iFotoGuide: Grand Canyon is filled with useful content and inspirational images.  The app is designed to help you plan your entire trip, from selecting lodging, renting a car and finding a good place to eat all the way to the really good stuff – where to set up your tripod, when to be there and what equipment you’ll need to create dynamic images.  As with all iFotoGuide apps, it is fully interactive and allows you to access critical information in several ways.  We’ve even stuffed a full park map into the app with full zoom and pan capabilities!

Visit the Apple iTunes App Store to download iFotoGuide: Grand Canyon for your iPhone or iPod Touch today.  At only $4.99, it’s significantly less expensive than your average guidebook!

We expect it to be available in the iTunes App store by mid-July.  Of course, you’ll hear about the launch here first.  Until then, head over to Adam’s website at http://www.adamschallau.com and drool over a few of his amazing Grand Canyon photos!

• You can now register to receive the iFotoGuide e-newsletter on the home page.
• You can learn all about the amazing content crammed into every iFotoGuide app.
• Meet our partner photographers and follow a link to their home page.
• We’ve integrated our blog into the site so you don’t have to bookmark two different sites.
• Find all of our contact information and view our press releases.
• Check out links to other photo related stuff that interests us and that you may also find useful.

So, surf around the site and let us know what you think of the re-design.  We like it and we hope you do too!

I have a question for you.  You don’t have to answer but we sure would appreciate it if you’d take a minute to share your thoughts.  What kind of content are you interested in seeing on the iFotoGuide blog?

Of course we’ll post press releases, new product announcements and the occasional random thought.  But we don’t want the blog to be all about us.  That’s boring.  We want this to be a space where people can learn from one another, engage eachother and most importantly, have fun.

With that in mind, please tell us what kind of content you’d be interested in seeing here.  Product and book reviews, trip reports, how-to articles, general iPhone app business stuff, user generated content?  We’ll consider any and all ideas.  Throw ‘em out there.  Be heard.  Make this your space.

If you’re shy about leaving your inner thoughts in the comments section feel free to send us an email.  We’re eager to read your comments and we appreciate your time!

Moab, Utah (November 25, 2009) – “iFotoGuide” has released the first and only iPhone app & digital guide to on-location nature photography. It is available now through the Apple iTunes App Store. 

“iFotoGuide: Arches” is the first in a series of digital guides for the iPhone providing nature photographers with a comprehensive resource for planning every aspect of a photography trip.  Use “iFotoguide: Arches” to locate the nearest airport, find lodging and a rental car, and determine what weather to expect during your visit.  Users of “iFotoGuide: Arches” can learn about park entrance fees, permits, flora and fauna, safety considerations and best times to visit for fall colors or wildflower blooms. 

“iFotoGuide: Arches” goes beyond the ordinary photo guidebook by providing three innovative ways for iPhone users to find a dynamic location for photography.  An interactive park map allows users to zoom, pan and select photography locations by name.  Images in the photo gallery serve to inspire and are also interactive – one touch provides detailed instructions for getting to and photographing each location.  “iFotoGuide: Arches” even allows users to search for locations to photograph at sunrise, sunset or in mid-day light. 

Unlike guidebooks and newsletters which may be several years out of date, “iFotoGuide: Arches” is easily updated to ensure accurate and fresh content.  “iFotoGuide: Arches” sells for $4.99 in the Apple App Store.  Updates will include additional locations within Arches National Park and will be available at no cost to “iFotoGuide: Arches” users. 

Created by photographers for photographers “iFotoGuide: Arches” is designed to provide users with all the tools necessary for a successful and productive photo trip.  The developers of “iFotoGuide: Arches” are expanding park coverage, with Canyonlands and Yosemite National Parks available on iTunes in the first quarter of 2010. 

“iFotoGuide” was founded in 2009 by photographers Dan Baumbach and Bret Edge to provide the only digital photo guides available on the Apple iPhone.

We’ll announce the big reveal right here so check in often to see what we’re up to.  Better yet, subscribe to our blog and you’ll never miss out on any of the action.  We’ve also started the official iFotoGuide newsletter.  Until our new site arrives on the web we’re accepting sign-ups through email at info@ifotoguide.com.  Just send us your name and email address, and we’ll add you to the list.  Don’t worry – we hate spammers, too.  We won’t spam you nor will we share your information with anyone else.

Ya’ll have an awesome weekend.  May the sweet light be with you!

Stop in, leave a review and tell the world how you feel about iFotoGuide: Arches.  Dan and I thank you for your on-going support!

Dan and I would like to ask all of you for help in deciding what parks to cover next.  We’ve compiled a list of parks we think should rank as high priority.  We hope you will take a moment to review the list and write your top 7 picks as a response to this post.

Your input is invaluable.  We’re not asking for your opinion just to pretend that we care.  We really, really, really do care and we appreciate your time.  Your answers will be taken seriously and we will use them to prioritize the parks within our development timeline.  Answers will be collected until Dec. 31.  Don’t be a slacker!

Note: I should have mentioned that the list below is in no particular order.  It was late and my eyes were so tired I was seeing doubles of everything.  Consequently, I threw this post together rather quickly.  Please choose 7 of the parks below and list them in order of importance.  If you’re REALLY bored at work you are welcome to order all the parks .

Our Parks List:

1. Grand Canyon
2. Grand Teton
3. Mt. Rainier
4. Death Valley
5. Glacier
6. Great Smoky Mountains
7. Rocky Mountain
8. Zion
9. Canadian Rockies
10. Bryce
11. Denali
12. Everglades
13. Acadia
14. Yellowstone

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