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#RePicture Competition Open For Entries
Getty Images and iStock have teamed up to create a new international photography competition, #RePicture. The competition aims to challenge how we photograph the world and find ways to subvert stereotypical imagery across the globe. Originally launched at this year’s Cannes Lions festival in France, #RePicture is inspired by the success of Getty Images’ recent partnership with Lean In, an organisation that champions creative opportunities for women. Open to amateur and semi-professional photographers and creatives worldwide, the competition offers prizes from Canon, and the chance to get on board as a Getty Images contributor. “We feel passionately that images have the power to change the way people view the world.” says Andy Saunders, senior…
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iOS Photography App – 645 PRO MK III – Updated and We Have Codes To Giveaway
645 PRO MK III has been updated, it’s a hugely popular camera replacement app for iOS photography and there’s just one reason for that, it’s very good. This update includes focus-peaking and auto-zoom (so you get a magnified version of the viewfinder to aid with focusing). As well as fully manual exposure, the developers Jag.gr have added two semi-automatic modes—Shutter Priority and ISO Priority—along with exposure compensation of up to ±3 Ev. White balance includes standard presets plus full custom white balance setting and the ability to lock the white balance to an 18% grey card. Other new features include a proper, configurable exposure-bracketing option, and an enhanced review/share view.…
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Streets Ahead – Thirty Ninth Edition – Mobile Street Photography – TheAppWhisperer
Welcome to the thirty ninth edition of “Streets Ahead,” a weekly column dedicated to women mobile street photographers. Each week we review and curate work that was submitted to our Flickr Group. In addition to creating a showcase video which features a sampling of submitted work, we also highlight a few images that caught our attention… offering some thoughtful commentary about technique, composition, and subject matter.If you are not a member of our Facebook group… we highly recommend that you join us! This is our space for sharing newsworthy information and conducting discussions (what, when, where, why and how) about Women Photographers/Artists and Street Photography, in general. So, if you…
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NYT Photojournalist Todd Heisler Shares iPhone 6 Camera Tips
The New York Times Photojournalist Todd Heilser has produced a video demonstrating how to capture better images and videos with the iPhone 6 using iOS 8. It’s interesting, take a look below:
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Latest Vogue Column Article Published, by Joanne Carter
Oooh I am having a particularly exhilarating morning today! Not only have I just announced that I am the new Contributing Editor for LensCulture and they have just published my first interview with Louise Whiting (see here) but also Vogue have also just published my latest interview with another fabulously talented photographer Paulina Otylie. Otylie is a photographer that you may not have come across but one I am sure you will want to learn more about, she’s also a huge supporter and advocate of mobile photography. Please don’t miss my wonderful interview with Paulina Otylie at Vogue here.
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iPad/iPhone Photography Tutorial – iColorama from the Beginning – Part 2
We’re delighted to publish Part 2 of Jerry Jobe’s introduction to the wonderful world of iColorama for iPad/iPhone photography/art. If you missed Part 1, please go here. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). iColorama for iPad retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here. iColorama S for iPhone retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here “Well, I’m back. So says Samwise the hobbit in the seventy-third ending of The Lord of the Rings. Just when you think the movie is finally done, there’s another ten minutes of farewells. Another literary comparison of my returning to the beginner tutorial for iColorama would be Columbo – I’m turning to you…
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Joanne Carter – New Contributing Editor for LensCulture
I’m really delighted to inform you that I am the new Contributing Editor For LensCulture. My new position affords me the luxury to write about fabulous mobile photographers and artists. As many of you know I am also a Columnist for Vogue too. My first interview for LensCulture has just been published. I interviewed the fabulously talented Louise Whiting and you can read it all in the following link. These are not long interviews, short and concise, around 500 words and filled with stunning imagery. Many congratulations to Louise Whiting for being my first, you were very patient with me, thank you. Please go here to read it.