Have you ever tried to photograph a lightning storm 
with your iPhone? Or how about that perfect shot of your puppy running toward you? Or that elusive cat that rules your house? Not easy, huh? My guess is that you would have to take lots of bad images to get that shot you are looking for. But what if you had an application that would let you capture lots of images within the application and save only those that you wish to save? That application is called Fast Camera, and it’s available to you in the App Store for only 99 cents.
It’s very easy to use. When you open the app it starts taking photos immediately. Ten, twenty, thirty…the app takes up to 800 pictures a minute. Eight hundred! Once you have taken the number of pics you want, just press stop. You may then click Review to see thumbnails of your photos. You can then preview photos, save the ones you want to the camera roll, and delete the rest. Before the most recent update, there was a problem with the app sometimes deleting your photos when you close the app. However, the latest update documentation states that this issue has been solved.
The latest update also allows you to purchase an update (for 99 cents) that allows you to export your photo stream as a video.
This is a great app that I highly recommend. I have found a number of opportunities to use it, as you can see from the gallery, it is lots of fun and allowed me to get some shots that I never would have been able to get otherwise.
So check it out!
All the best…Mike
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A college administrator by profession, Mike Kennamer enjoys the opportunity to take photos and improve his skills by shooting events at work, church, and for friends. He enjoys landscape photography, portraiture and is starting to dabble in HDR. His current photography project involves learning to control flash manually. “My goal”, according to Kennamer, “is to be the best photographer I can be.”
Kennamer is also the President of Kennamer Media Group, Inc., a provider of traditional and online media, specializing in the healthcare industry. On CurrentPhotographer.com he writes about iPhone and iPad applications for photographers.