Streetmate – New iPhoneography App
Streetmate is a simple and powerful black and white photography tool for people who love shooting great moments and creative photos. Streetmate is focused entirely on photography and not on photo editing and image tweaking. There is no distraction between shoots, you set your style for final images and begin shooting. That’s all.
How it Works?
You set up your Streetmate camera and then shoot. You can specify how contrasty and sharp you want images to be. Those settings are sensitive so be careful not to ruin your images. Moderate and light values are recommended in general. You can also specify type of color toning you want to be applied on images.
Color Toning?
Even tho photos are black and white it doesn’t mean they are true grayscale images. You can add warmth or coolness to black and white images too. Color toning is very common when printing black and white prints.
Can I Adjust Exposure?
Yes, by tapping and holding on a place where you want to set correct exposure. Aperture blades will appear on that area to help you. Double-tap anywhere to go back to automatic exposure.
Can I Edit My Photos?
No. That’s the whole point of Streetmate. No distractions, just taking great photos. Streetmate allows you to set photo settings before you start shooting, think about it like loading a film roll: if load 36 exposure ISO 800 B/W film that what you’ll have during following 36 shots. That’s it, you select you sharpness, contrast and toning settings and start shooting. Photos will automatically developed and stored into your Streetmate gallery sorted by date taken in background while you are still capturing great and interesting moments.
How Can I Share Photos?
There are many ways you can share your photos:
- Save to main camera roll
- Share to services like: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr
- Copy to Buffer (paste anywhere)
- E-Mail photo
- iCloud and some more advanced sharing modes coming to iOS 5
Can I Save Photos Automatically To Camera Roll?
Yes, you can save images automatically to Camera Roll by changing corresponding setting in your iPhone’s Settings app.
Currently Streetmate is Black and White only, because street photography in most cases is a black and white. I have no plans making it a color camera.
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)
2 Comments
Steve Michaels
Looks like a really professional take on the camera app. Great for those that have a good eye for a pic, and know what they want.
nina meledandri
anyone using this on an iPhone 5?
all of a sudden, can’t save to camera roll, when emailing an image it freezes and you have to close the app, also has anyone found a way to delete empty albums or batch delete images stored in the app?