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How it Works

Bird feeder for iPhone

Step 1

Place your iPhone (3,4,5) , iPod Touch (4th, 5th generation) or any GoPro camera into Bird Photo Booth's foam insert. 

Bird Photo Booth has custom high quality protective foam cut to seamlessly fit smartphones and GoPro cameras.
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iPhone Insert
Gopro foam insert
GoPro Insert

Step 2

Make sure your smartphone is on with one of the suggested apps activated. Scroll down to see list of apps. below. 



Step 5

With either another Wi-Fi enabled device or a bluetooth device, snap away!

Step 3

Slide the aluminum door shut. The devices inside are measured to be located in the correct position behind the attachment lenses. 

Step 4

Step far enough away from the Bird Photo Booth so that birds will not be scared by your presence. 

Application for real time viewing,  by detection of motion:

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AirBeam is the best iOS app. that turns your camera equipped iDevices into a flexible remote monitoring system. 
It streams live video and audio from the cameras and microphones of any number of iPhones, iPods or iPads. You can watch the live stream on any other internet connected device,  by  entering the custom URL into the Web browser - even on multiple screens simultaneously.  It also features motion and audio detection to detect when a bird lands and alerts you Birds have arrived at Bird Photo Booth! Use this for VIDEO only. Photo capture will be coming soon.

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Connect with Apple's FaceTime app.  to talk with birds!

  1. Launch the FaceTime app on your selected iOS device that you will use as the remote viewer.
  2. Call your iPhone using the FaceTime app. 
  3. Start a FaceTime chat and make sure the rear facing camera is selected on your iPhone.
  4. Reduce screen brightness to conserve battery.
  5. Place your iPhone or iPod touch into Bird Photo Booth and now you can watch,listen to, and even TALK to backyard birds face to face in real time!

Other Applications That Are Supported

Bird Photo Booth is not reliant on one device, one technology or one single App. While it is recommended you start with Airbeam or FaceTime app shown above, a list of other apps work with some  interesting features. 


 Apps that Support Wireless Live Preview and Photo Capture. 

To augment Bird Photo Booth's capabilities!
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Duplicam  

Best app. for high quality remote photo capture Using your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad  to view and control the camera on any number of iPhones or iPod touch simultaneously.  You can set up multiple bird photo booths with this app to get 360 views of live video footage.
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Webofcam

Free app. that supports wireless remote photo capture.
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Remote Shutter

Remote Shutter allows you to connect your iPhone, iPod, and iPad using one as camera and one as remote to see live stream preview. Use this app for remote photo capture. Note the on screen live preview is low quality, but  the actual image captured is of high quality.

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Capturing photos with any Bluetooth enabled device.                        
No Live Preview. No application required.

Only have a smartphone? Don't want to download a specialized photo app on your smartphone? No Problem! You can use any bluetooth enabled device to capture photos.

Use your bluetooth keyboard or headset to remotely control and take photos with your iPhone or iPod touch in Bird Photo Booth.  (Best for highest quality image capture.) 

  1. With your iPhone go to general settings.
  2. Select "bluetooth" then connect your wireless bluetooth keyboard/headset to your iPhone. (note: Once connected ,it is a good idea to reduce screen brightness under General settings- to increase battery life of your iOS device or plug into charger.)
  3. Set your iPhone™ to vibrate mode. Now you are ready to start remote photo capture using the volume up button on your bluetooth keyboard or headset.
  4. Place your iPhone™ in Bird Photo Booth and let the fun begin!
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How it works for GoPro (supports all GoPro cameras including Hero 3)

1. Turn on your GoPro camera and GoPro Wi-Fi remote. Make sure they are connected. 
2. Now insert your GoPro camera into Bird Photo Booth.
3. Slide the aluminum door shut. 
4. Now your can remotely control high quality photo, video, time lapse and even burst modes up to 680ft away.
Note:. We suggest you set your GoPro camera in medium angle view for video and 8mp medium for photo capture.
GoPro comes with a free remote app for Android and iOS , which s now available! Please click here to find out more. 
Gopro bird feeder
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Flexibility + Compatibility

Bird Photo Booth by design can accommodate different electronic devices. 

Live Viewing Birds as you capture photos & video:
(ie You see what the Camera Sees as you take Photos)
  • iPhone™  or iPod touch + watch and  control from the  iPad
  • iPhone™  or iPod touch + watch and control from another iPhone
  • iPhone™  or iPod touch + watch and control from Laptop or Desktop computer
  • iPhone™  or iPod touch + watch and control from iPod touch

If you do not have two devices laying around, don't worry!  While you cannot see what the camera sees, Bird Photo Booth can capture video or photos remotely with your iPhone/ IPod touch and any Bluetooth enabled device.  

Remote Capture Videos + Photos:
(ie You cannot see what the camera sees, but can still do everything else)
  • iPhone™ + control snap photo/video with Bluetooth Headset
  • iPhone™ + control snap photo/video with Bluetooth Keyboard
  • GoPro + control with Wifi Wireless Transmitter 

insert iPhone  + watch and control form another iPhone 

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insert iPhone + watch and control from iPad 

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insert iPhone + watch and Control from any other wI-fi connected device. such as a Laptop or Desktop

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insert iPhone +  Control with Bluetooth Headset 

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Insert iPhone + Control with Bluetooth Keyboard 
(Best for highest quality image capture.)

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Insert GoPro and control with GoPro Wi-Fi Remote

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 Optional Photo Editing Apps

To quickly touch up, crop, color correct and share your photos.
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Instagram

80 million users love Instagram! It's a free, fun, and simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your iPhone. Pick from one of several gorgeous filtered effects or tilt-shift blur to breathe a new life into your mobile photos. Transform everyday moments into works of art you'll want to share with friends and family. Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world. 
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Camera +  

Dozens of amazing effects 
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Photoforge  

PhotoForge is a highly optimized editing and painting application designed for the iPhone and iPod touch. It can be used for image manipulation, retouching, effects, and color correction, as well as a painter’s tool. It is indispensable for creating original artwork, or editing photos on your mobile device.
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Optional Timelapse Photography Apps

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Timelapse

TimeLapse is the professional choice for creating time lapse sequences on your iDevice. Now featuring long exposure functionality! Easily create fully edited HD videos on your device with just a few taps in TimeLapse Express or, with TimeLapse Classic, take full control of the shoot and snap individual photos for professional post processing on your computer.

With TimeLapse Express creating an HD time lapse video has never been easier. Set the duration of the shoot, the length of the final video, an audio track from your iPod library, frame your shot, sit back and relax. TimeLapse Express will automatically create a complete silky smooth HD video with captions and a soundtrack, ready for sharing. Really, it's that easy! Alternatively, use TimeLapse Classic's configurability to take full control of the shoot. Shoot better than HD, GPS tagged photos for post processing on your computer, create an HD video or do both at once. TimeLapse is flexible enough to be used for time lapse photography, as a single shot delay timer, a journey photo logger and even as an ad-hoc surveillance camera. 

Educational

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ibird

iBird Pro Guide to Birds is designed to satisfy the demanding needs of advanced birders and professional naturalists. It offers comprehensive identification, behavior, habitat and ecology information, twice as many search attributes as Plus, hand-drawn illustrations, professional photographs, range maps, and playable calls for 924 North American and Hawaiian bird species
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P.O. Box 49709 Los Angeles, CA 90049

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