Pet Photos By Simon Ollerenshaw, Dynomic.com
I was intrigued by this app because our canine companion, Woofie, seems to have an aversion to having a camera pointed at her. She was already 14 when we got her so we don't know the origin of this behaviour. All we know is that when we spot a perfect photo opportunity and turn the camera on her she looks away, the same way she does when offered some food she doesn't like. It really is funny to watch.
Enter Pet Photos. This app differs from other camera apps in that it has sound effects! In particular, catchy sounds to attract the attention of pets. Meows, barks, and a variety of others.
Pet Photos shoots in HD video format - 1916x1080 pixels. Sort of an odd size for still photos and far short of full device resolution.
The Pet Photos interface.
My first test happened to be where Woofie was resting on her bed in the bedroom. The light was quite low and the pictures all came out quite dark.
It seemed to me a regular camera app would do better so I tried a couple of others and they did a better job of the low light situation.
The sounds did make her look up. I decided to try again in better light sometime. Another thing I noticed was that it doesn't recognize right side up orientation for photos. Pictures shot in landscape always show as portrait in the camera roll and you need an external editor (Photos app) to turn them right way up.
There is an iap to buy a bigger selection of sounds. You can select just one sound to replay or have the sounds change randomly. There is a button to play the sound and another to shoot the picture. There is also a button that plays the sound and shoots the picture if you are fairly certain the sound will have the desired effect. No other camera controls.
I tried again outside in better light on one of our walks. After the first sound Woofie looked at me out of the corner of her eye without turning.
After that she completely ignored every sound except the dog bark, which she acknowledged without turning. Probable communications: You tricked me with this before. I'm not that dumb to fall for it a second time.
So the app is a good idea and maybe it will work with you pet, but not with Woofie.
I was intrigued by this app because our canine companion, Woofie, seems to have an aversion to having a camera pointed at her. She was already 14 when we got her so we don't know the origin of this behaviour. All we know is that when we spot a perfect photo opportunity and turn the camera on her she looks away, the same way she does when offered some food she doesn't like. It really is funny to watch.
Enter Pet Photos. This app differs from other camera apps in that it has sound effects! In particular, catchy sounds to attract the attention of pets. Meows, barks, and a variety of others.
Pet Photos shoots in HD video format - 1916x1080 pixels. Sort of an odd size for still photos and far short of full device resolution.
The Pet Photos interface.
My first test happened to be where Woofie was resting on her bed in the bedroom. The light was quite low and the pictures all came out quite dark.
It seemed to me a regular camera app would do better so I tried a couple of others and they did a better job of the low light situation.
The sounds did make her look up. I decided to try again in better light sometime. Another thing I noticed was that it doesn't recognize right side up orientation for photos. Pictures shot in landscape always show as portrait in the camera roll and you need an external editor (Photos app) to turn them right way up.
There is an iap to buy a bigger selection of sounds. You can select just one sound to replay or have the sounds change randomly. There is a button to play the sound and another to shoot the picture. There is also a button that plays the sound and shoots the picture if you are fairly certain the sound will have the desired effect. No other camera controls.
I tried again outside in better light on one of our walks. After the first sound Woofie looked at me out of the corner of her eye without turning.
After that she completely ignored every sound except the dog bark, which she acknowledged without turning. Probable communications: You tricked me with this before. I'm not that dumb to fall for it a second time.
So the app is a good idea and maybe it will work with you pet, but not with Woofie.
then other times they seem as dumb as a bag of nails 
). I'll post them, but will do a more careful version as well 