Flare iPhone App Launches Video Contest and Slashes Price
To celebrate being featured as the App of the Day on Gizmodo, Flare, is sponsoring the Share your Flare contest. The top prize will go to the best and most creative video shot with Flare. In order to open the contest to more creative individuals, Flare has lowered its price this week to $0.99.
Having released just one week ago, Flare rose to the top of the App Store charts, reaching as high as the top 50 paid overall and #6 in the Photography category. To celebrate the success, a video contest has just launched. The aim of the contest is to show off the various features of the app such as independent focus, exposure, and white balance controls, as well as zoom for video.
The effects of the app are unparalleled, and this is the main thing it is hoped to show by the contest entries. As quoted by Gizmodo:
"Flare is the best because it was the only one bold enough – technology be damned – to introduce it to your phone". The contest entrants have the option of using any of the effects that come standard with the app.
The contest is currently running and submissions will be accepted until June 30, 2011.
Contest Details
The prize is a white, engraved Apple iPad 2 for the best video overall. Finalists are chosen by public voting, and a panel of judges will pick a winner from those selected finalists.
Use the advanced features of Flare such as independent exposure, focus, and white balance, as well as the disruptive video effects, to create a unique and engaging video clip between 10 seconds and 7 minutes.
Editing is suggested but not required. However, no effects or post-processing is allowed. You must film your clips with Flare for iPhone. Music and sound effects are permitted. But again, the only video effects allowed are those that were filmed in real-time with Flare. They will disqualify any entries that do not follow these guidelines.
Contest Starts
June 09, 2011 @ 10:01 am (PDT)
Contest Ends
June 30, 2011 @ 10:01 am (PDT)
Feature Highlights
* Effects live on screen – no delay
* Focus independently of exposure – just tap then drag
* Pinch to zoom
* Easily lock white balance, exposure, and focus by tapping
* Share full quality videos to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Flickr, and more
* Independent focus and exposure available on devices which support focus control
Device Requirements
* iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch 4G, and iPad 2
* Requires iPhone OS 4.1 or later
* 4.2 MB
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
