settings

Turning off location settings overall is not a viable option for users who frequent apps like “maps” to get around or service apps that use your location to find restaurants or places of interest in your immediate vicinity. If you want to turn off locations for photo-taking only but spare the other applications, then make the following adjustments directly in your camera app.

Select the Camera app from the “all apps” section
Tap left menu on the display
Click “Settings,” then toggle “Save location” to off

Removing Location Data from Photos You Share

Location data on photos can be fun or useful — when posting to Facebook or reminiscing on times past. If you don’t want to remove location data on all photos entirely, you can make modifications to individual photos and albums you want to share via a link.

Launch Google Photos
Click on the left menu to find Settings
Under Location you’ll see the option to remove Geolocation: toggle to “on”

Also, as an added bonus, Google offers a feature called “estimated location.” If you upload or save a photo taken from another device, such as a camera, Google will estimate the location at which it was taken. To disable that data, select the photo from your photo library and click the “info” icon, which will let you “remove location” from the right menu beside the estimated location.