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Developer:
Man Mountain Productions Inc
Age rating: 17+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later.
Photo ShootoutCurrent Version: 1.0
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Featured in the iTunes App Store/Photography "WHAT'S HOT" and "NEW & NOTEWORTHY" sections.
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Finally a Photography App that works perfectly on the iPod Touch!
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You’ve NEVER played a game like this before!
Photo Shootout is a TOTALLY UNIQUE pro photographer sim game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
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REVIEWS
"...I own every photo app worth owning and yours is truely the best I have seen." Dave - A thrilled Photo Shootout fan.
“…Actually, the game is as much about learning photography (aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and so on) as it is living the dream of being a model photographer. As a novice shutterbug, I'm actually learning a lot from Photo Shootout. It was a pleasant surprise.”
Rick Broida - CNET Reviews
“This game is a must have for anyone willing to strengthen their photography skills, especially if you’ve got an DSLR. It’s fun to play and you could gradually learn new knowledge along the way, what’s better than that?
By DailyCupofApps
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WHO IS THIS APP FOR?
-> If you are a enthusiast, hobbyist, semi-pro or even a pro photographer - this game is for you!
-> If you like taking pictures of your friends and family - this game is for you!
-> Have you ever dreamed of having your photos published one day? Now you can be published everyday with Photo Shootout!
Made by a photographer…for photographers!
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HOW DO YOU PLAY?
Shoot beautiful in-game models, edit, sell and show-off your professional looking photos. Earn money from your published photos to buy better camera equipment - Shoot, repeat until famous!
Learn, challenge or refresh your photographic skills by racing against the clock to set the correct exposure with the virtual in-game DSLR controls - while shooting beautiful model assignments!
Scroll and tap to set the Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO controls for the optimum exposure. Each level of the game raises the challenge and the rewards!
THIS IS WHAT DO YOU GET;
• 11 Photographic Assignments.
• 3 Gorgeous professional female models to choose from.
• Models in Bathing suits and in close-ups.
• Exposure controls like a DSLR camera; A, S & ISO.
• 3 Training levels to get you started.
• 3 Challenging game levels.
• No previous photo experience required.
• Professionally shot video footage displayed on the in-game viewfinder.
SHOOT
3 gorgeous models in close-up and in bathing suits. 11 live-action in-game assignments - it’s as if you are at the actual shoot! Race against the clock to adjust exposure controls (ISO, Aperture & Shutter Speed) to the correct exposure - and shoot!
EDIT
Photos from your virtual in-game photo shoot. View them all, choose the best - just like a pro!
SELL
Through your virtual in-game photo agent. See your published photos, choose the best offer and cash in!
SHOW
Flick through your portfolio and admire your work. Think you can do better? Reshoot and earn even hotter published photos and more cash!
BUY
The best equipment from the in-game camera store. Reshoot and earn even hotter published photos and more cash!
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FYI: The Photo Shootout App DOES NOT use the iPhone’s on-board camera. Everything is build into the game. You can play Photo Shootout anywhere, anytime!
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Photo Shootout Review
Learn to become a professional photographer
Photo Shootout, a photography game from Man Mountain Productions, puts you directly in the shoes of a professional photographer as you learn essential camera skills.
Apparently the world of professional photography is limited to taking pictures of pretty girls.
Photo Shootout seems to be targeting those already familiar with SLR — that’s “single-lens reflex” to the uninitiated — photography, so it’s tough to determine whether the tutorial is supposed to bring amateurs up to speed or dumb things down for professionals.
The game doesn’t use the iPhone’s built in camera, but instead offers a photography simulator with photo taking, “selling,” and other photo-related trappings. The app walks you through ISO, shutter speed, and aperture adjustment skills, all by swiping a dial left or right until the exposure scale at the top of the screen hits “0” for a perfectly exposed image. You’re tasked with photographing family moments and random, interesting objects, adjusting one setting per tutorial to keep things simple.
When you’ve completed your training, you can move onto “Professional Assignments,” where you must adjust all three components at the same time to set up the perfect shot. Hints appear at the top of the screen, reminding you that a high ISO creates a grainy image and such.
What’s interesting, and maybe a little disconcerting, about the professional shoots is that, where before you were shooting family portraits and swim meets, the only choices now are “beauty” or “swimsuit” shoots. A one-minute video of a hot model vamping for the camera plays while you set up the shot and then start clicking away. Not that this subject doesn’t have mass appeal, but it may have been nice to include one other genre that didn’t involve semi-clothed women.
Once you run out of time or fill up your in-game memory card, you can scroll through the shots and see what you want to put in your portfolio. Your “agent” will sell the photos for magazine spreads, product packaging, etc. You can take the proceeds to the camera store to buy better equipment for more valuable photos or buy more interesting assignments, though “Buy Assignments” won’t be available until a future update of the app.
While the limited photo shoot options are a major drawback, Photo Shootout is an otherwise gorgeous game, with crisp graphics, simple controls, and an undeniably unique premise.
Whether it appeals to non-photographers is up for debate, but for $2 it gives a glimpse of that world to anyone.
[Meghann Myers is a frequent contributor to Macworld.]
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