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Full Burberry Prorsum Womenswear London Fashion Show – Shot Entirely iPhone 5s Devices
Last week Apple announced that Burberry would use iPhone 5s phones to video and photograph their London fashion show. We’ve attached the full version of the video of the show below. Earlier this week Pocket-Lint gained inside knowledge about how the show was shot. They interviewed Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s Creative Director, “Dotted around the room this year were 14 iPhone 5S smartphones recording and live streaming all the action to numerous destinations such as billboards and Burberry stores, as well as the usual social networking platforms like Facebook and Vine…There were nine iPhone 5S phones on the runway taking shots, three on a moving rail cam following the models, one…
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2014 Sony World Photography Awards Judge shares what he’s looking for in this year’s competition
You have seen the call for entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards but how can you make sure yours is the photograph that the judges choose? WPO gives you an exclusive insight into the thoughts of our 2014 Honorary Jury members and exactly what they are looking for in an award-winning image. This week, WPO interviews jury member Guy Harrington of Soho Management. In your opinion, what makes an award-winning image? What key elements will you look for in the entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards? An image has not only to be beautiful but have something to say to be truly award-winning. It needs to…
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Streets Ahead – Challenge 1 – Showcase
Welcome to the showcase for our first challenge, ‘Crouching’ (photographing street scenes/life from a crouching position). We hope that this will be the first of many challenges that will be run in the Streets Ahead group. The objective of the challenge is to help us collectively practice and perhaps learn some new techniques. Each challenge will be based either on a shooting technique or perhaps a theme. We would like Streets Ahead to be an interactive group, and for members to try to participate in the challenges. If you are a woman street photographer, please join our growing community. • Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions) • Facebook Group (for information sharing/discussions) "Keeping…
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The Royal Photographic Society PORTFOLIOTHREE Now Available
PORTFOLIOTHREE is The Royal Photographic Society’s triennial publication showcasing the best of photography and imaging science associated with The Society over the past three years. The book’s 240 pages contain interviews and photography from Jason Bell, Joe Cornish, Ken Lennox, Bob Martin, Rinko Kawatchi, Joel Meyerowitz and Albert Watson; selected Licentiate, Associate and Fellowship distinction panels from members; work from bursary winners Neil Hall and Huw Wahl; selected images from The Society’s International Images of Science exhibition and Olympics competition; feature articles dealing with the 1826 Niépce plates in The Society’s Collection, photographic science and a celebration of The Society’s 160th anniversary; and, spotlights on areas of The Society’s activities…
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The New Renaissance : A Glimpse Into The World Of Creative App Development By Sarah Jarrett
We are thrilled to publish our wonderful Columnist Sarah Jarrett’s latest article to her The New Renaissance Column. This section has a wide remit and takes the form of interviews with artists about their working techniques, looking at approaches to a particular theme by different artists, showcase some unusual collaborations between Sarah and other artists and offers insight into apps and their creative uses. Sarah herself explains, ‘I am really passionate about this whole area, I have my ear to the ground and guarantee to uncover some really inspiring ideas. This week Sarah interviews James Cuda Co-founder of Savage Interactive, the developers of the hugely popular Procreate app. This is…
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creativeLIVE Photo Week Now Live With Free Online Photography Courses
creativeLIVE is hosting a full week of photography instruction this week. It is 100% free to watch the instruction live, if you want to view some of the classes later, then you’ll need to pay for the classes. “creativeLIVE Photo Week is our love letter to photography,” said co-founder Chase Jarvis. “We have an incredible lineup of rock star photogs in the mix for this event people who inspire our industry and are simply brilliant at sharing their knowledge with the world.” Highlights September 16th -21st, from 9 AM – 4 PM (PT) Live free streaming available at: http://www.creativelive.com/conferences/photoweek The opportunity to interact in real-time with the expert photographers and ask essential…
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Noteshelf – iOS iPad – Temporary Price Drop – Create A Journal
Yesterday, MaryJane Sarvis mentioned this app, Noteshelf in her Fly On The Wall Column that she runs with Jennifer Bracewell. MaryJane explained that Journaling is an excellent way of keeping track of new ideas and thoughts. Jennifer also agreed and explained that she uses Journaling either in note or sketch form to keep track of thoughts as they flow to help with creative blocks. Although MaryJane confessed to prefering pen and paper, she explained that this app Noteshelf has really helped her and keeps her organised. To read more of this Fly On The Wall Column article, please go here. Noteshelf is on sale today, usually it retails for $5.99/£3.99…
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SketchBook Pro for iPad – Temporary Price Drop
SketchBook Pro for iPad by Autodesk Inc is a hugely popular app with artists for painting and drawing, it’s incredibly powerful and allows for full screen work. It also includes support to manage multiple layers and there’s a comprehensive Brush Library with over 100 presets to customize. SketchBook Pro for iPad usually retails for $4.99/£2.99 but today you can pick it up for just $1.99/£1.49. Click here to download.
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Exclusive Interview With Chris Davies Of The American Aperture Awards (AX3)
As many of you know the winners of the American Aperture Awards (AX3) were recently announced. Four major Award Winners and 51 Winners in each additional category from over 1,100 entries from 63 countries were narrowed down to receive these prestigious awards. We were delighted in particular with the mobile photography category, not least with seeing our very talented Contributor Nettie Edwards scoop the Top Prize and Award of Mobile Photographer of the Year. Sarah Jarret, Adria Ellis, Gianluca Ricoveri, Cedric Blanchon, Eeken, Ale Di Gangi, Eloise Capet, Cindy Patrick, Lisa Waddell, Susan Tuttle, John Fulton, Mattia Vacca, Valerie McBride and more, all received Awards too in various categories –…
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Ripple Effect Images – Help A Woman, Help The Planet
We’ve just been sent information relating to this project and it’s amazing, it’s not mobile per se, but I see no reason why something like this couldn’t be though… Ripple Effect Images is a team of journalists dedicated to documenting poor women and girls around the world, highlighting the programs that are helping to empower them, especially as they deal with the effects of climate change. The purpose of this series is to explore the lives and work of celebrated photographers Annie Griffiths, Lynn Johnson and Ami Vitale, and what they hope to accomplish collectively as Ripple Effect Images. Separately, each photographer, over the course of their careers, noticed patterns…