282 – Going Beyond Cat Videos

Today’s WELSTech Podcast covers ways to use your mobile photo or tablet photography in ministry. We also talk with designer Corissa Nelson about ways she lets her light shine through her online business, image donations to WELS and design work for her local congregation.

The discussion:

The best camera … – Martin and Sallie talk about the meteoric rise in prevalence of “pocketography” – using cameras on smartphones and tablets to easily capture and share images – and ways which these cameras can aid the work of churches, schools and individuals.

• Ten (Okay, Eleven) Tips for Better Mobile Photographs
• 10 Ways Your Smartphone Camera Can make Life Easier
• Trends in Mobile Photography [INFOGRAPHIC]
• The Photojojo Store – Photojojo University
• Instagram – Sallie’s best Instagram pic
• Postagram
• Animoto
• Genius Scan

The interview:

(19:50) Letting Her Light Shine Through Art – Corissa Nelson, member of Our Savior in Grafton, WI, talks with Martin and Sallie about her design business and the ways she uses her gifts to God’s glory in her church, the synod and beyond.

• CorissaNelsonArt.com
• Follow Corissa on Facebook and Flickr
• Visit Corissa’s Etsy shop
• WELS Inspirational Images Pool on Flickr
• April desktop calendar images

News in tech:

(33:40) Grace Lutheran principal Peter Iles garners Google’s attention

Picks of the week:

• (35:25) Photogene – Watch Sallie’s tour
  
  
• PhotoSynth – Take a 360 tour of Martin’s office

Of interest:

(40:57) WELSTech Camp will run from 8:30 AM until 4:00 PM and plans are for 4 one-hour discussion time slots plus lunch, snacks and giveaways. Join the conversation on September 14 at Martin Luther College!

Community feedback:

• (43:09) Incompetech – Royalty-Free Music

Coming up on WELSTech:

(45:02) Episode 283 – Connecting with an audience is important to any public speaker and the topic of next week’s podcast discussion as we continue reviewing Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. (Release date – 04/09/13)

The featured artist:

(45:50) We close the podcast with the music of The Branches Band (www.branchesband.com|Facebook) – This Is The Day The Lord Has Made

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