A Day In The Life Of Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – An iPhone Photographer Full Of Enthusiasm

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Bayonne La Nive’ – Apps Used – 645Pro 6×6 & PhotoToaster

JC – Let’s start at the beginning of the day, how does your day start?

LHC – I usually wake up at 5H50. I check email, facebook and instagram. I post my iPhotography early in the morning. My daughter starts school at 8h and I start at 8h30.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Barbara’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic John S & Blackeyes

JC – Do you like to head out and take photographs early on?

LHC – I would like to be able to do that most often. When it’s possible, I wake up earlier and take time to walk before arriving at the office. Most of my photography takes place when I’m walking, usually on the week-end. I like photographing sunsets, mostly ocean views.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Percolator Nespresso’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Percolator, WordFoto, Blender, Pic Grunger & Filterstorm

JC – How did the transition from traditional photographer to iPhoneographer develop? (pardon the pun).

LHC – Everything started when I discovered Hipstamatic. I am really addicted to iPhoneography, beginning to shooting up to digital design. The Adventures of Crazy Duck, my colorful character, that I stage and playing on the outlook and colors. Crazy Duck is a playful wink of my creations and my personality. During my travels I used only Hipstamatic and I was honored to participate in the “Adventures in Hipstaland” series (I’ve done two, Ibiza and l’ île de Ré) organized by the developers of Hipstamatic.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Crazy Duck’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic John S & Blanko noir & Jolly Rainbo 2x

JC – Do you like to download new iPhoneography apps regularly?

LHC – I work a lot on intuition and I like to have apps that fit my style. I also like discovering new trends and it is by discovering the work of other artists that sometimes I want to try a new app.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Graffiti’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Decim8

JC – How often do you update your existing apps?

LHC – Whenever they ask for it.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Bayonne double exposition’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Dynamiclight

JC – Where’s your favorite place in the world for a shoot?

LHC – I’m very lucky, I live in a beautiful area, the Basque country in the south west of France. I love Ibiza and Paris too. I think there are many wonderful places in the world. We must open our eyes and enjoy every moment and capture the best of these!

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Pop Psychedeledic’ – Apps Used – Camera+, Decim8, PhotoForge2, Percolator, WordFoto, PhotoToaster & Blender. Too much work for this one and more pleasure.

JC – What are your favorite subjects?

LHC – I love flowers, beaches, sunsets, street reflection… I would like to improve my skills in street photography. Here we have a lot of possibilities to shoot different themes. Recently, I’ve been very inspired by an old warehouse in destruction. I liked the atmosphere that it emanated and it helped me with my eye to capture these places with the great graffiti.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Rose’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic John S & DC

JC – Do you also use iPhone photography tool apps, such as The Photographer’s Ephemeris and if so do you use it to plan your shoots?

LHC – No, I don’t.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Paris’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, WordFoto, Blender

JC – Where do you like to upload your photographs? Flickr, Instagram?

LHC – First Instagram “@laetitiahc” and my photos are loaded directly onto my Facebook page “https://www.facebook.com/hipstamaticlaetitia” and “https://www.flickr.com/photos/laetitiahc“. And when I have some time , I upload to IPA, Eye’em.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Le pot de l’ île de Ré’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Dynamiclight

JC – What are your favorite, at the moment, iPhone photography apps?

LHC – Hipstamatic, 645Pro, Camera+, PhotoToaster, Blender. There are a lot of other apps that I may use for my work, like Percolator, WordFoto, Decim8, Diptic.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘L’ île de Ré’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic John S & DC

JC – Do you take photographs with your iPhone everyday?

LHC – I try! If I haven’t had the opportunity, I work my iPhoneography.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Love in Paris’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic john S & Pistil

JC – What are your top five tips for iPhone photography?

LHC – I have not yet experienced enough to give advice. For my part :

– Think first, then shoot.

– Join iPhoneography groups to be interested for you, participate to the challenges

– Stay open to learning from others and share your work. You’ll have some feedback, it’s nice to improve.

– have fun, be creative, be yourself.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Café Bayonne’ – Apps Used – Hpstamatic John S & DC

JC – How did the teaching side come along?

LHC – I’m an autodidact, it’s only learning by doing. I also learned using tutorials that give some new ideas. But doing is easy, since the handling of iPhone and the apps are very intuitive.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Surf at Biarritz’ – Apps used – Hipstamatic, PhotoToaster

JC – Do you edit images on your iPhone or do you prefer to do that on a desktop/laptop?

LHC – I do all my editing on my iPhone 4s.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Walk on the street Bayonne’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, DynamicLight

JC – Do you enjoy videography with your iPhone?

LHC – I never used the video.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Macro Flower’ – Apps Used – 645pro 6×6 + Olloclip macro lens, ToonPaint, DynamicLight, Blender, Camera+

JC – Where do you see the future of iPhone photography?

LHC – Few square centimeters of technology for design possibilities exploitable everywhere all the time. Mobile photography is not a simple fashion, it fits into the evolution of photography and digital art.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘La Villa Belza Biarritz’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic Watts & Claunch 72 Monochrome

JC – What do you think is the most popular area of iPhone photography?

LHC – I think that is the street photography.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Biarritz’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic  John S & Blanko Freedom13

JC – Do you think it’s country specific, are some nations more clued up?

LHC – I think this is an international movement, I see great works from many different places in the world.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘Hotel Florida Biarritz’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic Watts & Claunch 72 Monochrome

JC – What do you hope for in the iPhone 5?

LHC – The last October, I passed from iPhone 3g to iPhone 4s ! And I’m very satisfied. I would be happy with all the improvements that the iPhone 5 will have.

Copyright Image – Laetitia Harnie-Coussau – ‘La Cathédrale de Bayonne’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic John S & DC

JC – What do you think of Joanne and theappwhisperer.com?

LHC – Theappwhisperer.com is for me one of the best websites for the community of mobile photography. I like the “A Day In The Life” series highlighting various artists, I enjoy discovering or forward. I also appreciate the tutorials. I warmly thank Joanne for inviting me to participate in “A Day In The Life” series. I am very proud and honored that my iphoneography is promoted.

645PRO
6×6
Camera+
Decim8
Diptic
Dynamic Light
Filterstorm
Hipstamatic
Image Blender
Percolator
Photoforge2
PhotoToaster
Pic Grunger
ToonPAINT
Wordfoto

To view Laetitia’s Flickr Photostream, go here.