A Day In The Life Of Annie Mallégol – The Most Incredible Mobile Photographer From Paris

©Annie Mallégol – Gay Pride 2011 à la Bastille / App – Hipstamatic

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

AM – I usually get up around 6.30 am. Between morning coffee and shower, I like to check my e-mails and social networks updates, and before going to work, I like to share one of my last pics. I have a kind of motto : a pic a day.

©Annie Mallégol – Place du Palais-Royal / Apps – Hipstamatic,  Snapseed

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

AM – It is something that I like and I can do during my travels. A sunny day with cloudy sky or some fog are a good motivation.

©Annie Mallégol – Colonnes de Buren au Palais-Royal / Apps : Hipstamatic,  Snapseed

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

AM – I am a self taught photographer, inspired by foreign countries that I visit. So most of my pictures were taken during my holidays abroad. In september 2010, I took the opportunity of my broken DSLR to try the camera of my brand new iPhone. I enjoyed it immediately for my street shots and realized it was a new and innovative way to take pictures and to revisit my hometown.

©Annie Mallégol – Tour Eiffel #1 / Apps: 6X6,  Snapseed

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

AM – I used to do that, at the beginning, hoping to find the super apps I needed to express myself. So I got a lot of apps that I don’t use at all.

©Annie Mallégol – Jardin des Tuileries / Camera+ / Apps – Noir,  Snapseed

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

AM – I would say India. It’s so exciting to discover this amazing country (actually a sub-continent!) and meet this photogenic people, so pleased to be photographed. But for an everyday shot, Paris, my city where I have to stay most of the time, is not bad.

©Annie Mallégol – Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie /Apps – 6X6,  Big Lens, Pixlr-o-matic

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?

AM – No. I don’t plan my shoots.

©Annie Mallégol – Rue Saint-Martin / Apps – Camera+,  Big Lens,   Snapseed,   TouchRetouch

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

AM – I am on Flickr, EyeEm, Twitter, and sometimes Facebook (WIAM, BIAM…). Flickr remains my favorite platform. Thanks to it, I discover every day wonderful pictures which inspire me and I learn a lot.

©Annie Mallégol – Rue du Mail / Apps – Hipstamatic,  Snapseed

JC – How often do you update your existing apps?

AM – Every time there is a ready update.

©Annie Mallégol – Nouvel An Chinois 2011 / Apps – Camera Plus,  Snapseed

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

AM – After a longtime exclusive use of Hipstamatic, I like the following apps, for shooting Camera+, Camera Plus, Dynamic Light and 6X6 and for editing, Snapseed, Noir, Qrbro, PictureShow, Pixlr-o-matic, Big Lens, Filter Mania2, TouchRetouch.

©Annie Mallégol – Tour Eiffel #2 /Apps – Camera+, Pixlr-o-matic

JC – Do you take photographs with your iPhone everyday?

AM – Yes, almost everyday. It is good for my moral 😉

©Annie Mallégol – Grande Roue aux Tuileries / Apps – Camera+, Filter Mania 2

JC – What are your favorite subjects?

AM – Street and candid shots in Paris.

©Annie Mallégol – Rue de Sévigné / Apps – Camera+, Snapseed,  Qbro

JC – How did the teaching side come along?

AM – I am still learning, so…

©Annie Mallégol – Place de la Concorde / Apps – Camera+, Noir, PhotoForge2

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

AM – It is hard to say, looking myself for some tips, especially for post-processing. Maybe I can give an advice “go out and try not to be shy”.

©Annie Mallégol – Dominique Alavoine enflammant la Place des Vosges / Apps – Camera+, Qbro,  Pixlr-o-matic

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

AM – I am not a purist and I prefer to check how my photos look like on a big screen. So my first pictures were edited on desktop. I was amazed to get the best of them. Now I prefer to use my iPhone or for more comfort, my iPad. And the result is funnier and more creative.

©Annie Mallégol – Rue François Miron /Apps – Camera+, Snapseed

JC – Do you enjoy videography with your iPhone?

AM – I don’t use it.

©Annie Mallégol – Fête foraine à Bruges / Apps – Hisptamatic,  FilterStorm

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

AM – iphoneography or mobile photography is becoming more than a usual way of expression, a new step in the photography story.

©Annie Mallégol – Collage / Camera+, PictureShow, InFrameFoto

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

AM – No, I don’t think so. I am amazed to see how it is a broadly shared interest and widespread practice.

©Annie Mallégol – Passagère / Apps – Dynamic Light,  Snapseed

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

AM – I am looking forward to it (I got only iPhone 4) with some improvements of course. My wish list : a better optic and sensor, a longer life battery, a wider screen.

©Annie Mallégol – What Future ? /Apps – 6X6,   Big Lens, FilterStorm, Pixlr-o-matic

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

AM – I have to confess I did not know well the website theappwhisperer.com before Joanne kindly invited me to introduce my work. Now I enjoy it because it is full of informations, featuring very talented photographers. Joann is one of the nice promoters of mobile photography community, many thanks to her.

©Annie Mallégol – Paris Plages à la Villette / Camera+, Snapseed,  Filterstorm

Hipstamatic
Snapseed
6×6
Camera+
Photo Noir
Big Lens
Pixlromatic
TouchRetouch
Snapseed
Camera Plus
PictureShow
PhotoForge2
InFrame Foto
Filter Mania 2
Qbro

©Annie Mallégol – Rue de Bretagne / 6X6,  Snapseed

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